Queen Elizabeth Country Park Mountain Bike Trails

Tim Norris:

Much has been said of late about the new sections of trail at the QECP so we thought we’d pay it a visit. So 6 of us made the 80 mile journey to QECP yesterday frankly not expecting too much. We’d heard of the MBR Award for the Blue trail which sounded fun, but we had also heard that the Red trail was very very sketchy in the wet. Well as you’ll see from the video, we are obviously pretty hardcore here in Wiltshire – or just used to the sticky mud! In my opinion you can ride both trails in all conditions, but the Blue will definitely hold up better in the wet. Don't dismiss it and when its dry it must a a real blast..

Good variety Family friendly Not too busy (but it was mucky) Accessible for all abilities

Splashdowns:

Fantastic when dry, exciting when wet!....

Great variety of trails, especially the off-piste stuff....

jonathan:

My local haunt

The trail collective volunteers are always improving the trails where they are aloud to and have plans to improve the red route when the blue is finished. The blue is so much fun now with loads of berms to swoop round and is rideable in all conditions

M Patel:

Overall a good bike trail set in an area sparsely populated with good built hilly mountainbiking trails.

Went for some trail mountain biking. Would thorougly recommend it if its dry like today. There are two trails there: -A nice blue with some reasonably gentle climbing and some good quick flowy downhill, just about looked doable for those riders on non suspension bikes. -A tricky red (was probably a bit tired by this point!) with some quite tricky climbing at times and some tricky but good downhill (about right for a red trail), good features being added. Trails were well maintained when I went but due to soil being chalky, would be slippery when wet. Good cafe and all day parking was a very reasonable £3.50 to top it off.

YETI 575 :

IN THE DRY THIS IS AN AWESOME PLACE TO RIDE , IN THE WET ITS SO SLIPPERY ON THE CHALK TRAILS BUT STILL THATS ALL PART OF THE FUN ;) . THE TRAIL SIGNS ARE A BIG PROBLEM , I FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT DIRECTIONAL ENOUGH AND NOT ENOUGH OF THEM , SO NEW RIDERS TO THE AREA WILL OFTEN GO THE WRONG WAY UP OR DOWN A TRAIL . THE OTHER PROBLEM ARE DOG WALKERS ON THE BIKE TRAILS , BUT I THINK WITH BETTER SIGNS THIS COULD GET BETTER AND SAFER .

THE TRAILS ARE WELL LOOKED AFTER BY THE TRAIL ALLIANCE .

Graeme:

Been riding QECP for years and its always getting better. The blue good track has nothing too steep either up or down and is good for all abilities. The trail stays dry almost all year round as its gravel based. It's a bit like sections of Swinley, smooth and fast when pointing down with steady climbs. I ride this trail with my 12-year-old son. The red is more natural and has off camber steeper sections but still great fun. It's a good track to test your skills and the descents will put a smile on your face. All jumps and small drop-offs all rollable or can be avoided altogether if you want. The climbs on the red are more rooty and therefore more challenging. I would recommend warming up on the blue and then dropping in on the red.

Best place in the area, love it! Great mix of riding Trails are maintained by a passionate group of guys Beautiful setting and close to the South Downs Way