Description
Friston Forest mountain bike trails are in Exceat, East Sussex: a 9km red cross-country route, a 6.25km blue family trail, and a wide range of unsanctioned off-piste downhill tracks for those who know where to look.
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The Trails
- Jeremy Cole (Red, 9km) โ a cross-country route through natural forest trails, with singletrack, short descents, some fire road linking sections together, and steep climbs. Can get muddy in the wet. Start from either Butchershole car park or Seven Sisters Countryside Park.
- Family Cycle Trail (Blue, 6.25km) โ runs mostly along forest roads, unsurfaced, flat and family-friendly. Starts from Seven Sisters Countryside Park.
- Off-Piste and Downhill โ a network of unsanctioned tracks around the forest, rooty with jumps, drops and bomb holes, ridden at your own risk. Popular ones include Snakes and Ladders, White Horse, Doris and Bert, Flying Daggers, The X Files, Lover or Hate, Crater Run, Clint Eatwood and Tron.
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Getting Here
Friston Forest is located adjacent to Seven Sisters Country Park, between Seaford and Eastbourne. There are three car parks: Friston Forest main car park on Litlington Road between Exceat and Litlington, Butchershole car park on Jevington Road between Jevington and East Dean, and the Seven Sisters Countryside Park car park (where the map points) off the A259 between Seaford and East Dean.
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