Swinley Forest Mountain Bike Centre

guest:

Love it here, I'm learning and great place for me. My other half more advanced and we can ride the blue and red trails together

Mix of blue and red excellent. Never feels busy, even if carpark is. Car park opens late so can easily fit in rides in the evening and it's still light.

Londoner :

This is my go to place when weather is bad and Surrey Hills is a mud fest as drains well. There are some nice flow descents on the red and the blue has a fun penultimate descent but otherwise the red needs some tech upgrade. Still lots of fun to be had and there are a few off piste short downhill lines to session and I do like the new jump line.

- facilities not bad - good workout - some really fun descents and downhill off piste sections

guest:

Still quite new to MTB world. However love going over here having some fun out on the trails.

Nice variety of hill climb, decents, trail surface. Some nice techy bits. New bit on blue is good too.

Clayton0903:

I went here a few weeks back to ride with my mate who's new to MTB. We decided this would be a good start point as the blue trail looked fun, but was easy enough for him to enjoy. It's about 2 hours from me and I was suprised at how accessible it is-immediately off a main road with connections to the motorway. That said, you can end up encountering traffic as it's so close to London and other surrounding towns. The riding itself is really, really good-well maintained trails mean that there's minimal distruption when you're hammering the well placed downhill sections complete with high berms and a few rollable jumps. We only did the blue on our first time there, but from what others told us the red is much the same, only more exciting. If you can get down on a weekday, it will be much better. We went on a saturday and even with the 12 degrees temperature, I had to wait for a parking space. I've booked a day off work to go again as it's too much hassle driving all the way there to pray there's a space for you. Ultimately, this is an excellent trail centre and is up there with the best England has to offer. I'd even place it higher than Cannock, which is my local, purely because of the trail quality and how well the sections are stitched together.

Trails sections blend together really well for seamless flow Blue is great fun and easy to get used to-even for beginners Very well maintained Great downhill sections well spaced out along the trail network

TelSTFC:

My local trail centre as straight up the M27 & M3 for me and ride here about 3 times per month Have to say this is a great trail centre seeing as there are no big hills around here and they have designed the trails very well to get lots of flowing XC sections. Great for fitness and can average around 9.5 mph or more on a light hard tail taking it pretty fast. Blue & Red combined make a great 15 mile route and if you know the area you can add on another 2-3 miles by doing some of Crowthorn Woods. Best Sections on here for me are the Deerstalker & Labyrinth and also some great fast bermy and jumpy sections on the red & blue. This and Peaslake (Surrey Hills) are my fav Southern places to ride. By the way the flow of Swinley is much better than Cannock Chase as completed that twice this year also.

Great use of area as no real big hills All weather trails red and blue and there is some very good natural bits such as 'The Deerstalker & Labyrinth and first part of the red. Good parking facilities and only £2 for 4 hours although gets packed at weekends Some great fast downhills only short but great bermy fun. 50 mins from where i live Blue & Red Route total 15 miles so a good workout

Mihkel:

One of the best trail centres in the SE. I am lucky enough to live only 30 minutes from there. Most runs are in a good conditions all year. Also good place to spend a weekend with your family.