Here’s Blessingbourne, in Co. Tyrone. It’s only little – a 6km loop and pump track. Family orientated trail with very little elevation. Dry and fun. Is it the smallest trail centre in the UK?

Little vid from last sunday…

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjw95_aR4KE&hd=1[/video]

Assuming to qualify as a ‘trail centre’ there has to be on site facilities like a shop/cafe then –

Hicks Lodge in the National Forest, Leicestershire has a totally flat 7km blue and a path around a lake, no pump track But it did host an NPS XC race this year

Comrie Croft near Crieff in Scotland has a 6km red w black bits (and despite being short is totally brilliant)

Awww Bless……

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Is that a rossi leg wave?

Makes coed trawllm look like the 7 stanes!

Assuming to qualify as a ‘trail centre’ there has to be on site facilities like a shop/cafe

The facilities are in the town up the road. It does have portaloos, a carpark and a map on a board. They’re planning a shop and another 6km of trail for the next phase (fingers crossed).

Is that a rossi leg wave?

The surface was pretty loose in the corners and we were in hallion mode 😉 .

South Barrule on the Isle of Man is about 300 yards. Not sure of its centre status though!

iain1775 – Member

Assuming to qualify as a ‘trail centre’ there has to be on site facilities like a shop/cafe then

I wouldn’t have said that a trail centre has to have any facilities except the trails. A few of the Seven Stanes have nothing but a car park and portaloo…I guess many would still say they’re a trail centre though?

Scartree/Wakerley Woods is tiny and I think counts as a trail centre.

if you count leigh woods and ashton court as separate entities, i reckon they may be smaller!

Yer Tiz Trail in Leigh Woods is only 3.75k long.

Beat that.

stainburn?

same as everywhere – trails OK, carpark full of cocks 😀

looks a bit loose, unless you were deliberately skidding it up. Brand new ?

Swindon Croft Trails..it’s got a car park

Moors Vally in Ringwood is about 7km – but no berms or anythign to make it flow too well. There is also a MTB play park section with a worse pump track than that too

I would have thought Stainburn.

It has toilet facilities – a bush.

Cwm Rhaeadr is only 6.7Km – small but perfectly formed.

Billinge Woods, Blackburn.

The two trails ‘Tricky sixty’ and ‘Trail of two trees’ are both approximately 600m in length and when completed as a circuit offer cyclists roughly 2 miles of mountain biking pleasure.

About 2 miles!

http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.52452

if yer classing that as a trail centre, pollock park is smaller.

Cyclopark

stainburn

+1

The red is a short decent, then a climb, then a choice of 2 decents. all fit’s in one average sized field.

The black is about the same length, but takes longer to ride as it’s just an acre of forest, covered in rocks with arrows spray painted telling you which rocks to ride over!

Seconded for Billinge Woods, Blackburn. I would even dispute the 2 miles claim.

garw nant has a tiny trail center

Assuming to qualify as a ‘trail centre’ there has to be on site facilities like a shop/cafe

Why does a trail centre have to have facilities?

Assuming to qualify as a ‘trail centre’ there has to be on site facilities like a shop/cafe

so where does Brechfa stand?

+1 for Stainburn.

It might be small but it is good. Official stuff = 2 short reds, and a few blacks in the woods. quite techy and pretty fast. But Loads of unofficial stuff over the road, which does make a bit bigger. More of a sessioning type of place rather than a 2 hour loop.

Good for getting your skillz down!!

scaredypants – Member
same as everywhere – trails OK, carpark full of cocks

Haha. Vicious wee cocks too. I’d just fed him when he attacked!

It was opened last year and it’s kinda in the arse end of nowhere though so I don’t think it gets that much traffic. No skidz but it’s very loose in places. Makes a nice change from sliding about in the mud. Put me in the mood to visit the big centres on the mainland.

There’s a 1km trail centre in the woods near Hebden Bridge.

Doncaster, got a gap jump and everyfink…

euro is it worth the drive up ?

Did a 1000 mile round trip last summer to ride the Hills and Forests of Kintyre but never made it to this bad boy !

http://www.campbeltown.info/activities/mountainbiking/index.htm

Gotta love the Mini Drome 😀

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kghtRevkUJA[/video]

jacksonwwirl – Member
euro is it worth the drive up ?

How far up? We had a 1.5 hour journey and I knew what to expect after taking the family when it first opened. No big climbs or descents, and the trail (with optional red bits) is fairly tame but has some decent flowing singletrack in places. If you don’t mind doing the same loop a few times and are happy to play on a pump track then it’s worth a visit. At the very least you’ll go home mud free.

The mini velodrome looks like a great event, I’m gonna have to keep my eyes open in case they do it again!

the south’s premier downhill/uplift venue ‘Barry Knows Best’ in Londons famous Surrey freeride spot of peaselake is the smallest trail center in the u.k. it has ample parking right in the village center, cafe/bike shops and a full time team of experienced friendly trailbuilders.

Hurstwood.
1.7 Km and it has a sign stating what direction you ride in.
Used as a skills base though for a famous MTB instructor.