SheRides is a women's mountain bike collective running free social rides at trail centres across the UK, each led by a local ride ambassador. Its ride locations include Cannock Chase (including the downhill sessions at Stile Cop), Sherwood Pines, Eastridge Woods and Hopton Wood in the Midlands; Greno Woods and Lady Canning's around Sheffield; Swinley Forest, the Forest of Dean and Haldon Forest further south; and Brechfa Forest and Coed Llandegla in Wales. Current dates are on its ride page. It also runs women-only mountain bike retreats and coached fitness programmes.

Breeze is British Cycling's programme of free, women-only led rides, run locally by volunteer Breeze Champions. Most Breeze rides are on road or easy off-road rather than singletrack, so check the ride description before booking. Rides are listed and booked through the Let's Ride platform.

Hope Women runs women-led guided rides around the country through the year, at venues including Coed Llandegla and Dalby Forest. It also puts on the Hope WMN Enduro at the Forest of Dean, a women's enduro weekend run with the PMBA series. Most UK gravity races draw well under a fifth women. This one is entirely women and girls, with fields of over 200, which puts it among the largest women's gravity races in the country. It uses a mash-up format, and riders report it as genuinely competitive and deliberately social at the same time.

Sisters in the Wild runs guided trips for women and FLINTA riders, including bikepacking through the Cairngorms, a gravel basecamp in the Cambrian Mountains and an intro to bikepacking weekend on the South Downs. The riding is mostly gravel and off-road rather than trail centre singletrack, and these are paid trips rather than club rides, with camping and bikepacking gear available to borrow and no previous bikepacking experience needed on the intro weekend. It also runs trips outside the UK. Its UK trips are in our events calendar, and dates are on its own site.

Dame Cycling Forest of Dean is a group for women riding in the Forest of Dean. It is a private Facebook group, so request to join to see what members have planned.

Dean Trail Volunteers is the community group that builds and maintains the mountain bike trails in the Forest of Dean, working with Forestry England. It has been a registered charity since 2024. Regular dig days are open to all volunteers, and the group also runs dedicated women's dig days, bookable through its Eventbrite page.

A group for anyone wanting to meet up for social mountain bike rides in the Devon area, in its own words, a friendly bunch where all abilities are welcome. That covers Haldon Forest near Exeter, along with Cann Wood and the trails around Dartmoor. It has over 750 members. It is a private Facebook group, so request to join.

Girls That Ride Bikes is a women’s cycling community based in Dorset, running free volunteer-led group rides across Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight, including the New Forest, the Purbecks and Cranborne Chase, with evening rides from Bournemouth and North Dorset. Rides cover gravel, mountain biking and road, so check the ride description for the terrain before you go. Dates and routes are shared through its WhatsApp community, where you join a ride. It also runs the Wild Weekend, a women’s cycling and adventure festival in North Dorset each summer, with mountain bike rides at Okeford Hill Bike Park alongside gravel and road routes, camping, demo bikes and non-riding sessions.

Ride Bristol runs a women+ mountain bike ride on the first Saturday of each month, meeting at the Ashton Court Golf and Cycle Hub before riding the trails at Ashton Court and Leigh Woods. Separate groups cover a range of paces. Riders need a mountain bike, a helmet and some off-road experience, and there is no need to sign up in advance.

Tribe Adventures runs women-only mountain bike coaching in Bristol, including at Ashton Court, and in the Forest of Dean. Courses run from introductory sessions with bikes provided through to progressive skills, enduro preparation and bike maintenance.

The Cycle Sistas is a women's cycling community based around Worcester. Alongside regular local rides, it puts on women's days at bike parks further afield, including uplift days at Antur Stiniog and days at Twisted Oaks run with Trail Bloom.

Trail Bloom runs free social rides and women's days at trail centres including Cannock Chase and Sherwood Pines. It is also a women's mountain bike clothing brand.

Trailbirds MTB describes itself as a social group of like-minded women who share a love for cycling, run by volunteers. It names Telford, Wolverhampton, Cannock and Shrewsbury as the areas it covers, which takes in Cannock Chase and the Shropshire trails at Eastridge Woods and Hopton Wood. It has over 950 members. It is a private Facebook group, so request to join.

Cafe Adventure in Hope, Derbyshire, runs women's rides through the year. Rides set off either from the cafe or from somewhere else around the Peak District, Derbyshire or Sheffield, and some are aimed at beginners. These are social rides on natural trails and bridleways rather than coached sessions, so riders need to be self sufficient. Ride details are posted in its private Facebook group, which has over 1,000 members.

Dalby Forest Cycle Hub runs a series of women-only mountain bike courses at Dalby Forest, from an introductory guided ride through to fundamentals, skills and black trail progression sessions. Courses are for women and girls aged 14 and over, led by British Cycling qualified coaches in groups of up to eight, and run on selected Saturdays through the year.

Lakes Ladies MTB is a group for women riding in the Lake District, described by its own admins as a place to arrange rides with other women in the Lakes. It has over 500 members. It is a private Facebook group, so request to join to see what members have planned.

Firecrest MTB's Girls DeVo is a coaching programme for girls aged 8 to 16, building mountain bike skills on gravity trails under Firecrest's coaching team. Sessions normally run monthly on a Sunday morning at Aston Hill Bike Park. Firecrest also runs mixed DeVo courses at other venues, so check the programme page for what is currently scheduled and where.

Swinley Women is a group for women riding at Swinley Forest. It has over 700 members. It is a private Facebook group, so request to join to see what members have planned. For rides with dates attached, SheRides also runs a women's social ride at Swinley, led by a local ambassador and listed on its ride page.

Dirt Divas MTB is a not for profit group based in Aberfoyle that runs guided rides, coaching and events for women, non-binary and trans riders across central Scotland, including around Rabbit Hill Bike Park, Callander and the Trossachs. It is run by a team of qualified mountain bike guides and coaches.

FNY Collective is a women's mountain bike group that started out running events at Newcastleton and now organises weekends and sessions across the Scottish Borders and Tweed Valley, including taster sessions at Glentress. Its signature weekend, The Hunt, runs at Traquair House. The collective reinvests its profits into trail advocacy and local causes.

Hervelo is a women+ cycling club based in Edinburgh and the Lothians, running road, gravel and mountain bike rides, from coastal routes in East Lothian to trails in the Pentlands. Its mountain bike group rides under the name Mudhoneys, and there is an open ride each month for riders who are not members.

Limitlass is a women's mountain bike festival that runs at Dunkeld in Perthshire over a summer weekend, with coaching, workshops and guided rides. The organisation also runs Limitlass Next Gen, a separate day for girls aged 7 to 15 at Glenlivet. Check the Limitlass site for what is scheduled, as the festival does not run every year.

BikePark Wales runs women+ social ride days at its Merthyr Tydfil trail centre, combining guided laps, coaching and a social session afterwards. The park also runs the BikePark Wales Women's Group, a Facebook group with over 3,000 members, where ride dates are shared and riders arrange to meet up.

Hafod Trails near Llandeilo hosts Women's Days, and one of its co-founders is a SheRides ambassador who leads SheRides rides at Brechfa Forest nearby, which under-18s can join with an adult. Check the SheRides ride page for what is coming up at either venue.

MTBChix&Trails is one of the largest women's mountain biking communities in the UK, with over 6,500 members and running since 2015. In its own words it is a place for girls to talk bikes, open to every ability from beginner to racer. The group keeps files members use to find riders in their own area, or riding buddies for a trip away, which makes it a useful first stop if you have moved or are heading somewhere new. There is a separate sister group for buying and selling bikes, kit and spares. Both are private Facebook groups, so request to join.

Pedalhounds is a grassroots multi-round mountain bike and eMTB enduro race series held at venues across the south east of England. It runs age and ability categories including women's classes alongside the main field, and the format suits riders who have not raced before.

Malverns Classic is a family mountain bike festival held each August at Eastnor Deer Park, near the Malvern Hills. It combines races for a range of levels with a trade show, live entertainment and family activities. It is not a women-only event, but it runs women's categories across its race formats and tends to sell out well in advance.

Fox Antifreeze is a spring lap race at Coed y Brenin run by Dyfi Events. It uses a staggered start rather than a mass start, and riders choose on the day whether to ride one, two or three laps of a roughly 12km loop, so it suits a range of fitness levels. It is not a women-only event and it sells out early.