Trails
Swinley Forest offers 24km of purpose-built, all-weather mountain bike trails suitable for all skill levels and bike types, from fat-tyre mountain bikes to kids’ bikes and adventure bikes. The trails are hard packed ensuring great conditions year-round.
Green trail
For beginners and novices.
Blue trail
For intermediate riders.
Red trail
For proficient mountain bikers.
For an enhanced experience including berms, drops and gap jumps, explore our coaching options or The Summit.
MTB Trail map
Green trail
The Green Loop offers up 1km of singletrack for riders to get accustomed to riding off road. The Green has some gentle descents and climbs to get those gears… and legs working. Try the Green more than once and when you feel confident you can progress to the Blue Loop.
Blue trail
The trail and surface type on the Blue route is similar to that of the Green route, but offers a purer singletrack experience with the all trails being around 1.2m in width. In places the Blue trail can offer up more uneven, loose and muddy sections and introduces small obstacles such as roots and rocks.
Gradients and technical trail features include moderate gradients and some are much shorter and steeper to get the blood pumping. A good standard of fitness can help complete this Blue trail with an ear-to-ear smile!
Red trail
The Red Trail starts half way around the Blue Trail, so if you feel that you are ready to take on the Red… then head to Red 1 and into the first half of the Red Trail. The Red Trail has really varied terrain including natural woodlands, tight twisty singlestrack, a little more steep in places to the Blue and technical trail features that include steeper berms, longer descents, longer climbs, roots, drops and a couple of nice tables along the way to keep those smiles going!
Fire roads
Forest fire road routes
Swinley Forest contains miles of fire roads, which are perfect for beginners, families or gravel rides.
Starter 3 mile route
A 3.1 mile loop, starting from the Bike Hub. Perfect for beginners! View the route on Komoot.
Medium 4.5 mile route
Want to go a bit further and explore more of Swinley Forest? Then the longer 4.5 mile route is ideal. View the route on Komoot.
Harder 6.5 mile route
Have a bit more time to ride or want to push yourself further? Then try the longer 6.5 mile route, and see more of the amazing forest scenery. View the route on Komoot.
