Surrey hills mountain bike trails
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Surrey hills mountain bike trails consists of 3 hills:
- Leith Hill
- Holmbury Hill
- Pitch Hill
They can all be ridden individually or looped together for an epic day out. The set of hills are a combination of natural and purpose built single-track in a great countryside setting. It is not way-marked so either get a map, or hook up with a local group. There are quite a few places to start like Peaslake, Nirvana Cycles in Westcot, Leith Hill Tower and many more dotted along the way. Some of the trails worth checking out are Barry Knows Best, Yoghurt Pots, Deliverance, the Quarry and Summer Lightning to name but a few.
Being the highest point in the North Downs you would expect it to be the best riding accessible to London and Home counties riders. The thing is you would not expect it to be quite as good as it is. There are 10's and 10's of miles of singletrack and the opportunity to mix and match and piece together trails is something else. The trails are managed by Hurtwood Trails who do a good job also of communcating all the latest trail developments and conditions. The trails are diverse and you will find berms, drops, roots, switchbacks and steep technical descents all in abundance. Overall if you live in or around London the Surrey Hills has some of the best mountain biking on offer in England.
Leith Hill
- Leith hill is probably the steepest of the three hills and home to The Tower the highest point on Leith Hill as well as the highest point in the North downs. Hence there are tough climbs and some really rewarding descents. You will be surpised how steep it can get! NB although facilites are limited there is a neat litle kiosk for tea and cake at the top on The Tower. Some of the famous more carved trails here are Summer Lighting (twisty singletrack with low berms), Deliverance (very steep), The Quarry (for jumping and drops) Crooked Furrow, Regurgitator & Waggledance. Nirvana Cycles in Westcot is a decent shop and a common place to start. They have maps and also organise informal rides on the weekends including their renowned Jump class.
Holmbury Hill.
- Holmbury Hill is another great hill and can be started from the village of Peaslake. Famous here is the village store for more tea and cake and a good friendly bike shop Pedal and Spoke run by Howard (who sold me my Butcher) where you can hire bikes, buy gear and get some good advice. Both places are unmissable due the constant swarm of bikers around them. There is a biker friendly pub just opposite the store also. Famous trails here are Barry Knows Best (tight flowing singletrack that is worth doing twice) which traverses down the final descent with roots galore reminiscent of a Welsh trail centre and the Yoghurt Pots full of rolling dips (bomb hole like) as you descend and the Telegraph Row which is a neat bit of fast and very tight singletrack on a less steep decline but still lets you drive speed (keep pedalling mind).
Pitch Hill
- Pitch Hill is the final of the hills and as rewarding as the others with the same abundance of singletrack and thrills. Famous trails are Supernova (quite technical)and the set of trails know as the T Trails (rooty and flowy and some are quite technical and others involved a fair bit of pedalling).
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- A great resource for detailed trail guides for each of the hills can be found at this website here
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Average user rating from: 3 user(s)
| Overall rating | 4.6 | |
| Grin Factor | 5.0 | |
| Trail Variety | 5.0 | |
| Skills Development | 5.0 | |
| Trail Quality | 3.5 | |
| Facilities | 4.0 |
Miles of trails
So many different routes you can link up it's not true. If you like the more technical stuff that's over on the Pitch Hill side. Put a big loop together with all the good bits and you can have an excellent, and tiring, day out. I tend not to go if the weather has been really wet, the high volume of traffic means some trails really suffer in bad weather.
User Review
Can be really busy at the weekend
Trails can suffer in wet weather, use your discretion
| Overall rating | 3.8 | |
| Grin Factor | 3.5 | |
| Trail Variety | 4.0 | |
| Skills Development | 4.0 | |
| Trail Quality | 4.0 | |
| Facilities | 3.0 |
Reviewed by
DirtNumpty
June 08, 2011
Last updated: October 15, 2012
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Holmbury Hill (Surrey Hills)
I have been demoing bikes in the Surrey Hills and had decided to take each one out on the same route for consistency. Good news is that over a period of 6 weeks I have managed a to knit together quite a neat little route.
User Review
| Overall rating | 3.6 | |
| Grin Factor | 4.0 | |
| Trail Variety | 4.0 | |
| Skills Development | 4.0 | |
| Trail Quality | 3.0 | |
| Facilities | 2.0 |
Surrey hills a little bit of Wales in England
The listing pretty much says it all. Its a stones throw from Guildford and Dorking and reasonably accesible from the big smoke. If you are looking for that all day wales feeling and are trapped down south then this is where you need to head.