Description
Langdon Hills Mountain Biking
Langdon Hills Country Park sits on a ridge on the outskirts of Basildon in Essex, with around 15 miles of natural, ungraded cross country trails split across two areas, One Tree Hill and Westley Heights, each with its own free car park. The wider park also has a network of bridleways and cycle tracks worth exploring on a gravel bike.
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The Trails
- The park is split into two sections, One Tree Hill and Westley Heights, each with its own car park. Together they offer around 15 miles of natural, ungraded cross country riding through ancient woodland, grassland and scrub across the park's 400 acres, with punchy climbs and fast descents linking up along the ridge.
- The trails are informal and unwaymarked, so download a route or use GPS navigation before you set off.
- One Tree Hill is the higher, hillier of the two areas. Westley Heights has an accessible, all-abilities path alongside its rougher riding.
Gravel Riding
Beyond the singletrack, Langdon Hills has a wider network of footpaths, bridleways and cycle tracks running through the park and linking it to the surrounding countryside, including a waymarked 4.7 mile walking and cycling route. These hardpack tracks suit a gravel bike as well as an MTB, and start from the same car parks as the singletrack.
Local Organisation
Mud Sweat and Gears run rounds of their Eastern MTB cross country race series at Langdon Hills, so check their events calendar if you fancy racing here.
Getting Here
- One Tree Hill car park: One Tree Hill, Corringham, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 9NH. Signposted from the Five Bells roundabout on the A13.
- Westley Heights car park: High Road, Basildon, Essex, SS16 6HU, behind the Harvester on the B1007.
- The nearest railway stations are Laindon and Basildon, both about a mile away, on the London Fenchurch Street line.
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