Trails and Bike Parks Trails England Wharncliffe Woods Mountain Biking

Wharncliffe Woods Mountain Biking Hot

User rating

4.2 (1)

Written by stumpy_dan December 31, 2009 2290 0Add

Trails

Rider Level Suitable For

Type of Trail(s)

Trail Centre

Wharncliffe

Facilities

Pay and Display

Website

http://www.wharncliffe.info/index.html

Location

Country

England

County/State

South Yorkshire

Address

Woodhead road, Grenoside.

Directions

Grenoside is the nearest town or village. The wood can be access from the car park on the Woodhead road running northwards through Grenoside. For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

Map Co-ordinates

SK304952

Wharncliffe Woods is a steep and rocky wood with many hidden quarries and lots of streams near Sheffield. It is famous as the training ground of Steve Peat. For years under the radar trail building went on but today digging and diplomacy are the name of the game led by the the local group the Wharncliffe Riders Collective.

XC Trails
A new route is planned. It will be 10 miles long. The work is ongoing as we go to print but I hear a couple of miles of the route are already open.

Down Hill Tracks
This is what has made the wood famous in the mtb scene. They are not currently official and suffer from erosion and user confict It is murmed that there are plans are afoot to bring these into an acknowledged status resolving both issue. There is strong confidence that the trails will go on to be some of the best acknowledged officially and respected in the UK.

Image: © Copyright Steve F and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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Overall rating		4.2
Grin Factor		5.0 (1)
Trail Variety		4.0 (1)
Skills Development		5.0 (1)
Trail Quality		3.0 (1)
Facilities		3.0 (1)

Wharncliffe Woods Mountain Biking 2009-12-31 10:43:23 stumpy_dan

Overall rating		4.2
Grin Factor		5.0
Trail Variety		4.0
Skills Development		5.0
Trail Quality		3.0
Facilities		3.0

Reviewed by stumpy_dan December 31, 2009
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I rode here a few years ago and it pissed down relentlessly. The day was awesome even though my gears broke and ended up with a singlespeed for the day. It has some of the funnest downhill and drops you can find.

User Review

Good Points

If you like steep you will love this. If you like rocky you will love this more. If you like technical and challenging in a beautiful wooded surrounded you have found nirvana

Bad Points

Some of erosion of trails is evident. Very limited facilites beyond a car park.

Would you recommend?

Yes

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