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Lead Mines and Helens Tower
iBikeRide UK MTB Trail of the Year 2026

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  • Information:
  • 🏷️ Type:• Natural Trails
  • 🚵 Riding:🌲 Cross Country⬇️ Downhill
  • 📏 Distance(s):Under 5km, 5-10km, 11-15km, 16-20km
  • 📍 Country:🌍 Northern-ireland
  • 🗺️ County:Down
  • 🌐 Website:Lead Mines and Helens Tower ↗
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Description

The Lead Mines and Helens Tower mountain bike region has a mix of everything. Short trails but plenty of them, lots of big gap jumps and some good single track.

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Lead Mines and Helens Tower Trails

  • The region has drops, rocky sections. singletrack and you can link the Lead Mines with Helens Tower for a neat loop and some nice single track. Also here is the Dufferin Trail and the Sunday Breakfast Run.

    • Lead Mines

  • The Lead Mines are unsurprisingly full of technical drops and rocky sections.

    • Helens Tower

  • Helens Tower is more neat sections of singletrack. as mentioned good ot join with the Lead Mines to create a loop.

    • Other Trails

  • There is the Dufferin Trail from Conlig made up of multiple short sections of singletrack and The Sunday Breakfast Run from Conlig where you can take the Ulster Way down to Helen's Bay / Crawfordsburn for breakfast!

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