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- Would you like to enhance your enjoyment of the countryside?
- Would you like to develop sound navigation skills and practice including planning your own walking routes?
- Would you like to gain confidence at map reading whether the weather is clear or misty?
In doing so, you could achieve a personal performance award in navigation at the NNAS Bronze, Silver or Gold Levels, validated to a national standard.
The National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS) is a personal performance, non-competitive, incentive scheme for all ages to learn navigation skills and gain confidence to get out and enjoy the countryside.
All NNAS courses include advice and information about relevant safety and access issues when walking in the countryside. In addition, an understanding of relevant conservation and environmental issues and awareness of our impacts all form part of each course.
Training and Assessment courses use Harvey Maps of 1:25,000 or 1:40,000 scale, Ordnance Survey maps of 1:25,000 or 1:50,000 scale or orienteering maps of 1:10,000 or 1:15,000 scale.
Bronze NNAS Award - navigation in the countryside using paths tracks and other linear features, basic map interpretation and compass work is included.
Silver NNAS Award - navigation in the countryside using skills acquired at bronze level and adding skills required to navigate to features and places some distance from paths and tracks, accurate compass work is required and an ability to use appropriate navigational techniques to go across country in some cases, eg. choosing an appropriate attack point.
Gold NNAS Award - navigation in the countryside using skills of the first two levels, but adding techniques and skills for dealing with complex contour features large and small. The Gold Award is delivered as separate Gold Award Training and Gold Award Assessment courses.