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GRIZEDALE
FOREST |
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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.
 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
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TRAILS ~
New NorthFace Mountain Bike Trail
' Now Open '
 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
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NAME |
GRADE |
ROUTE |
START |
MILES |
AV TIME |
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Goosey Foot Tarn |
Easy |
Red |
Moor Top car park |
2 |
0.5 |
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Grizedale Tarn |
Moderate |
Black |
Boggle Crag car park |
4.5 |
1.5 |
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Moor Top |
Moderate |
Purple |
Grizedale V.C. |
7 |
1.5 |
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Hawkshead Moor |
Demanding |
Green |
Grizedale V.C. |
10.5 |
2.5 |
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Ridding Wood |
Easy |
Blue |
Grizedale V.C. |
1.5 |
1.0 |
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Machells Coppice Walk |
Moderate |
Purple |
Machells Coppice car park |
1.5 |
1.0 |
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Carron Crag |
Strenuous |
Red |
Grizedale V.C. |
3 |
2.0 |
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Millwood Trail |
Moderate |
Yellow |
Grizedale V.C. |
1.5 |
1.0 |
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Grizedale Tarn |
Strenuous |
White |
Grizedale V.C. |
3.25 |
2.0 |
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Boggle Trail |
Moderate |
Lilac |
Boggle Crag car park |
2.5 |
1.5 |
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High Bowkerstead |
Strenuous |
White |
Blind Lane car park |
2.5 |
1.5 |
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Silurian Way |
Demanding |
Orange |
Grizedale V.C. |
14 |
3.5 |
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V.C.= Visitors centre |
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The
Bicyclemania Cycling Code |
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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.
Come back from a ride
with a big cheesy smile and all your own teeth.
DANGER ! Keep away from
all forest operations like, S.A.S. special training op's.
...'Only teasing' .... |
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