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Saddleworth Mountain Bike Trails

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Saddleworth Mountain Bike Trails
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  • 🏷️ Type:• Natural Trails
  • 📏 Distance(s):11-20km, 21-30km
  • 📍 Country:🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
  • 🗺️ County:Greater Manchester

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Description

Saddleworth Mountain bike trails are just to the east of Oldham and just 11 miles from Manchester. Situated on the edge of the Pennines, at the gateway into the Peak District National Park there is unsurprisingly a lot of natural MTB trail riding to be had here.

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Saddleworth Mountain Bike Trails

Saddleworth mountain bike trails sit just east of Oldham and 11 miles from Manchester, on the edge of the Pennines at the gateway to the Peak District National Park. Expect open moorland riding across three named routes plus wide-ranging natural trail on the surrounding bridleway network, no formal trail centre or waymarking.

The Trails

  • Diggle Jiggle Trail: a 17km circular route from Diggle to Greenfield railway station and back, gentle at first then into hillier terrain around Saddleworth's historic villages.
  • Saddleworth Cycle and Horse Riding Trail: 11km, following parts of the Delph Donkey trail and Pennine Bridleway.
  • Pennine Bridleway: 11km, heading out from Castleshaw across Saddleworth Moor to Denshaw and on to Crompton Moor, where a network of bridleways and purpose-built trail adds more technical riding.
  • The bridleways between Denshaw, Hebden Bridge and Marsden all offer good natural XC riding, and the terrain extends into neighbouring Calderdale (Todmorden) and Rossendale (Rawtenstall, Bacup).
  • Dovestone Reservoir: flatter loops around the reservoir, a good option for families and riders new to mountain biking.

Getting Here

Castleshaw Centre, Waterworks Road, Delph, Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, OL3 5LZ.

Local Organisation

Saddleworth Clarion cycling club (now at saddleworthclarion.com) has historic links to the area, though the club's site no longer carries a dedicated mountain biking page.

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