The Silver National Navigation Award develops the navigation skills acquired at the Bronze level. It adds skills required to navigate to features and places some distance from paths and tracks. It teaches accurate compass work. It will also teach you to select the suitable navigational techniques to cross open country.

Silver National Navigation Award courses are taught in areas with access to open country and involve periods where you’ll be navigating away from paths and tracks.

This 2 course will be based around Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, Peak District, a village made famous by the TV series “Last of the Summer Wine”.

There will be an additional 2 hour night navigation / poor visibility session with times varying throughout the year. This will allow candidates to experience some navigation in the darkness, and also to meet the other candidates prior to the weekend.

Day 1 will start with an outdoor classroom input, and then out on the ground to practise some map reading skills and some compass work.

Day 2 will be out on the hills all day, and will include individual assessments.

The 2 days will be very relaxed and enjoyable. Successful candidates will receive an official NNAS certificate.

You will require decent walking boots, waterproofs, rucksack with enough food and water for each day.

Silver Navigation Course