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🔨Behind the Berms1 day ago

Tirpentwys gets planning permission

Torfaen councillors have approved the volunteer-built trails near Pontypool, South Wales, and a new car park.

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🔨Behind the Bermsabout 16 hours ago

Wadebridge pump track plan, Cornwall

£100,000 awarded in principle for a pump track at the skatepark. No design or start date yet.

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🔨Behind the Bermsabout 16 hours ago

Richmond Bike Park café plan, N Yorks

Plans are in to turn an old stone barn near the park into a community café. Volunteers are wanted to help.

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🔨Behind the Berms1 day ago

Llandegla skills build update, Wales

New Skills Area, Dual Pump Track and blue and green finish taking shape. Jump lines and coaching area to come.

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Latest issue, sent Sunday 1 November 2026

Richmond Bike Park opens, new Lochore Meadows trails and the new iBikeRide map

Plus Aston Hill's reopening date, three new pump tracks and updated guides

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Kempsey Pump Track

Planning approved

Planning permission is in place for a new pump track at Pixham Park in Kempsey, Worcestershire, with Clark and Kent Contractors chosen to build it and grant funding requiring it to be finished by 31 March 2027.

Updated 4 days ago

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Forest of Dean Cycle Centre: new pump track

Extension ongoing

On Track is due to start work on 16 November replacing the dirt pump track at the Forest of Dean Cycle Centre in Gloucestershire with an all-weather asphalt track on a new layout. Forestry England expects the work to take four to five weeks, and the centre stays open.

Updated 6 days ago

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Coed Llandegla Skills Zone

Extension ongoing

Oneplanet Adventure is rebuilding the Skills Zone at Coed Llandegla, near Wrexham in Wales. The new Skills Area, a Dual Pump Track and a new blue and green finish are taking shape, with jump lines, a coaching area, a technical area and a natural off-piste finish to follow. No opening date yet.

Updated 7 days ago

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Cottingham Bike Track

Rebuild ongoing

Clark and Kent will rebuild the dirt track at King George V Playing Fields in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, with £89,500 of council funding; a start date will follow once the new lease with East Riding of Yorkshire Council is finalised.

Updated 7 days ago

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CafesideMTB Bike Park

Rebuild ongoing

Volunteers are rebuilding CafesideMTB Bike Park on Haldon Hill near Exeter, Devon, under its Forestry England lease: Slush Puppy's features are rebuilt, work on About Time's berms, drops and drainage is under way, and V2 and the 50/50 jump area are next, while a Lawful Development Certificate bid recognising over 10 years of riding is open for public comment.

Updated 10 days ago

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Ruthin Pump Track

Build ongoing

A 100-metre pump track at Cae Ddôl park in Ruthin, Denbighshire, is nearly finished, mixing precast concrete curves with low built bumps that let flood water flow over; no opening date yet.

Updated 12 days ago

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