An introduction to navigation comprising a short classroom presentation followed by practice on a walk in the Hope Valley.
11:00
FREE-£15
All ages
The course focuses on map reading and covers navigating without a compass, mainly using rights of way. It includes an introduction to map types and scales; map symbols; the National Grid system; grid references; distances; contours and the shapes of the terrain; orientating the map using topographical features and relating it to the ground.