Delamere Forest Mountain Bike Trails

Delamere Forest mountain bike trails and the Manley Hill and No Brains bike skills parks are situated in Cheshire, England. There is a visitors center, cafe, bike shop, and hire. The two official MTB waymarked trails are family trails and there is short skills loop.

Two family cycle trails

• Hunger Hill Trail - start at Delamere Information Centre - blue waymarkers - 4 miles - 0.5 hour - easy

• Whitemoor Trail - start at Delamere Information Centre - white waymarkers - 7 miles long. Graded - Forest Road.

Blue

• A new mountain bike trail, which includes 4km of new blue-graded single track along its 10km length and will enable families and those new to mountain biking to practice and perfect their mountain biking skills before moving on to some of the tougher trails at other Forestry England sites such as Cannock Chase Forest.

Skills Area

• Located outside Delamere Forest Bike Hire and Shop, there is a short skills loop.

Off-Piste

• There is a network of singletrack and crisscrossing trails to explore

Manley Hill Bike Skills Park and Other Riding Spots

• Manley Hill Bike Park (more a small skills area) consists of short (30-40sec) downhill tracks, 4x, and jumps. The skills area can be accessed via a fire road at the bottom of Ashton Road – head into the forest on the opposite side of the Outdoor Education Centre. You will see signs to the skills area from the fire road. Layby parking is available along Ashton road.
• No Brains is a short steep run with a gulley entrance to start with. From the bottom of Manley Hill Bike Park, head left, up a hill, and then on the right – over a low wooden fence. Around no Brains are a small number of longer runs.
• Old Pale Downhill run from the summit (Pale Heights) is a highlight within Delamere Forest. Rutted - singletrack and you can get some speed. The track splits in two and rejoins near the end giving some variation. Using what3words you can find the trailhead here 'jazz.rainfall.coasters'
• Nettleford Wood is a natural trail with a few small jumps and drop off's). Trailhead can be found again with what3words at 'found.outraged.community'

Other Stuff

• Wild Blighty is a good resource for finding the fun stuff in the forest.

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