Our popular Wye Valley and Forest of Dean map reading courses are ideal for navigation beginners. Over 2 days of map + compass training we’ll lead you through the fundamentals of navigation. We’re passionate about teaching so that you gain the confidence to explore your own routes independently. Our navigation courses are only an hour or so from Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham with plenty of fantastic woodland and scenic terrain to explore and practice.
Forest of Dean map reading courses
Learning how to navigate using just the map alone is a key skill, so we make it our starting point. We begin with the fundamentals of orientating the map, recognising a range of map symbols, route planning and timing. Once you’re comfortable with these techniques, we show you how to use a compass. We teach navigation in stages so that you have time to master each skill before moving on to something new.
Our introduction to navigation courses take place in the beautiful Forest of Dean and Wye Valley. We want to challenge you, so we use varied terrain including woodland and farmland on our beginners navigation courses.
Introduction to Navigation course information
You’ll receive a download link with all of the pre-course information when you book a place on any of our navigation courses. If you need to check details beforehand, you can do so here.
Taking the Next Step
If you’re already proficient at navigation but want to develop your skills further, take a look at our Next Step Navigation course. If you have specific areas you’d like to work on or can’t make our open course dates we’d be happy to do a bespoke course for you. Get in touch for a chat.