Queen Elizabeth Country Park Mountain Bike Trails

r00ps:

All the work done and underway at QECP have really brought the park back into the limelight after nearly 20 years. The new updated route is still on the short side but still packs in nearly 1000ft of climbing and descent, is almost all singletrack and includes a multitude of different types of riding to get your teeth into, hard climbs, masses of roots, steep burms, tables and drops. You'll want to do two at least two laps to get the most out of the trail if you've not been before! After that you'll e ready to hit the on-site cafe and grab some lovely cake :p

Good variety of features and trail styles. Very little fire road. Active trail building group. Easy access to extensive local bridleway network and the south downs for some properly epic days out. Easy access, good cheap parking and cafe.

Mike Fitz:

Is fast becoming a star attraction in the south. Lots of work has been done on the trails which now ride well. All the official trails are well sign posted. Lots of options to link trails with other local tracks. Good elevations for the south of England. Good cafe in the park. Lots of safe parking. On the South Downs Way if you riding the SDW allow some time to try the trials in the park. http://kingleyvalemountainbikers.ning.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/qecptrailbuilding if you want a local digger to show you the marked trails and the off piste unmarked routes. The QECP Collective, will be hosting our own gravity enduro race on 21st July 2013! It is sure to be a banger with prizes including a holiday for two with Pure Mountains in Spain’s Sierra Nevada(http://www.puremountains.com/ ), a pair of Marzocchi forks, Dainese pads, Exempt Clothing T shirts and much more up for grabs. Chris Smith has already signed up for the race which will be held on brand new, purpose built singletrack.

Tris Beard:

QECP has been extensively reworked by local trail builders and have turned it from and outdated loop of mundane single track into a fun fast and flowy red graded route with many features along the way such as berms, jumps and switchbacks. Its mainly chalk with a mix of soil and so when dry its fast and grippy but not quite so good when wet on the chalkier sections. But then thats what is great about QE its not just perfectly surfaced trails that don't have and features. Its got lots of roots which in places can be tricky to ride fast especially in the wet. But then thats what makes a great trail?! You want it to be challenged and if you can ride QE in the wet then in the dry and at other trails you will be much faster. The red trail really does give you a great workout and allows you to enjoying riding. The 1st climb is hard but as you ride the red route its made worthwhile with lots of single track as a reward. As QECP sits in the South Downs and has the South Downs Way run straight through the park is very easy to link up with other local trails that surround QE and branch off from the South Downs Way. In all its a great red route thats definitely worth a couple of laps and its also worth exploring around the local area to make a days riding. QE also offers a great cafe that is perfect after a days riding. Car parking is well priced at £2 a day and there its lots of space. The future looks bright for QE as the passionate trail builders are really making some excellent progress and they are even holding Enduro and DH races in 2013. With this enthusiastic group pushing progress QE park will be getting more popular and has the potential to offer the best riding in the South!! Well worth a look around. Ride On!!

Scott:

Great Fun Red Trail, Two Lap and it well worth a trip. Looking forward to the work on the blue trail and all the races in 2013.

New sections of trail Berms Jumps Roots Steep ups Steep Downs

stumpy_dan:

QECP has come on over the years. One of the original trail centres it has in the last couple of years invested in a revised blue. It is now more modern as a blue (used to be a sharp up and boring down) similar in style to the Swinleyesque trend. The red has had new extensions also in the last few years and although sharp to climb it offers a few technical challenges getting up and a number of really fun small jumps and drops on the descents. The park really comes into its own though when you head down the other side from the top of the blue or head left from the top of the red and hit the non-waymarked hand carved downhill descents. Here it gets steep, narrow, loose, off camber in places, really flowing in others and is dispersed with drops. It's a warren of grin-inducing lines. Love it.

- Nice switchbacks - Good workout due to sharp ups and downs - Few neat jumps and kickers thrown in - Fantastic downhill style hand carved non-waymarked trails.

jack:

Neat little track

Close to home, Leads out to other trails