Trail Watch
UK mountain bike venues on the move: new builds, rebuilds, and extensions working toward an opening, and venues currently facing a real threat of closure. Updated as things change, roughly fortnightly.
🚧 Builds in progress
UK mountain bike venues of every kind, from pump tracks to trail centres, with planning permission granted, fundraising, under construction, or awaiting a confirmed opening.
Awaiting opening

Chicksands Bike Park — Fern Flow
Awaiting openingFern Flow, a new green trail running from the top of the hill to the bottom for beginners, families and younger riders, is in its final stages of hand finishing and due to open mid September.
Updated 11 days ago
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Build ongoing


Clitheroe Pump Track
Build ongoingVelosolutions UK began building the new 145-metre asphalt pump track at Edisford Riverbank in early September 2026, targeting completion by the end of the month.
Updated 10 days ago
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Richmond Bike Park, North Yorkshire
Build ongoingCommunity-built bike park near Richmond, North Yorkshire, under construction with Velosolutions leading trail building; organisers are targeting a soft opening in September 2026, with a full launch to follow in spring 2027.
Updated 11 days ago
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Pump Track at Calderglen Country Park, East Kilbride
Build ongoingA new pump track is under construction at Calderglen Country Park in East Kilbride, a looped circuit for bikes and scooters with smooth hills and banked turns, aimed at children and beginners. The build is expected to take 14 weeks.
Updated 13 days ago
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Airdrie Pump Track
Build ongoingAsphalt pump track at Airdrie Leisure Centre is under construction, with North Lanarkshire Council targeting completion later this autumn 2026
Updated 25 days ago
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Overlee Park Pump Track, Clarkston
Build ongoingConstruction is underway on this 200m floodlit pump track, with a late September 26 finish expected.
Updated about 2 months ago
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Rebuild ongoing

Woburn Bike Park
Rebuild ongoingRebuild under way led by Matt Jones with the Woburn Estate; reopening now delayed by planning considerations with no confirmed date, though the wider bike and horse trails remain open.
Updated 27 days ago
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CafesideMTB Bike Park
Rebuild ongoingForestry England lease now signed and insurance in place; separately, a Lawful Development Certificate bid recognising the site's decade-plus of prior MTB use is live for public comment, with repairs ongoing ahead of a 2026 reopening.
Updated about 1 month ago
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Aston Hill Bike Park
Rebuild ongoingRebuild under way with Bike Park Chilterns CIC; two new downhill trails already built, crowdfunder live to help finish the final phase.
Updated about 1 month ago
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Extension ongoing

Lochore Meadows — Harran Hill extension
Extension ongoing2.5km trail extension into Harran Hill underway; Velosolutions UK's red climb is progressing well, with the downhill section still to be built and no confirmed opening date yet.
Updated 15 days ago
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Lee Quarry — jump line
Extension ongoingVolunteers reshaped the jump line into three graded options; grading and signage still to follow before it reopens, with the rest of the quarry open throughout.
Updated about 1 month ago
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Planning approved

Ride Ness Bike Park
Planning approvedHighland Council granted planning permission in February 2026 for a 24km trail centre at Glendoe Estate; construction not yet started.
Updated 3 months ago
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Now open

Wellington Pump Track, Somerset
Now openOpened and a bit earlier than the planned 26 September opening
Updated 2 days ago
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BikePark Wales — Dark Matter
Now openDark Matter, BikePark Wales' new Black Blend/Plus trail branching off Blackadder, is now open: 0.8km with the bike park's biggest drop yet, big flowy jumps and some of its steepest, rawest tech. Links with Pork Belly and Insufficient Funds for jumps, or Coal Not Dole and True Grit for tech.
Updated 9 days ago
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🚨 Trails under threat
Venues facing a lease, planning, funding, or access dispute that could lead to closure.
Under threat

Warley Bike Park
Under threatTrails remain under threat of clearance, with council talks ongoing and a public meeting on the site's future expected in September; a petition to save the park is still open for signatures.
Updated 26 days ago
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Hodgemoor Woods Bike Park, Beaconsfield
Under threatForestry England has now removed most of the jumps at Hodgemoor Woods for safety and expects to update on cycling's future there by around March 2027; a local councillor says the agency remains open to reinstating the bike park.
Updated 29 days ago
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Danny Hart's Descend Bike Park, County Durham
Under threatThe current five-year lease runs out in August 2028, followed by up to six months of approved forestry work on the site; any future cycling use is not clear. Sign the petition!
Updated about 1 month ago
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Shamblewood Trials Bike Park, Hedge End
Under threatEastleigh Borough Council has ordered removal of the park's jumps, ramps and office by the end of October 2026 after an enforcement notice was issued in July; a retrospective planning application and appeal are under way.
Updated about 2 months ago
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