Description
Lochore Meadows, known locally as The Meedies, is Fife Council's mountain bike trail centre at Lochore Meadows Country Park near Lochgelly. The site has green, blue and red cross-country trails, a skills loop, a purpose-built adaptive flowtrail, a blue climb with red and blue descents on Harran Hill, and White Wood Bikepark with its own pump track, 4X track and a blue downhill run.
The Trails
Around the park
- Green Trail (6km): An easy loop around the loch, suitable for beginners, kids and all abilities of bike.
- Blue Trail (5km): Starts at the Outdoor Education Centre on the Castle Loop, then heads north to join the Bogey Trail and Nearly Knarly Nellie past the golf course. Cross the road for a go on the Benarty Braes pump track, then link through the All Ability Trail to Chapel Chase and Lyndsay's Loop.
- Red Trail (0.5km): A short, technical section in White Wood with drops and rock gardens.
- Skills Loop: Rocky elements, north shore sections, berms and rollers for building confidence before the harder trails.
- Adaptive Flowtrail (1km): Scotland's first purpose-built adaptive flowtrail, designed for side-by-side bikes, trikes, tandems and wheelchair bikes.
Harran Hill
Three trails built by Velosolutions on Harran Hill add a longer climb and two descents to the network, running between the woodland and open fields with views back over Loch Ore.
- Wullie's Way (blue climb): A zig-zag climb with a smooth surface and steady gradients, taking you to the top of Ride It Like Rab. Named after local farmer Willie Stevenson for his long support of the park.
- Ride It Like Rab (red): A technical descent with big berms and tabletops that can be rolled or jumped, and a B line round the last technical section at the bottom. Named after Rab Wardell, the Dunfermline rider and Commonwealth Games athlete who won national titles and raced the Scottish Cross Country Series here. His silhouette is on the trail signs.
- Rig and Furrow (blue): A long, progressive flow descent of berms and rollers, with more technical options along the way. The name comes from the area's mining and farming past.
The new trails are for bikes only, with a separate path for walkers. Read our news story on the opening.
White Wood Bikepark
- White Wood Bike Park has a range of tabletops and the red-graded Rockzilla run, with drops and rocky sections.
- A small pump track and a 4X track sit alongside a blue, swoopy downhill run.
Beyond the Trails
- Lochore Meadows Country Park covers over 1,200 acres around Loch Ore and is Fife's most-visited outdoor attraction, with more than a million visits a year.
- Beyond biking there's fishing, a golf course, watersports on the loch, a play park, and a beach.
- The Lochside Café and the Willie Clarke Visitor Centre are both on site, and the park now welcomes motorhome overnight stays.
- Loch Ore Castle sits near the main entrance and the Fife Pilgrim Way runs through the park.
- For a longer day, Blairadam Forest, Benarty Hill and the Loch Leven Heritage Trail are all close by.
Facilities
- Car park, toilets, the Willie Clarke Visitor Centre, Lochside Café and a bike wash and repair station.
- Adaptive bikes, including recumbent and upright trikes, wheelchair bikes and tandems, are available to hire year-round. Book ahead to avoid disappointment.
Local Organisations
- Meedies Bike Club runs regular rides and coaching sessions for adults and children from the park, and organises trips to other trail centres.
- The trails have hosted rounds of the Scottish and British cross-country mountain bike series in past years.
Getting Here
- Main car park: Lochore Meadows Country Park, Crosshill, Lochgelly, Fife, KY5 8BA. From Edinburgh, take the M90 to Junction 2A, then the A92 towards Lochgelly and follow signs from Crosshill on the B920.
- Download the trail map before you set off, or use GPS navigation: Bike Trails at Lochore Meadows map.
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