CTC - MTB Bikes (Mountain Biking)

Whether you are a seasoned MTB bike junkie or have just bought your first Mountain Bike, CTC can offer you all the advice, training, courses and support you need to ride your MTB Bikes off-road and find new exciting Mountain Bike Trails across the UK.

Go mountain-biking in the South of England!

Cycle Chilterns attend the Herts County Show

Senior Off-Road Officer, Ian Warby, tests the trails at Aston Hill

A new off-road trail for Aston Hill in the Chilterns

Essential Information

MTB Bike Skills Training - Get MTB Bike Training from CTC Accredited Instructors

A group enjoying a MTB Bike skills course on Aston Hill

CTC's UK wide network of qualified and accredited MTB Bike Skills Instructors offers a fantastic range of MTB Bike skills courses. All of our...

Where can I cycle off-road?

Here in the UK we have a comprehensive network of routes and trails available to cyclists to get you out into the countryside. Here we clarrify where...

Go mountain-biking in the South of England!

Thanks to a unique partnership between CTC and the Forestry Commission, three sites in the South of England are up and running...

Campaigning on Off-Road Issues

These guides should help you with some of the more technical aspects of off-road campaigning.

Articles

The Endurance Series 2013

Two Endurance Cross-Country Racers in the open countryside

Once again, The Endurance Series will combine six well known mountain bike events, spanning a range of distances and durations, to produce the ultimate Mountain Bike Endurance Champions.

Mini Enduro Round 1: Haldon Forest Park

The mini-downhill format, masterminded by Naked Racing’s Chris Roberts, aims to make downhill racing more accessible to everyone who enjoys the sport. Sunday saw the first ever mini-enduro, Chris’...

Who, Where and When

The UK has some amazing places to ride your MTB Bikes off-road, in fact we'd go as far to say that we have some of the best mountain biking in the World right on our doorstep. There's plenty of riding to choose from with lot's of great graded man made trails and trail centres, miles of bridleway trails through open countryside, a network of canal towpaths and riverside trails and for the more adventurous there are trails that will take you out into the wilds of the mountains in Scotland and Wales.

Whether you're looking for flat and leisurely MTB bike rides suitable for all the family, a pump track or pocket park right on your doorstep or technical mountain biking with plenty of fast and flowing single track, rocky descents and wickedly fast downhills, there's something for everyone out there.

To find a trail head or visitor centre near you simply click on the marker.

We welcome your comments and feedback on all of the trails shown. If you wish to have a trail added, we are keen to build a comprehensive map of places to ride in the UK so if you can see one we've missed (and we are sure there are many) please let us know!