Description
Marsh Tracks is a BMX, Road, and MTB Bike Park in Rhyl in Denbighshire, North Wales. They have a 2km mountain bike pump track, a national standard BMX race track, and a 1.3 km closed-circuit road cycling track.
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As a county, Denbighshire and more the whole North Wales scene is very MTB focussed with a whole host of mountain bike options like Coed Llandegla, Foel Gasnach DH, Coed y Brenin, Antur Stiniog and Penmachno.
BMX Track
- The BMX track ss a national standard BMX track with a Bensink start gate (exactly the same as the 2012 Olympic BMX track) and a technically challenging layout that allows riders to adapt how they ride the track as their ability develops. The facility also has flood lights.
Road Track
- The road track is a 1.25 Km circuit. It is flat and like the BMX track has floodlights allow evening use during the darker months.
Mountain Bike Pump Track
- The Marsh Tracks mountain bike pump track is a 2 km track. It is probably the longest pump track in the world. It is progressive in nature.
Coaching
- Marsh Tracks has locally based British Cycling qualified BMX coaches. They also have their own youth club sessions.
Bike Hire
- A decent fleet of maintained BMX bikes are available in a range of sizes to suit age five upwards. They can also provide knee, elbow pads and helmets.
Facilities
- There are meeting rooms, changing rooms, showers, toilets, on site camping and a free car park.
Other Stuff
- The local BMX club is the Dragon Riders BMX Club Rhyl.
- The Marsh Tracks centre organises many events and races throughout the year.
- Opened in March 2012 it cost 1.5 million to build which was made possible from funders including the Waste Recycling Environmental (WREN), The Foundation for Sports and Arts and the Strategic Regeneration Area (SRA) board via Denbighshire County Council.
- The project was led by the 500 strong Glan Morfa Cycle Association. The track was built by Clark & Kent.
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