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Hopton Wood Mountain Biking

Hopton Wood Mountain Biking
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  • Information:
  • Type: MTB Base
  • Grades: Blue,Red,Black
  • Riding: Cross Country,Downhill
  • Distance(s): Under 5km, 11-20km
  • Country: England
  • County: Shropshire
  • Website: Hopton Wood
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Description

Hopton Wood mountain bike base is based in Hopton Wood, near Castle Hopton in Shropshire in England. There is a short 1km blue warm-up loop, a 4km blue, a 12.6km red trail, and a set of three downhill trails (with an established Downhill community). There are limited facilities so please come prepared.

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Warm-up Loop - (Blue Grade)

  • The Warm up Loop at Hopton is a short 1km run of moderate ability. You can also use it to extend the distance of the main route.  

Hopton Blue (Blue Grade)

  • The Hopton Blue moderate trail is for beginner riders with some off road experience. It starts from the Bedstone Hill car park and offers around 4km of wide tracks made up of two loops to develop your skills 

Pearce XC Trail (Red Grade) 

  • The Pearce XC red trail is 12.6km. It's classified as a difficult trail so it is suitable for proficient mountain bikers with good off-road skills. You will find sweeping descents, challenging climbs and rocky, rooty downhill sections.It was built in partnership with Pearce Cycles of Ludlow

Downhill Trails (Black Grade)

  • There are three downhill trails here for the experienced downhill rider. 

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FullFloater:
Avg 4.08
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Hopton

Great place to ride if you're sick of Llandegla and the likes and its hardpack surface. It's rough, technical and super slippy when it gets wet. Red route is demanding on skill and fitness with steep descents and steep climbs. I'd recommend a lap of the warm up loop before setting off into the first descent. There's also 3 downhill tracks with 2 of them being on the "easier" side and main line being the more technical. You can ride main line on a trail bike no problem but be prepared for a trip to the dentist.

What do you like?

Warm up loop. Red route starts on an awesome descent. Serious Roots! LOAM!

What could be improved?

Some serious climbs so be warned if you're not into that. Bit on the short side in terms of distance.

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

24/01/2017 - almost 9 years ago

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steve :
Avg 3.99
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loved this trail

Superb cross country trail with some amazing climbs lots of roots which make it interesting

What do you like?

Good variety of trail terrain roots good long climbs not commercialised or over busy sun was out all day perfect

What could be improved?

No bad points

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

07/03/2015 - almost 11 years ago

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stumpy_dan:
Avg 3.31
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Hills, thrills and more hills

Hopton Woods Pierce XC Red is a rare trail as it starts on a flowing descent that still gives you a fun end to the trail. It's a decent red for England with many short descents full of berms, roots and little drops. Could do with a few more jumps and some of the many ups are very steep and could be trailed up a bit. Great for endurance and loads of short fun technical sections but just seems to lack that big long descent given the amount of climbing it asks you to do. Prone to mud which is when I rode but I like that as raises the technical nature.

What do you like?

Rooty descents Starts on a descent

What could be improved?

Some v sharp hills No facilities

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

10/11/2014 - about 11 years ago

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L8Rees:
Avg 3.66
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Hills glorious hills

Take all you need to repair your bike, fun but make sure you are fit enough, if ita rained for a week I'd be vary careful lol but a great few hours out :-)

What do you like?

The trails are well hidden so they are not over used like the Dog at Cannock Chase they are flowey and a bit techy but this puts a smile on your face, if you like hills this is the place for you! And free parking is always a bonus

What could be improved?

Well there are no facilities and you are in your own, lots of hills so if you expect an easy ride you will be disappointed, it's very tucked away and you have to find it, can be muddy but over all worth a visit

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

01/11/2014 - about 11 years ago

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beardedbiggs:
Avg 3.83
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hopton woods, pearce xc (red)

after driving down some very windy country roads we found the car park and made our way onto the red route at daves start which is a cracking 1st descent that gets you right into the mood, we managed to ride after 3 days of torrential rain so were expecting mud..... we got it. the trails rode generally quite well even though they were saturated but some areas were just like a bog! some of the descents were slippy in places which slowed us down a bit which was a shame as i imagine at full pelt they would have been fantastic. after the 1st couple of sections you start climbing and it just seems to go on forever. the descent at the top of the hill is cracking and well worth the grueling climb. one section shares briefly with the downhill trails so you can imagine what thats like. you do get the idea that some of the descents here were built with downhill riders in mind as a lot of very fun sections. will definitely be coming back when hopefully a bit dryer.

What do you like?

proper red route, keeps you on your toes physically demanding

What could be improved?

no facilities felt like more up than down few more single track sections needed

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

08/04/2014 - over 11 years ago

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Bigmick:
Avg 4.34
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Hopton woods

Pearce Cycles have done a great job on the trails here at Hopton. There is a 1Km warm up loop which gives you an idea of what you are about to face and has a little bit of everything for you to test your skills. The main red trail is a fairly short but quite technical blast through the forest. Several sections are strewn with roots and rocks making it a tricky route (especially in the wet). I linked it up with other riding in the area (Eastridge etc) as I think there is probably not enough at Hopton to keep you occupied for a full day ,unless you spent time on the dedicated DH tracks.

What do you like?

Great variety of trails within a fairly compact area. Nice and quiet

What could be improved?

Only the lack of facilities

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

18/12/2013 - about 12 years ago

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