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Address.
 Grizedale forest
park visitors centre, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 0QJ
Telephone.
01229 860369
Accommodation.
Hawkshead Tourist
information. Tel: 01539 436525
When is it open.
All year - round &
an area of 2447 hectares.
How much.
£2 - € 3.18 for the
car park / the trails are free.
Facilities.
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Visitor
Centre, Shop and Tearoom.
Opening times: 10.00am until 5:00pm (Summer) 4pm (Winter)
toilets, 8 car parks, disabled facilities, Cafe, Bike
hire, Accessories shop, 8 way-marked paths,5 way-marked
cycle routes, an all ability trail, 9 picnic sites, Forest
classroom for hire, education service bike hire,
orienteering courses, Christmas tree sales, Grizedale Arts
, world renowned forest sculptures, hostel.
Grizedale
forest park has five way-marked trails. The shortest
measures just two miles and is intended for families.
Moving up there are rides of 6 miles, 10.5 miles, and 14
miles. The longest ride is reported to take around 3.5
hours and is quite hard. Way-marked trails mostly use
forest access roads, some of which are littered with
boulders and steps, making it quite technical. There is
precious little single-track, however some route offer
good views over the Coniston Fells and Coniston lake too. |
Way-marked Trails
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~ TRAILS ~   
A
new mountain bike trail for Grizedale has the go ahead. thanks
to the sponsorship of The North Face and Rural Regeneration
Cumbria. Work will start on the new Trail at the beginning of
April 2005.
Starting
at the Visitor Centre the new North Face Mountain Bike Trail
will be a 10 mile track consisting of 10 new sections of sinuous
singletrack trail on the west side of Grizedale Forest. The
trail will offer exhilarating sections of single track descents
with leg burning up hills, contouring through oak woodlands and
conifer forest. The challenging trail will also give the
Mountain biker tricky board walk sections through meadows yet
reward the trail rider with outstanding views along the way.
The new
trail at Grizedale will be built by the welsh team responsible
for the very successful Afan Forest Trails in the Swansea area.
Work on the trail will start at the beginning of April and will
continue for the next few months. It is hoped the trail will be
complete by early autumn. The trail build has been made possible
through The North Face Mountain Bike Trail Partnership. The
partners are The North Face, Rural Regeneration Cumbria and The
Forestry Commission. |
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NAME |
GRADE |
ROUTE |
START |
MILES |
AV TIME |
Goosey
Foot Tarn |
Easy |
Red |
Moor Top car park |
2 |
0.5 |
Grizedale
Tarn |
Moderate |
Black |
Boggle Crag
car park |
4.5 |
1.5 |
Moor
Top |
Moderate |
Purple |
Grizedale V.C. |
7 |
1.5 |
Hawkshead
Moor |
Demanding |
Green |
Grizedale V.C. |
10.5 |
2.5 |
Ridding
Wood |
Easy |
Blue |
Grizedale V.C. |
1.5 |
1.0 |
Machells
Coppice Walk |
Moderate |
Purple |
Machells Coppice car
park |
1.5 |
1.0 |
Carron
Crag |
Strenuous |
Red |
Grizedale V.C. |
3 |
2.0 |
Millwood
Trail |
Moderate |
Yellow |
Grizedale V.C. |
1.5 |
1.0 |
Grizedale
Tarn |
Strenuous |
White |
Grizedale V.C. |
3.25 |
2.0 |
Boggle
Trail |
Moderate |
Lilac |
Boggle Crag
car park |
2.5 |
1.5 |
High
Bowkerstead |
Strenuous |
White |
Blind Lane
car park |
2.5 |
1.5 |
Silurian
Way |
Demanding |
Orange |
Grizedale V.C. |
14 |
3.5 |
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V.C.=
Visitors centre |
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Have a bicycle, it helps!.
Always wear a cycle helmet.
Ride with a smile, not a bashed in face ..!
Expect the unexpected because it'll never happen ...!
properly ....?
Give way to walkers/ horses & be friendly towards other
forest users, especially sheep.
Never ride whilst under the influence of drugs, alcohol or
porno's ... Boring..!
Always have enough money with you. 'Duh', to buy
Bicyclemania trailfinders a pint.
Footpaths are for walkers only, ..... "
you know what we mean "
Ride flat-out & attack every hill, it could be your last
ride, ever .. ever ... ever!.
Please do not drop litter or fag butts, stuff'em down your
shorts.
DANGER ! Keep away from all forest operations like, S.A.S.
special training op's.
...'Only teasing' .... |
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