Where's the best place to find out about mountain bike routes in and around 
London (United Kingdom)? I'm look for web sites here, not books...

Dear jonbray,

The following is a list of websites that provide specific information on 
mountain bike routes in the United Kingdom:

MTB: Britain – offers detailed route descriptions with pictures as well a six 
star rating system for climbing difficulty, downhill difficulty, and an overall 
rating. A few of the routes currently rated on the website are: New Pink 
Heifer, Red Bull, and The Karrimor.
http://www.mtbbritain.co.uk/route_guides.html.

Cycle Routes: SE Scotland SE England – offers over 75 biking routes with full 
descriptions, pictures and maps. This site, however, is specifically for 
southeast Scotland and southeast England.
http://www3.clearlight.com/bikeroutes/locatmap.htm.

South Downs Mountain Bike Routes – provides enumerated route directions and 
maps for routes in the U.K.  Routes are categorized by location, level of 
difficulty and season.
http://www.mountainbikeroutes.co.uk/.




Additional Websites that may interest you: 

MtbRoutes.com – offers routes categorized by location: England, Wales, or 
Scotland.  Provides additional links on mountain biking routes in the 
prospective area.
http://www.mtbroutes.com/

Mountain Bike Routes UK – offers basic information on routes in the UK. Offers 
one very detailed and free route description, however the site is intended to 
sell the guidebooks that correspond to routes mentioned.
http://mbruk.co.uk/


Search Terms Used: 
UK bike routes


I hope this information is helpful. Good Luck!


Thank you,
Shal

http://www.anthonynolan.org.uk/fundraising/london_se/cycling.html
http://www.bikinguk.net/web/
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jfazio/uk.html
http://all-terrain.members.easyspace.com/   -> as of 1st July

some for starts, i just had a quick look out of curiosity, no routes as such, i 
don't think.  Suggest you get out your A-Z and hunt out areas of greenery (i go 
through Epping Forest) or look for canals (its possible to cycle to central 
London avoiding roads for 95% of the way) Try to get to Camden Lock - v nice 
for a sunday afternoon.  Good luck.

Although London is a populous city, it has plenty of off-road cycling. Some of 
the best off-road cycling is on canal and river towpaths. British Waterways' 
cycling pages start here:

http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/site/cycling%255F23.asp

You will need a (free) permit from British Waterways, and you can apply for one 
on the website.

Sustrans - a charity which develops shared foot and cycle paths - now includes 
online route-mapping of the entire National Cycle Network on its website. As 
well as the towpaths, this also includes off-road paths built on disused 
railway lines, river walks and other green spaces. This link is to the London 
area overview:

http://www.sustrans.co.uk/webcode/RegionPage.asp?SelectRegion=London&ad=

The full London Cycle Network, which when complete will cover London 
comprehensively, is at 

http://www.londoncyclenetwork.org

This includes route maps for each borough, and is probably most useful for 
getting around London than for leisure cycling. Most LCN routes are on roads.

The London Cycling Campaign is London's main pro-cycling organisation. Their 
pages are at

http://www.lcc.org.uk

Some of England's best cycling is in the home counties, accessible easily from 
London by train. Some websites with routes are:

Cath's cycle routes: written descriptions of routes, to be combined with maps:
http://www.hertscycling.freeserve.co.uk/

The Thames Valley Cycle Route:
http://www.cycle-net.org.uk/thames%20valley%20cycle%20route.htm

H25 - the as-yet-incomplete London Orbital Bridleway (bridle paths are nearly 
always accessible to cyclists):
http://homepages.which.net/~phil.wadey/routes/h25.htm



Most cycle routes are best done in conjunction with Ordnance Survey maps of the 
relevant area. The Ordnance Survey website, http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ 
has a 'Get a Map' service which allows you to download (small) maps of a 
specific area for personal use.

www.singletrackworld.com

www.bikemagic.com

both these have frequently used forums where you could ask about routes in a 
particular area of the country.  If it's in South East UK, also try my club's 
homepage: http://www.addiscombe.org