New to Orienteering?
Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport which involves navigating around a course using a detailed map and sometimes a compass.
The aim is to navigate between a set of control points and decide the best route to complete the course in the quickest time.
It does not matter how young, old or fit you are, as you can go at your own pace.
Join the Club
We would love you to consider joining our orienteering club! ESOC is a friendly and very active club, which organises a range of orienteering events in Edinburgh and surrounding areas. We have around 300 members of all ages and abilities and you will be made very welcome.
ESOC John Colls Award & Prizegiving SocialSaturday 15 November, 2025
Following the ESOC club championships orienteering event earlier in the day at Beecraigs West, the annual prizegiving was held at the West Port Hotel in Linlithgow. We had the super function room all to ourselves along with a tasty buffet that was devoured with gusto by the hungry members looking to replace the energy expended in the morning.
British Schools Orienteering Championships 2025Hopetoun House, 16 November
There were plenty of ESOC juniors at this year’s competition, with some podium results!
November Social 2025Tuesday 11th November, Stockbridge
As it poured with rain in the afternoon, I think most of us were reflecting on our decision to sign up for a night pounding the Stockbridge cobbles. However, Catherine's excellently planned, and as ever, unique and mind-bending social really turned out to be worth putting on a waterproof for.
About Us
ESOC is a friendly and very active club. We organise a regular programme of local orienteering events, junior coaching sessions, and also club socials. In addition, we organise larger orienteering events at regional and national level, some of which are further afield in Scotland. Why not come and join us?
