Aston Hill Bike Park reopens on 21 November after its rebuild. It will open at weekends until March, and the first weekend is for members and donors only.

Bike Park Chilterns CIC announced the date in its newsletter and on the Aston Hill website, ending a closure that began in 2020, and thanked the members, donors and volunteers who helped make it possible.

Opening weekend is for supporters

Riding on 21 and 22 November is limited to 120 people a day in three-hour sessions. Members get 80% of the places, included in their membership, and the rest are sold as opening weekend passes to people who donated before the announcement. There is no general public ticket release.

Riding from then on

After that, the park opens at weekends until March 2027, when Bike Park Chilterns plans to add more days. That replaces the Wednesday to Sunday plan described in October, in what to expect when Aston Hill reopens. Everyone books in advance, members included, and there is no paying on the day. Non-members buy a session or full-day pass. The booking system "will open shortly", and pass prices are not published yet.

Memberships

Membership is capped at 250 riders for now, and 201 have joined. The adult annual price is cut from £444 to £410 for the final places, then rises to £450, and the under-18 annual membership is £165. Members ride every open day at no extra cost, with a protected share of places, and a few more memberships will be released each month after opening.

The BPC Community Membership, from £2.50 a month for under-18s and £3.50 for adults, does not include riding. It gives 10% off day passes and booking 24 hours before general release, and supports trails across the Chilterns.

The first two trails

The park reopens with two very different trails. The flow trail, on the line of the old Ricochet and 4X tracks, is surfaced from top to bottom with jumps, berms and features that can be rolled or jumped: "Some are huge," says Bike Park Chilterns. The tech trail follows the old Root Canal corridor and is, in its words, "completely natural, no surface in sight and plenty of stumps". Aston Hill has posted clips of both on Instagram: the flow trail and the tech trail.

The website reminds riders that Aston Hill is a gravity-focused bike park, so choose trails and features to suit your experience. Next in line is the 1.2km jump trail designed with Matt Jones and Acer in the Mavrix game, covered here in October.

Find out more

See the Aston Hill Bike Park listing for directions and parking, or buy one of the remaining memberships.

Photos: Aston Hill Bike Park, from its reopening newsletter.

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