Description
Skelf Bike Park is a free, open-access urban bike park at the foot of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, beside the Crags Sports Centre. It has an asphalt pump track and a short blue-graded woodland loop with optional red features, and it is run by volunteers as a community project through the charity Braidwood Bikepark Group.
The Track
- Pump track: About 160m of asphalt, designed and built by Velosolutions, with rollers, berms and plenty of transfer lines linking its sections. First-timers can learn to pump on the rollers and lighter berms, while experienced riders can link laps and chase speed. It is open to bikes, scooters and skateboards.
- Blue loop: A signposted loop of around 1km through the woodland beside the pump track, surfaced with local stone. It is graded blue, with optional red features for riders who want more.
- There are no floodlights, so plan to ride in daylight.
Getting Here
- Skelf Bike Park is on Bowmont Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9RY, beside the Crags Sports Centre below Salisbury Crags.
- There is very limited parking nearby, so riding in is best. Good bike routes lead here across the Meadows, along the Innocent Railway path and through Holyrood Park. Please do not use the Crags Centre car park, which is separate from the park.
- Edinburgh Waverley is the nearest mainline station.
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