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Where to park for night ride.
depends really.
either visitors centre or over the other side at button oak !
It's best to park on the duke William pub opp the visitor centre.They don't mind as long has you pop in for a pint after.
Richietea.
Thanks used to park there but has changed landlord since, so glad to here still OK
I was unsure about the Duke nowadays. Been up tonight, rode, bought pint and cob, no problems. Trails are f-ing mint ATM.
Duke William pub, just up from the visitors center car park, has been amenable in the past, as long as you buy a drink or two afterwards (no idea if this 'agreement' still holds). Couple of car park with no barriers or even park at the shops top of dry mill lane
Duke is very bike friendly pub. Will be up there at 7 if any one fancies a bimble round
we always go from button oak nowadays, and pub just down if you feel the need for a pint afterwards
No problems at the Duke, just play fair and nip in for a drink after. Vis centre c.p closes at 9 at the moment and they do lock it.
If you're worried about leaving a car unattended at night in one of the regular forest car parks, and don't want to use a pub car park, the big car park in Bewdley is only a short ride along the road or river bank to Dowles Brook, then in to the forest.
If you want to be cheeky, you could park in one of the side streets in Far Forest.
There are a couple of other places where it would be relatively safe to leave a car in the forest at night, but they are only safe because none of the locals have mentioned them on the internet. 😉
Yeah the guy at Duke William is great, we've been in plastered in Mud and he put newspaper down so we could come in and sit out the cold whilst enjoying some dirty oldschool homecooked chips and a pint 😀
Or just park on the gravel layby on the road to little lakes golf course, if your coming up longbank its just on the left as you see the forest on the right.