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Hicks Lodge Mountain Bike Trails

Hicks Lodge Mountain Bike Trails
Avg 3.96
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  • Information:
  • Type: Purpose Built Centre
  • Grades: Green,Blue,Accesible
  • Riding: Cross Country,Skills Area
  • Facilities: Car Park,Toilets,Visitors Centre,Cafe,Bike Hire,Bike Shop,Showers
  • Distance(s): 5-10km
  • Country: England
  • County: Leicestershire
  • Website: Hicks Lodge Mountain Bike Trails
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Description

Hicks Lodge is a MTB trail centre located near Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire. It features a visitor centre with all the usual facilities - car parking, cafe, bike shop, bike hire, toilets, as well as a blue mountain bike trail and green trail.

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The Wood Farm Trail - Green

  • The Wood Farm Trail (4.4 km / 2.75 miles) is a family trail and for beginners introducing cyclists to easy singletrack

Shell Brook Trail - Blue

  • The Shell Brook Trail is graded Blue and is 8.9 km / 5 miles long. It brings on more technical features on a moderately graded singletrack which is suitable only for mountain bikes. It's got a pump track feel. The trail has berms, rollers, tabletops, is action-packed fun for all ages and abilities.

Pedal and Play Skills Zone - Green

  • The Pedal and Play facility is for riders who are relatively new to mountain biking and want to boost their confidence. This traffic-free trail features three exciting zones, each offering different challenges to help you progress at your own pace. 
    • The Hub Challenge – practise your cornering and get comfortable riding rollers
    • The Pedal Challenge – build your bike handling and get to know berms
    • The Mirror Signage – ride and race
  • In total around 2km / 1.25miles of track. Suitable for adapted cycles. 

Other Stuff

  • There is a regular kids Go Ride club as well as a B -Buddies MTB cycling club. They also run an annual 8 series MTB time trails on the blue and green routes.

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Jmb:
Avg 4.00
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Family fun!

Perfect trails for young children to progress on. Our 6 year old and 4 year old twins love the blue trail here. It's all smooth singletrack but there's lots of nice berms and rollers that they love. The climbs are also easily doable on their small singlespeed children's bikes. If you go fast it's also fun for Mum's and Dad's. Can't comment on the facilities as we didn't use them due to the pandemic but it looked well equipped from the outside.

What do you like?

Fast and smooth and great for families to progress on.

What could be improved?

Car park can get really busy so arrive early (Trails are still quiet though)

Would you recommend?

Yes

Date written:

03/01/2021 - almost 5 years ago

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Warren:
Avg 4.67
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Bike trials and hire

Thank you for a good day out

What do you like?

All of what we saw was good. The staff are nice bike hire is very easy. The trails they have a great for the kid and us big kids. Will be coming back

What could be improved?

Get sung on the chest twice when riding the bike. Poor wasp hahaha No bad point from my family

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

09/09/2018 - over 7 years ago

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beardedbiggs:
Avg 3.48
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Hicks Lodge blue route

hicks lodge is a small trail center with a nice cafe and a few different loops aimed more for beginners. the blue route is a fun loop with some fast berms and rollers. good for some fitness training. there is no big features here but you can have alot of fun and get a bit of air off the rollers!

What do you like?

fast and fun as you can make it great cafe very friendly place

What could be improved?

a little short maybe have some red options

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

23/04/2018 - over 7 years ago

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Jay:
Avg 3.13
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Short, but fun

Great fun - another reviewer said its like a drawn out pump track, which is a pretty good description. It is good fun and worth doing it fast. If you want a decent workout, go round twice. Some of the jumps are worth throwing the bike over if you're not usually confident (I'm not!). And the berms are actually good for training, again, I'm not that technical a rider, so find it helpful. A great facility for families and novices - rarely crowded, worth supporting.

What do you like?

Nicely built trails - excellent for learners

What could be improved?

Short, not particularly challenging or technical

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

08/08/2016 - over 9 years ago

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Trailmade:
Avg 3.08
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Some fun features along the way. Lots of berms scattered along but I found some of them to be quite tight to get out of so a bit akward. Loads of random rollers along the way to try and jump. The final descent is really quick to get back to the top off so worth a few rides before you head back

What do you like?

Good facilities. Fun trail with lots of berms and a few jumps

What could be improved?

Quite short

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

19/04/2015 - over 10 years ago

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phil newall:
Avg 3.17
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Hicks Lodge

We love hicks lodge, especially as its only 10 minutes away. Whether its a nice family afternoon with our two children (5 & 10 years) on the family trail and around the lake or a late night riding session on a Thursday night when the cafes open till 8. The Shell brook trail is ideal to get into mountain biking and my son loves it. I wouldn't recommend tag alongs, small children or non mountain bikes on it as some sections would be difficult. The scenery and woodlands are great and maturing all the time and as has been said you have to try the cakes out after a hard ride, it would be rude not to...... Thursday nights are great,a completely different experience doing the trail at night, dont worry as theres always lots of people on the trail with you..

What do you like?

single track Shell brook trail, decent length family trail and a good playground for the kids while you have a proper cup of tea or coffee Very family friendly fab café Good clean facilities (toilets etc)

What could be improved?

Just a small note to watch the gravel on the family trail as little ones might find it a bit difficult on downhill sections.

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

26/11/2013 - about 12 years ago

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