Trails
Swinley Forest offers 24km of sign posted, free to use, purpose-built, all-weather mountain bike trails and a large network of forest tracks suitable for all skill levels and bike types.
Is this your first time riding Swinley forest or are you are interested in riding more challenging trails?
Book a guide to show you around the best trails for you
We will tailor the route and trails to you or your group using the wide variety of gravel roads and mountain bike specific singletrack trails. We also have The Summit bike park with jumps and drops to help you get the best from your ride.
Book a bike to explore on your own
To learn new skills and progress on to bigger features explore our coaching options or The Summit.
MTB Trail map
Green trail
The Green trail is a 1km beginner friendly mountain bike trail with gentle gradients and a relatively smooth surface perfect for building confidence. We recomend a mountain bike with grippy tyres and good brakes for this trail. The green trail is sutable for any rider young or old looking for an introduction into the sport. For most riders it takes 5-15 minutes.
Blue trail
The Blue trail is an 8km intermediate mountain bike trail with moderate gradients and some uneven, rough and loose surfaces. The trail has small obstacles such as roots, rocks, some man made rollers, jumps and banked corners. We reccomend a mountain bike with grippy tyres, good brakes, and a suspension fork.
The trail is suitable for riders looking for a more challenging route after trying the green and experienced riders who enjoy a flowing trail. Ride time 45 mins – 2hrs.
Red trail
The Red Trail is a 12km loop that starts half way around the Blue Trail. The Red Trail has steeper gradients, varied surfaces and larger features such as jumps, drops and berms. The trails are tight twisty singlestrack and more challenging than the blue. We recommend a good qaality mountain bike with grippy tyres, good brakes suspension and a dropper seatpost.
The trail is suitable for experienced mountain bike riders who enjoy flowing trails with man made features and riders looking for more challenging terrain after riding the blue. 1 – 2.5hrs.
Leisure routes & fire roads
Forest fire road routes
Swinley Forest contains miles of wide gravel forest tracks and fire roads, which are perfect for beginners, families or gravel rides. All these tracks are open access and free to use. The below are suggested routes but you are free to explore.
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.
