Aston Hill Bike Park

Aston Hill Bike Park sits in the Chiltern Hills on the Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire border, near Tring. The park has been closed since 2020 after ash dieback forced the removal of much of its tree cover, and it's now mid-way through a full rebuild led by Bike Park Chilterns CIC, with two new downhill trails already built and further phases planned. Aston Hill remains closed to riders until the rebuild is complete, so check the venue's own channels before planning a visit.

Aston Hill Bike Park

Aston Hill Bike Park sits in the Chiltern Hills on the Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire border, near Tring. The park has been closed since 2020, after ash dieback forced the removal of much of its tree cover, and it's now mid-way through a full rebuild led by Bike Park Chilterns CIC under a long-term lease from Forestry England. The first phase brings two new downhill trails, a flow line for progressing intermediates and a faster, more technical line for experienced riders, with a third race-oriented line and further phases planned. Aston Hill remains closed to riders until the rebuild is complete, so check the venue's own channels before planning a visit.

The Rebuild

Bike Park Chilterns CIC, a not-for-profit community interest company, holds a long-term lease from Forestry England to rebuild and run Aston Hill. In late 2025 the project announced a partnership with Saracen, Shimano and Madison, backed by the Shimano Trail Born Fund, the same fund supporting Richmond Bike Park in North Yorkshire and Rabbit Hill Bike Park in Aberfoyle. Saracen is delivering infrastructure including a welcome cabin and container, and will become the park's exclusive bike partner once it reopens, supplying a hire bike fleet.

Trail building is underway, with corridors cut and the build now in the shaping and surfacing stage. Bike Park Chilterns CIC is running a crowdfunder to help finish the final phase, covering trail shaping, feature building and surfacing, alongside multi-year memberships and day passes planned for once the park reopens. For the latest build progress, see iBikeRide's Aston Hill rebuild update or the GoFundMe campaign.

The Trails

• Ricochet (rebuilt): a progressive flow trail aimed at intermediate riders building speed and confidence.
• Red (rebuilt): a faster, more technical descent for experienced riders, with steeper features and more use of natural terrain.
• Downhill race trail (planned): a third, race-oriented line following one of the original corridors, subject to further funding.

Historically, Aston Hill offered five graded downhill runs, a 4X track, a pump track and a cross country loop of around five miles, along with other named lines including Root Canal and the Surface to Air freeride trail. These aren't part of the current rebuild plan. Bike Park Chilterns CIC's long-term goal is at least seven trails across a mix of styles as the project develops.

Beyond the Trails

Aston Hill sits about 1km from Wendover Woods, a much larger Forestry England site with its own car park, cafe, adventure playground, picnic areas and the 9.5km Juniper family cycle trail, a waymarked blue-graded route on well-surfaced forest tracks. It's worth combining a visit: bring the family for the playground and cafe while riders check out Aston Hill, or warm up on Juniper's forest roads before heading over.

Getting Here

The main car park is at Aston Hill, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5NQ, about 30 minutes from Junction 20 of the M25 or Junction 6a of the M1. If the Aston Hill car park is full or closed during the rebuild, the Wendover Woods car park, also on HP22 and about 1km away, is the main overflow option.

By train, Wendover station on the Chiltern Main Line from London Marylebone is the nearest stop, with a signed mountain bike link route running through Wendover Woods to Aston Hill.

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