England
Cannop, Gloucestershire
Forest of Dean
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · DH
- Terrain
- Family, singletrack and downhill
- Scale
- Short loops to day sessions
- Useful base
- Coleford
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Sixty-four mountain-biking destinations across all four UK nations, organised to help you choose a ride, check the facts and build a better weekend.
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20 MATCHING LOCATIONS
England
England
North York Moors
Dalby Forest
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Long woodland loops
- Scale
- 3 km to 34 km
- Useful base
- Pickering
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Staffordshire
Cannock Chase
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Compact, punchy woodland
- Scale
- Skills loops to 20 km
- Useful base
- Rugeley
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Forest of Bowland, Lancashire
Gisburn Forest
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Skills
- Terrain
- Volunteer-built Pennine singletrack
- Scale
- 9.5 km to 18 km
- Useful base
- Clitheroe
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County Durham
Hamsterley Forest
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Black · DH
- Terrain
- Woodland XC and bike-park gravity
- Scale
- 8 km to 21 km
- Useful base
- Bishop Auckland
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Lake District, Cumbria
Grizedale Forest
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Lakeland forest and technical rock
- Scale
- Family rides to 23 km
- Useful base
- Hawkshead
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Northumberland
Kielder Forest
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Remote forest and waterside distance
- Scale
- 10 km to 93 km
- Useful base
- Kielder
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Lake District, near Keswick
Whinlatter Forest
- Grades
- Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Purpose-built fell-side singletrack
- Scale
- 8 km to 19 km
- Useful base
- Keswick
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Nottinghamshire
Sherwood Pines
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Fast, rhythmic pine singletrack
- Scale
- Family routes to 13 km
- Useful base
- Edwinstowe
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Near Exeter, Devon
Haldon Forest Park
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- All-weather ridge-top woodland
- Scale
- Short family loops to 10 km
- Useful base
- Exeter
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High Weald, Kent
Bedgebury Forest
- Grades
- Family · Red · Black option
- Terrain
- Rolling all-weather singletrack
- Scale
- 13 km main MTB loop
- Useful base
- Ticehurst
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Bracknell, Berkshire
Swinley Forest
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Purpose-built all-weather forest flow
- Scale
- 24 km of routes
- Useful base
- Bracknell
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Thetford Forest, Suffolk
High Lodge, Thetford
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black features
- Terrain
- Fast lowland pine singletrack
- Scale
- Family loops to full MTB circuits
- Useful base
- Thetford
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Middleton, Leeds
Leeds Urban Bike Park
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Freeride
- Terrain
- Urban trails, BMX and pump track
- Scale
- Compact session venue
- Useful base
- Leeds
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Derwent Valley, Gateshead
Chopwell Wood
- Grades
- Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Short, steep technical woodland
- Scale
- Session loops and forest roads
- Useful base
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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North York Moors edge
Guisborough Forest
- Grades
- Blue
- Terrain
- Steady forest-road cross-country
- Scale
- 7.2 km official loop
- Useful base
- Guisborough
England
North York Moors
Sutton Bank
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Moorland XC and technical sections
- Scale
- 5 km to 28 km
- Useful base
- Helmsley
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South Downs, Hampshire
Queen Elizabeth Country Park
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Rooty woodland and rollable berms
- Scale
- 300 m to 7 km
- Useful base
- Petersfield
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Thames Estuary, Essex
Hadleigh Country Park
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Black · Skills
- Terrain
- Olympic XC climbs, rock gardens and drops
- Scale
- About 5 km
- Useful base
- Leigh-on-Sea
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East Manchester
Clayton Vale
- Grades
- Easy · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Urban singletrack, berms and rock features
- Scale
- About 12 km
- Useful base
- Manchester
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Scotland
Scotland
Tweed Valley, Scottish Borders
Glentress
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Flowing forest singletrack
- Scale
- Multiple loops
- Useful base
- Peebles
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Lochaber, Highlands
Fort William
- Grades
- Red · Black · World Cup DH
- Terrain
- Highland XC and gravity
- Scale
- Half-day to full-day
- Useful base
- Fort William
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Cairngorms, Highlands
Laggan Wolftrax
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Rocky purpose-built singletrack
- Scale
- Over 35 km of trails
- Useful base
- Newtonmore
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Galloway Forest Park
Kirroughtree 7stanes
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Extreme
- Terrain
- Flowing singletrack and rock features
- Scale
- Family loops to 31 km
- Useful base
- Newton Stewart
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Annandale, Dumfries & Galloway
Ae 7stanes
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · DH
- Terrain
- Fast forest XC and downhill
- Scale
- Short loops to 24 km
- Useful base
- Dumfries
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Solway Coast, Dumfries & Galloway
Dalbeattie 7stanes
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Granite slabs and technical XC
- Scale
- Family routes to 25 km
- Useful base
- Dalbeattie
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Near Dumfries
Mabie 7stanes
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Woodland singletrack and skills
- Scale
- 8 km to 19 km
- Useful base
- Dumfries
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Scottish Borders
Newcastleton 7stanes
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Quiet border-country singletrack
- Scale
- 6 km to 24 km
- Useful base
- Newcastleton
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Tweed Valley, Scottish Borders
Innerleithen 7stanes
- Grades
- Red · Extreme black · Downhill
- Terrain
- Technical XC, enduro and downhill
- Scale
- XC loop plus four DH routes
- Useful base
- Innerleithen
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Strathearn, Perthshire
Comrie Croft
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Natural rock, woodland and progression
- Scale
- Over 21 km
- Useful base
- Comrie
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Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire
Tarland Trails
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Orange
- Terrain
- Modern flow, technical loops and jumps
- Scale
- Two purpose-built trail hubs
- Useful base
- Tarland
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Golspie, Sutherland
Highland Wildcat
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Ben Bhraggie climb and long descent
- Scale
- 1 km to 14 km
- Useful base
- Golspie
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Glasgow
Cathkin Braes
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Black options
- Terrain
- Compact race course, skills and pump track
- Scale
- About 9 km of trails
- Useful base
- Glasgow
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Glenlivet Estate, Moray
Bike Glenlivet
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Black options · Orange
- Terrain
- Speyside XC, descents and jump lines
- Scale
- 9 km to 22 km loops
- Useful base
- Tomintoul
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Stirlingshire
Carron Valley
- Grades
- Red
- Terrain
- Compact roots, rock steps and berms
- Scale
- 8 km
- Useful base
- Stirling
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Galloway Forest Park
Glentrool 7stanes
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Big Country
- Terrain
- Family singletrack and wilderness distance
- Scale
- 6 km to 58 km
- Useful base
- Newton Stewart
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Wales
Wales
Eryri, near Dolgellau
Coed y Brenin
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Rocky, all-weather riding
- Scale
- Family loops to full-day
- Useful base
- Dolgellau
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Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
BikePark Wales
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Black · Pro
- Terrain
- Uplift-served descents
- Scale
- Day-pass laps
- Useful base
- Merthyr Tydfil
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Neath Port Talbot, South Wales
Afan Forest Park
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Big climbs and valley trails
- Scale
- 10 km to 40+ km
- Useful base
- Port Talbot
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Clwydian Range, North Wales
Coed Llandegla
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Fast, polished trail-centre loops
- Scale
- 5 km family loop upward
- Useful base
- Llangollen
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Blaenau Ffestiniog, Eryri
Antur Stiniog
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Uplift-served slate-mountain gravity
- Scale
- 14 downhill trails
- Useful base
- Blaenau Ffestiniog
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Carmarthenshire
Brechfa Forest
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Remote, sculpted forest singletrack
- Scale
- 9 km to 28 km
- Useful base
- Carmarthen
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Cambrian Mountains, Ceredigion
Bwlch Nant yr Arian
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Berms, ridges and backcountry
- Scale
- 10 km to 35 km
- Useful base
- Aberystwyth
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Caerphilly, South Wales
Cwmcarn Forest
- Grades
- Red · Black · Downhill
- Terrain
- Steep valley XC and gravity
- Scale
- Compact loops and DH runs
- Useful base
- Newport
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Eryri, North Wales
Penmachno Trails
- Grades
- Red
- Terrain
- Community-run forest and moorland XC
- Scale
- Two loops, about 30 km total
- Useful base
- Betws-y-Coed
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Near Machynlleth, Mid Wales
Dyfi Bike Park
- Grades
- Red · Black · Double/Triple black
- Terrain
- Uplift-served mountain gravity
- Scale
- Full-day uplift sessions
- Useful base
- Machynlleth
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Eryri, near Betws-y-Coed
Gwydir Mawr & Bach
- Grades
- Red
- Terrain
- Big climbs, rocky forest singletrack
- Scale
- Up to 25 km
- Useful base
- Betws-y-Coed
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Upper Tywi Valley, Carmarthenshire
Cwm Rhaeadr
- Grades
- Red
- Terrain
- Compact climb and rocky ridge descent
- Scale
- 6.7 km
- Useful base
- Llandovery
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Abergwesyn, Mid Wales
Coed Trallwm
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Natural, muddy private-forest XC
- Scale
- Four compact routes
- Useful base
- Llanwrtyd Wells
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Ceinws, Dyfi Forest
ClimachX
- Grades
- Red
- Terrain
- Natural rocks, slabs and technical descent
- Scale
- 15 km
- Useful base
- Machynlleth
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Black Mountains, near Abergavenny
Dirt Farm
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Advanced · Pro
- Terrain
- Downhill flow, jumps and technical lines
- Scale
- Short uplift and push-up laps
- Useful base
- Abergavenny
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Cambrian Mountains, Powys
Elan Valley
- Grades
- Natural black
- Terrain
- Remote moorland and technical descents
- Scale
- 19 km to 60 km
- Useful base
- Rhayader
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Central Pembrokeshire
Llys-y-Frân
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black
- Terrain
- Reservoir loop with progression spurs
- Scale
- 10 km base loop plus 2.4 km MTB
- Useful base
- Haverfordwest
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Mourne Mountains, County Down
Rostrevor
- Grades
- Red · Black · Downhill
- Terrain
- Big climbs, lough views and DH
- Scale
- 19 km to 27 km
- Useful base
- Rostrevor
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Sperrin Mountains, County Tyrone
Davagh Forest
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Flowing forest trail and rock slabs
- Scale
- 3 km to 16 km
- Useful base
- Cookstown
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Mourne Mountains, County Down
Castlewellan
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Black options
- Terrain
- Lakeside flow and woodland climbs
- Scale
- 4 km to 19 km
- Useful base
- Castlewellan
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Sperrin Mountains, County Tyrone
Gortin Glen
- Grades
- Blue · Red
- Terrain
- Remote glen singletrack
- Scale
- 7 km plus red options
- Useful base
- Omagh
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South Belfast
Barnett Demesne
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Jumps
- Terrain
- Compact urban trails and skills
- Scale
- 3 km to 9 km
- Useful base
- Belfast
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Fivemiletown, County Tyrone
Blessingbourne
- Grades
- Blue · Red · Pump track
- Terrain
- Estate singletrack and technical features
- Scale
- About 13 km
- Useful base
- Fivemiletown
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County Londonderry
Garvagh Forest
- Grades
- Green · Blue · Red · Skills
- Terrain
- Compact purpose-built woodland XC
- Scale
- 1.3 km to 4.7 km
- Useful base
- Garvagh
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County Armagh
Craigavon Lakes
- Grades
- Family · Blue-style XC
- Terrain
- Low-gradient lakeside singletrack
- Scale
- About 10 km
- Useful base
- Portadown
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Strangford Lough, County Down
Castle Ward
- Grades
- Multi-use family riding
- Terrain
- Estate paths and shared singletrack
- Scale
- Up to 13 km loop
- Useful base
- Strangford
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Dundonald, East Belfast
Billy Neill Country Park
- Grades
- Skills · Pump track
- Terrain
- Short boardwalk, berm and jump practice
- Scale
- About 2 km
- Useful base
- Belfast
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Markethill, County Armagh
Gosford Forest Park
- Grades
- Green open · Blue/Red limited
- Terrain
- Family woodland XC and skills
- Scale
- Up to 15 km when fully open
- Useful base
- Armagh
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AI-assisted. Official-source anchored.
Useful summariesThe AI Biker organises route scale, grades, terrain and local planning notes so locations are easier to compare.
Sources stay visibleEvery location guide links directly to its operator, land manager or official tourism source.
Live facts stay liveClosures, prices, parking and facilities can change. The official page remains the final check before travel.
03 / BUILD THE WEEKEND
The bike needs a bed too.
Ask the stayConfirm secure storage, washing, drying space and whether muddy kit is welcome.
Check the trailLook for closures, forestry work, uplift availability and weather.
Keep a fallbackHave a lower-grade loop ready. British weather enjoys editing itineraries.
04 / QUICK GRADE KEY
Read the colour.
Then the ground.
Green EasyBlue ModerateRed DifficultBlack Severe
Grading is relative to each location. Wet Highland red can feel very different from a dry red closer to home.
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