Vote Now! Best UK Riding Destination – Singletrack World Awards 2024

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Put simply, where do you think is the best place to ride in the UK?

Thanks for all your nominations. Here’s the list of finalists.

Dyfi Bike Park

The Dyfi Bike Park gets a lot of North Wales’ traffic – both tarmac and digital – and it doesn’t show any signing of easing off. Helter Skelter, Fire In The Booth, 50 Hits, El Hippo, Turns In The Ferns, Oakley Icon Way, Super Swooper, Gully Of Doom, Cedar Rapids, Old Trainline, Race Track, Slab Track and more await.

dyfibikepark.co.uk

The Forest Of Dean

The land of a thousand bike launches. And with good reason; it’s a top place to put a bike through its paces. Fod, as it is known by many, is a total lifeline for a whole swathe of riders from the southern end of the UK. Whether it’s slippery tekkers or speedy swoopings, there’s loads to enjoy.

komoot guide to The Forest Of Dean

The Golfie

Is this relatively compact zone of interest the most ridden patch in the whole of the UK? It certainly feels that way from how often it appears in our socials feeds. Built tracks. But not manicured. The Golfie is perhaps very definition of Winch & Plummet mountain biking; grind your way up fireroads and moortop crossings, then drop your dropper all of the way and fly by the seat of your pants down several shades of tekkers.

komoot guide to Innerleithen & District

BikePark Wales

Most of the population of the British Isle lives in the south. The south west to be precise. Most bike parks in Scotland, North Wales or Northern England are just that bit too far to traipse up to regualrly. This is where the iconic BPW (BikePark Wales) comes into its own. All year, any weather, BikePark Wales’ singletrack smorgasbord has something for everyone these days too.

bikeparkwales.com


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  • elray89
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    Can’t believe you didn’t include “That loop of old landy track that’s cut down to chunky bedrock, behind Atholl Hill in Dunkeld” on this list.

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    ossify
    Full Member

    Tekkers?

    Can’t believe you didn’t include “the trails behind Nationwide in Swindon” on this list.

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    thegeneralist
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    I think there’s a typo in the heading of the article:

    Best UK Trail Centre type Riding Destination – Singletrack World Awards 2024

    n0b0dy0ftheg0at
    Free Member

    North Wales roads (lanes)… When it’s dry!

    Ambrose
    Full Member

    Parkamoor, as it used to be.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Best UK Trail Centre type Riding Destination – Singletrack World Awards 2024

    I’m guessing that only Trail Centres were nominated.

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    theo104
    Full Member

    2 private bike parks, one location that includes a trail centre but is not limited to it, and one that is definitely not a trail centre of any kind.

    markspark
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    I’d say the golfie is a trail centre, it’s even got a trail marker post. Out of those 4 dyfi at the top and bpw in 5th, narrowly being pipped by doing a day long vo2 training session on zwift

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    singlespeedstu
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    I’d say the golfie is a trail centre, it’s even got a trail marker post.

    I was thinking about this yesterday on the fireroad climb.

    They’re more a promotional aid for TVTA than anything in my view. You can scan the QR code and donate to TVTA.

    They don’t fit the Trail Centre model in that they are not direction posts that you follow in a circular route.

    Just a post to denote the start point of a trail and most of the trails don’t have them.

    You can also ride many different trails from the marked starting point of some of the named trails.

    My local local trails have name plates on some of them but I bet no one has ever called that a Trail Center because the trail builder has nailed a name plate to a tree.

    Onzadog
    Free Member

    Not ridden them all so it doesn’t seem fair to comment .

    Mark
    Full Member

    ok.

    darlobiker
    Full Member

    @onzadog. That’s not how the internet works.

    doomanic
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    Damn, tough choices this year. Only the Golfie doesn’t owe me a helmet but there’s more to the Tweed Valley, Yair for example.
    FoD is my home away from home and if I couldn’t ever ride anywhere else again until I die I’d die happy. There’s something for every ability.
    BPW is my bogey venue. Loved it the first few visits but not so much recently. No idea why, except possibly Dyfi is IMO much better.
    Dyfi is so good, but mostly way above my pay grade. Super Swooper is sublime but I don’t have the minerals (or ability) for a lot of it.

    After typing all that I’m still not sure on the final outcome but I’m casting my vote for FoD.

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    vmgscot
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    Back in the mists of time (90’s?) I remember a tongue-in-cheek article in a (printed) MTB mag suggesting an Orwellian future where mountain bikers are herded into small pay-per-play areas to enjoy their hobby. Looking at this list – are we nearly in that future?

     

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    stevedoc
    Free Member

    Seems like a short list amongst so many brilliant riding destinations .   In true 80s fashion im “voting none of the above !”

    DaveyBoyWonder
    Free Member

    Of that limited and niche list:

    1. Golfie – never had a day there where I’ve come away anything less than knackered but absolutely buzzing

    2. BPW – you sit on a bus and ride down a hill all day. Usually ace, last trip I came away thinking it was a little bit bof. Bigger queues than I remember and later starts/earlier finishes for the uplift. The biblical weather didn’t help…

    3. FOD – been a few times just to ride the waymarked stuff. Its good in a “normal” trail centre type of way. Given the limited height they have to play with, its everything Dalby (my local) should be but isn’t with similar terrain.

    4. Dyfi – not ridden it so against the rules of the internet, I’m not going to pass comment but the videos I’ve seen etc don’t entice me to spend a day with dudez on DH bikes shouting rad and dope and whooping like that Timmy C whopper on the toob.

    imnotamused
    Free Member

    Nothing with repeat fireroad climbs gets my vote.

    Dyfi shut due to snow when we pulled up after a 6hr drive but they wouldn’t crank up that big party speaker and get the beers in as an alternative so I can’t vote for them (they were stressed to be fair so I get it, I was just ready to party!).

    Haven’t been to FoD or BPW so I can’t vote for them either lol so my protest vote goes to the Lake District!

    IdleJon
    Free Member

    Back in the mists of time (90’s?) I remember a tongue-in-cheek article in a (printed) MTB mag suggesting an Orwellian future where mountain bikers are herded into small pay-per-play areas to enjoy their hobby. Looking at this list – are we nearly in that future?

    It was quite a frequent comment when trail centres started to appear.

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    DougD
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    I reckon there’s a definite case to split this sort of thing into two categories:

      <li style=”text-align: left;”>best UK trail centre – there’s a lot of effort that goes into running these, often dependent on volunteers, so would be great to see that recognised.

    • Best UK natural riding – for those that steer clear of trail centres and prefer to explore the wilds.
    ampthill
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    Back in the mists of time (90’s?) I remember a tongue-in-cheek article in a (printed) MTB mag suggesting an Orwellian future where mountain bikers are herded into small pay-per-play areas to enjoy their hobby. Looking at this list – are we nearly in that future?

    I think it’s true. But i don’t thinks it’s a conspiracy. Sanctioned or not the strava heat map shows huge amounts of off road riding is concentrated in very small areas.

    The riding across the map in increasingly propped up by gravel and bikepacking

    doomanic
    Full Member

    Given all the whinging about the voting options it would be interesting to see what the nominations were.

    dave661350
    Full Member

    I no longer live in the UK so won’t be voting (I’ve also never ridden any of the 4 places ) I’m with several other posters, have a few more ‘destinations’ in the poll…including some natural ‘get an OS map out and plot a route’ sort of places.

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    thegeneralist
    Free Member

    What were the nominations?

    ( And indeed, from whom?)

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