Description
Macclesfield Forest is a decent place for beginners to XC as well as for the experienced rider to base themselves for a Peak District adventure.
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Macclesfield Forest XC Trails
- Whilst not the biggest forest it has lots of natural trails that run through the forest and then join up with Bridleways that run over the moors on the edge of the Peak District. By using the forest as a base you can plan short, long or epic adventures out into the edge of the peaks. There are good facilities in the forest centre including a small cafe.
- Some of the more well-known routes are classic ride spots are 'charity Lane', Bottom of the oven' and Cumberland Brook.' We've pulled together some of the best resoruces on the web to help you navigate your Macclefiled MTB riding below:
- 'See Macclesfield' is a great resource for all adventure planning in the Macclesfield area and they have a specific MTB section which has a number of MTB routes which can be sorted by their easy, intermediate or difficult gradings.
- Flattyres MTB have a good 30km MTB route classic which can be found here.
- Viewranger have a 29km route in Macclesfield Forest, which can be found here and a shorter 7.5km route here.
- There are also some downhill tracks in the forest but you would need to hook up wth a local to discover them.
Groups
- Check out the wider Peak District MTB Facebook Group.
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