Postcode for Club Fields, Ranges, Halls etc

[Watch_Man]

After visiting Perris Archery's website I noticed that they have their postcode on the front for SatNav users.

As some of the venues are difficult to find I think it would be a good idea for all club webmasters to put the Post Code of their club field or venue on their websites.

We have followed Perris example and added it to our index page - http://www.archery.uk.net/ underneath the contact information.

I know from recent experience that it can take some digging around to find the Post Code of a venue.

Or am I going over old ground here?

[GreenSteve]

It`s a good idea although i`m not sure our club field has a postcode it`s so far removed from civilisation
you have to drive down an old farm track then up a tractor trail to an area between crop fields somewhere out where natures in charge

[Watch_Man]

Originally Posted by GreenSteve

It`s a good idea although i`m not sure our club field has a postcode it`s so far removed from civilisation
you have to drive down an old farm track then up a tractor trail to an area between crop fields somewhere out where natures in charge

You could get someone to take a satnav reading with the co-ordinates as this can be input as a 'Point of Interest' in some systems.

[moo-mop]

I think it's our clubs policy not to have overt location details too obviously on our club's website (we have directions but they are an image, so you do actually have to read it rather than be able to search for it). We are near a major conurbation but being hidden from view has greatly reduced the possibility of vandalism and break-ins.
Perris is a shop and rather difficult to find so I can understand why they have added such information, I've been several times and still get lost around there.

[Watch_Man]

Originally Posted by moo-mop

I think it's our clubs policy not to have overt location details too obviously on our club's website (we have directions but they are an image, so you do actually have to read it rather than be able to search for it). We are near a major conurbation but being hidden from view has greatly reduced the possibility of vandalism and break-ins.
Perris is a shop and rather difficult to find so I can understand why they have added such information, I've been several times and still get lost around there.

I can understand this if you have an issue with vandalism, of course you need to protect yourselves.

Our club field is in the middle of the village so everyone knows it is there. Also most venues we shoot at seem to be in lesuire centres and schools so that would not be such an issue.

[chryd]

Originally Posted by moo-mop

I think it's our clubs policy not to have overt location details too obviously on our club's website (we have directions but they are an image, so you do actually have to read it rather than be able to search for it). We are near a major conurbation but being hidden from view has greatly reduced the possibility of vandalism and break-ins.

I belong to the same club as GreenSteve, and I almost posted a link to google maps showing our location, but didn't for precisely that reason. We've had break ins a number of times, although we've been lucky not to have had too much stolen (a metal detector, some tools) or vandalised.

Chris,

[Jumile]

This might be a good place to start: Archery POI's

[Kae]

Originally Posted by moo-mop

I think it's our clubs policy not to have overt location details too obviously on our club's website (we have directions but they are an image, so you do actually have to read it rather than be able to search for it). We are near a major conurbation but being hidden from view has greatly reduced the possibility of vandalism and break-ins.
Perris is a shop and rather difficult to find so I can understand why they have added such information, I've been several times and still get lost around there.

We are exactly the same, but we don't provide any directions until someone asks us for them.
We aren't in a high risk area, but it is out of the way, so if someone wanted to break in, I doubt they would be noticed.

Kae.

[GreenSteve]

Originally Posted by chryd

I belong to the same club as GreenSteve, and I almost posted a link to google maps showing our location, but didn't for precisely that reason. We've had break ins a number of times, although we've been lucky not to have had too much stolen (a metal detector, some tools) or vandalised.

Chris,

which is pretty shocking considering how far we are from anywhere

[worthipa]

It's not quite that straightforward ... to get a Postcode, according to the Royal Mail, you have to have a delivery address i.e. a letter box, they're not like map references