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Devil’s Punch Bowl Mountain Bike Trails
Avg 4.21
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  • Information:
  • Type: Natural Trails
  • Riding: Cross Country,Downhill
  • Facilities: Car Park,Toilets,Visitors Centre,Cafe
  • Distance(s): 5-10km, 11-20km, 21-30km, 31km
  • Country: England
  • County: Surrey
  • Website: Devil’s Punch Bowl Mountain Bike Trails
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Description

The Devil’s Punchbowl is near Hindhead in Surrey. It has a large network of XC trails as well as a Downhill area known as Hindhead Downhill. It is in a wider area called the Greensand Ridge next to the North Downs and part of the Surrey Hills.

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Also, you can check out our other listing Surrey Hills Mountain Biking for the nearby riding spots like Pitch Hill, Holmbury Hill, and Leith Hill.


Hindhead Commons and the Devil’s Punch Bowl are both designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The National Trust manage it, so is popular with walkers and horse riders so please be aware and considerate. 


Cross Country (XC)

  • This myriad of XC trails is numerous and can be steep and challenging. This is natural terrain and is not waymarked so you will either need to hook up with a local or explore with a GPS. We have put some of the best resources below 
    1. This is a 16km route, graded 4/5 in difficulty. It starts from either the Devil's Punch Bowl, GU26 6AB, or The Three Horseshoes Pub GU8 6QD. You can access the full details and GPX at surreyhills.org.
    2. This is a 37km Hindhead and Devil's Punch Bowl MTB route from Swinley Riders. You can access the full details and GPX at Swinley Riders.

Hindhead Downhill

  • The Downhill runs are off the south side of the Devils Punch Bowl at Gibbet hill. The trails drain well so rides well all year. There is a sizeable number of runs and it is push up but not too long. You can find steep descents, rutted tracks, technical berms, loam, roots, jumps, drops, and berms, etc.

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  • If you have ridden the MTB trails at the Devil’s Punch Bowl or the Downhill runs at Hindhead then please share your experiences and post your reviews, pictures, and videos to the listing.
Callum Reynolds:
Avg 3.96
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Great natural descents

- Rough, rocky wild horse tracks (mainly descents) are linked together by fire roads for climbs. - best in dry weather when it can be fast and pretty brutal on both bike and body due to the roots and rocks. - the downhill tracks are steep and gnarly but quite short and end disappointingly quickly - excellent facilities with a national trust run cafe and good toilets and parking.

What could be improved?

- lots of walkers - can get busy in summer (when its best to go)

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

16/10/2017 - about 8 years ago

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stumpy_dan:
Avg 4.46
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Gnarly steep and fun

Had an awesome ride at Devils Punch Bowl today. Lots of fun descents that are gnarly, can get quite steep, the occasional (breath holding) shute down on top also. There is a massive expanse of trails with a myriad of options. It can get quite technical and the ups can be steep. I did quite a lot of pushing up but was worth it for the gnarly descents. Natural feel but a few carved sections and a really neat downhill area. I rode some of my best technical riding here in many years and it pushed my game forward so I will be making this a regular. Go with a mate or a gps. Otherwise will be hard to navigate.

What do you like?

- lots of variety - steeps gnarly rooty sections - neat dh runs too

What could be improved?

- go early in the day as car park can get quite busy - as you park at the top the final leg is a long climb up (very worth it).

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

29/08/2016 - over 9 years ago

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