WELCOME TO
ORION HARRIERS
Orion Harriers is a friendly, inclusive running club for all ages and abilities. Whether you’re aiming to get fit, race or train for a marathon, our supportive members will help you every step of the way – starting with free starter sessions.
With over 100 years of local history, our clubhouse on the edge of Epping Forest, North Chingford is the perfect base for training. Membership includes a full calendar of training, social runs, track sessions, and inter-club competitions.

WHAT WE DO
‘Orion’ has a packed weekly schedule of training runs and sessions for all levels. With your annual membership you’ll get:
- Access to all multiple weekly training runs
- Entrance to club-organised runs throughout the year (some may incur a small additional fee)
- Participation to optional inter-club league races
- Membership with England Athletics (which often means discounts on commercial races and some retailers)
Weekly highlights are: (included in membership)
- Wednesday training/social runs – Explore the forest and local area in friendly, paced groups (with six to choose from including a ‘back to running’ group).
- Sunday long runs – Ideal for marathon preparation or endurance building. Usually starting from our clubhouse.

For those wanting to race
We are a club competing at the
HIGHEST LEVEL IN ESSEX
We also provide: (included in membership)
- Tuesday track meetings
- Tuesday tempo sessions
- Thursday hill reps
- Monthly U35 meetup local runs
- and more!