I'll soon be spending a good deal of time working in the Cotwsolds. Does anyone have any tips for places to ride there?
Any info much appreciated

Mmmm where to start….Birdlip, Cranham, Painswick, Leckhampton, Cleeve, sheepscombe, standish……. The list is endless, where in the Wolds are you gonna be based?

I'll be working in Cheltenham, but I don't think I'd want to (or could afford to) live there. I pretty much have free range of where to move really, as long as there are good trails (oh yes, and a school I'm reminded) nearby. I think Singletrack did a route once out of Cam & Dursley. Your list sounds promising though, thanks.

lookmanohands has listed half my local venues. The other half would be… Nailsworth, Sapperton, Minchinhamtpon, Horsley, Tetbury, Wotton, Westonbirt…

Cheers both, I'm getting the impression the trails aren't in short supply! Most of what I've seen so far seems fairly undulating. I'm guessing there must be some steep, hilly stuff given the areas reputation

just be prepared to get muddy, very muddy……..and thats on a dry day!
i like it here thou (wotton)

Or if you fancy something the otherside of Cheltenham give me a shout. I can show you stuff from Chipping Camden all the way along the ridge to Cheltenham, also look out for a northern spoken butt ugly mincer round these parts going by the name of IHN, he lives in Cheltenham.

Can anyone link to (or send me) some routes around wooton etc please?

Can anyone link to (or send me) some routes around wooton etc please?

Have a look on multimap (switch to OS map) at Westridge Woods between Wotton and North Nibley. The woods will keep you busy for quite a while. Loads of bridleways nearby too.

There's some good DH trails hidden around North Nibley. Definitely check out Leckhampton and for something (maybe slightly cheeky) more XC orientated a mouche round Stinchcombe and Dursley aint gonna be all bad.

Plus you're not gonna be that far from the Forest of Dean and Malvern either 🙂

Sign up for the Hell of the North Cotswolds (HONC) which is a great event and produces loads of 'what tyre?' threads on here! See – http://www.honc.org.uk/

bit early for that yet….

Cheers all, and thanks for the offer ayatollah! May take you up on that soon.

Are you around this weekend?
Cotswolds Ride

5thElefant-im lucky to live pretty much on painswick beacon. however, im moving to nailsworth in december and need some tips. ill be living on old bristol rd so im thinking horsley/kingscote/tresham/alderly/avening. got to be good…i need good singletrack fix not endless bridleways, can you help!