Dalby Forest Mountain Bike Trails

Description

Dalby Forest Mountain bike trails has a selection of green, blue, red, and black routes giving something for all abilities. It also has a Cycle Skills area. The modern visitors centre has a decent cafe and car park.

Red Route (21 miles, 34.3km)

• This is made up of many short ups and downs of singletrack. There are drops, berms, rock gardens, and shore. The trail starts at Dixon's Hollow car park and Low Dalby. The Courtyard where the trail starts is in the village of Low Dalby one and a half miles from the entrance to the forest.

Jerry Noddle - Red Route (7 miles, 11.1 km)

• Starts at Dixons Hollow car park, then from Moorcock meadow campsite it follows the escape route back to Dixons Hollow

Newclose Rigg - Red Route (6 miles, 9.6 km)

• Fast single track through woodland, rock features, steep drop offs and large rocks. Start at Low Dalby, then at post 12 follow the escape route back to Low Dalby.

Riggs and Dales - Red Route (8.5 miles, 13.8 km)

• An intense section of singletrack with technical climbs and descents. To start from Low Dalby, follow the 'Riggs and Dales' signs on the blue cycle trail.

Black Route (4 miles, 6.4km)

• This is a World Cup course. It's short but has very steep climbs and-and custom carved also steep technical descents. The black trail starts from Adderstone Field which is approximately 5 miles along Dalby Forest Drive from Dalby Forest Visitor Centre and Shop.

Jubilee Blue Route (6 miles, 11km)

• Start the trail from the central courtyard in Low Dalby. This trail is long but easy to ride on mainly forest roads. Some of the climbs and descents are quite steep. It also includes a couple of easier sections of the red route for rider progression.

Adderstone Cycle Trail - Green Route

• A short couple of green family routes is also here. Start the trail from Dixon’s Hollow car park located next to Adderstone field. There is a short route: 8 miles (12.8 km) or a longer route: 12 miles (19.3km)

Ellerburn Trail - Green Route

• The gentlest of trails at Dalby starting from the main cycling hub. 1.7 miles, with an optional 1.1-mile extension.

Cycle Skills Area - Orange

• The bike park at Dixons Hollow with 4X, shore and a pump track. Here you can test your ability on sections of green, blue and red trails to determine you level, located near Low Dalby along the Ellerburn Trail.
• There is an advanced pump track built in partnership between the Forestry Commission and volunteer group SingletrAction. It has large berms, doubles, rock drops and rollers.
• The track has been built in memory of Clare Anne Woodall who was the lead volunteer for the SingletrAction Dalby group.
• There is also a 100-meter-long line of tabletops on site.

Off-Piste

• Like most other mountain bike trails you will find a selection of unsanctioned unofficial off-piste natural style tracks in the area.

Other Stuff

• SingletrAction Volunteer Trail Building Group who work closely with the Forestry Commission to make all this possible. 

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