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Whelp Stone Crag 22 n o rth Bigfoot slab
Waymarkers Whelp Stone Crag MAP Scale 21 0 0.5km 1km Herd Hill
25 Public 0 0.25 miles 0.5 miles Biking bridleway trail Bottom Heights
Public footpath to Geldard Laithe Simons Swamp Key to map Bottoms Hesbert Hall Heights 19 6 Location markers Trail start points 26 Log Ride Leap of Faith Sheep Hill 18 Boardwalk Swoopy Trail sections
17 Mobile reception Heath Farm 2 Home Baked Hope Line Gravel road Admission
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A683 Lancaster Hesbert Hall Farm (Private residence)
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Bailey Lane 3 Car park 15 Park Wood M6
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Walks A687 Egg Berry Road Picnic area Stephen Park Causeway Ingleton
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Bike Trails St James Chapel Cocklet Hill
Gisburn
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Settle Cocklet Hill Car park
A682 A682 A65 Bottoms A59 Grade: Red Difficult with Designed by FC England Design/1209/Nov 15. © Crown copyright. Beck Trail optional Black severe features & Hope Line & A56 Grade: Blue Moderate Gisburn Forest &Stocks iscared for by; sections Length: 18km (11miles) Leap of Faith A6068 Laid out in a figure of eight, highlights on Length: 9.5km (5.5miles) Extreme this trail include the volunteer built Home Grade: Orange A shorter trail for an easier ride. Suitable for Baked section, the gnarly Whelp Stone Length: 0.5 km (0.25 miles) novices and younger riders. Drop down to Crag and the roller coaster ride of Hully If you like your downhill bike trails twisty the causeway over Stocks Reservoir and Gully (an optional Black section). The Trail and fun, then you’ll find it here. TheHope bounce along Eggberry Road. A mellow includes forest road, red and blue grade Line is a land of berms, jumps & drop-offs. section of green grade trail follows an old rail singletrack, and some optional black grade The Leap of Faith is just that, grab your line beside Bottoms Beck. Flow along the sections and features on the way. Follow handlebars and go for it! Full face helmets funky blue singletrack of park Wood before the red arrows on the timber posts. and body armour recommended! swooping down from the top of Cocklet Hill. Follow the blue arrows on the timber posts.
How our bike trails are graded Extreme & Forest roads
Suitable for: Suitable for: Expert Suitable for: Extreme Suitable for: Cyclists
Suitable for:
Riders in good Proficient mountain mountain bikers with level riders with expert in good health. Map & Cycling & Walking Walking health with basic bikers with good high level of fitness. technical skills & good reading useful (routes
Easy off-road riding Quality off-road fitness. Technical not always marked).
off-road riding skills similar & skills. Basic mountain bikes. bike skills important. Most bikes. & fitness. Good Severe mountain bikes. Difficult mountain bikes. Trail: Greater Jumping ability Trail: Gradients can Moderate Moderate Extreme guide Trail: Some Trail: Challenging challenge & obligatory. vary. Surfaces may be Green Green
‘single-track’ Red climbs, tricky difficulty. Expect Trail: Extreme levels of uneven or potholed Black Sorry, this not at forest
Blue sections & small large & unavoidable in places. Look out for
descents & technical road Forest
Dob Dale
Fair Hill
Follow the Whelp Stone Crag n o rth Forest Code Guard against all risks of fire. Protect and respect wildlife, plants and trees. Walking Keep dogs under control & tidy after them. Take your litter home.Herd Hill Make no unnecessary noise. Take only memories away.
Bottom Heights
Geldard Laithe
To Clapham
New House Hasgill Beck Hesbert Hall Heights
Footbridge
Bottoms Beck
Heath Farm
Hesbert Hall Farm (Private residence)
Bailey Lane
School Lane
Stocks Reservoir Car park
Eak Hill
You may even Egg Berry Road catch a glimpse Causeway Stephen o f birds o f prey Park flying over th e r eserv oi r
Hollins House Cocklet Hill Dalehead Chapel Fishing Lodge and Heritage Centre
Rushton Hill discover beauti fu l Board House broadleaved Black House woods a n d amazing views Ten Acre Hill MAP Scale
To Bentham No public vehicle access 0 0.5km 1km Birch Hi lls walk & Treatment Works 0 0.25 miles 0.5 miles tramper trail To Slaidburn Grade: easy Length: 2.1km (1.3miles) Wa lki n g An easy path through mixed woodland, with views over Stocks reservoir. The old vicarage garden picnic trails area and two wildlife hides are passed on the way. This trail has been adapted to be tramper friendly. Key to map Waymarkers stocks circular path EggBerry trail Grade: Moderate Grade: moderate Car park Permissive Length: 13km/8miles. Length: 3.5km (2.2miles) footpath Toilets A grand tour, all the way round Stocks reservoir. Great Passing through mixed woodland this route follows, Public footpath views of the forest, reservoir and the wild Forest of in part, an old farmstead track known as Eggberry Cafe Bowland landscape. For your own safety and to protect Road. There are views over Bottoms Beck to the Cycle trail sensitive wildlife, please stay on the waymarked route. ancient broadleaved woodland of Park Wood. Walks Dale Head Ramble Walking GIsburn Forest hub Picnic area Trails Link trail Grade: Strenuous Length: 5.3km/3.2miles Bird hides Grade: Easy A steady climb through Birch Hills is followed by a descent Viewpoint Length: 3km/2miles one way to Bottoms Beck, with great views over the forest and A linear trail to Stocks Resevoir car park; with Hesbert Hall farm. The trail follows the course of an old Gravel road view point, café and toilets. Look in at Dalehead railway alongside the beck to join with Egg Berry Road, Biking trail Forest rides Chapel for local interpretation on your way. with fine views of Park Wood and Stocks reservoir.