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MANDATORY KITLIST

There is a minimum amount of equipment that teams and hikers must check-in with and carry during the whole hike. Please ensure you have all your kit in advance. We cannot loan or supply equipment. If you have any questions about types of equipment, please ask the organisers BEFORE the event.

TEAM EQUIPMENT

Each team must carry at all times on the Hike:

• A full size sleeping bag with adequate thermal properties
• Two copies of the appropriate Ordnance Survey maps at scales of either 1:50000 or 1:25000
• Two compasses (Silva type or prismatic).

RECOMMENDED HIKE MAPS

Each team must carry at all times on the Hike two sets of Ordnance Survey maps. You may use either
 

• 2 copies of the Landranger map sets, or
• 2 copies of the Explorer map sets, or
• 2 copies of suitable laminated extracts of these maps (see below), or
• a combination of the above to provide 2 sets of maps.

Maps must not be more than 10 years old.

Purchasing maps

We recommend you either go to Cotswold Outdoor to pick them up, or visit the Ordnance Survey website to make your online purchase.

Ordnance Survey Landranger 1:50000

Sheet 174
Newbury & Wantage, Hungerford & Didcot
ISBN (folded): 0319 22774X

Sheet 175
Reading & Windsor, Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell
ISBN (folded): 0319 227758

Ordnance Survey price £5.99 each.

 

Ordnance Survey Explorer 1:25000

Explorer Sheet 159
Reading, Wokingham & Pangbourne
ISBN (folded): 0319 217841

Explorer Sheet 158
Newbury & Hungerford
ISBN (folded): 0319 217833

Explorer Sheet 170
Abingdon, Wantage & Vale of White Horse
ISBN (folded): 0319 217949

Ordnance Survey price £6.99 each.

Laminated Copies

Following requests, we will now permit hikers to use laminated colour copies or extracts of the appropriate maps provided that all of the footpaths and checkpoints on the route are shown. Additionally, the map symbols must be in same colour as the original map and it must always be possible to work out the National Grid Reference of any point on the map, therefore northing and easting axis should be included. Hikers are reminded of the copyright rules that apply to duplication of maps and it is your responsibility to ensure you are not breaking the law!

The Scout Association has a licence permitting limited reproduction of certain maps when used as part of the training and instruction of persons under 18 year. Read licence factsheet (PDF) on Scoutbase.