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Cannop Cycle Centre


(Average user rating5 unrated 4.4/5)

About Cannop Cycle Centre

This centre which was formerly the site of Cannop Colliery, it is the ideal place to begin your cycling day out. As well as hiring bikes, the on site franchise (Pedalabikeaway) also offers refreshments and toilets. The contact telephone number for Pedalabikeaway is 01594 860065.

Cannop Cycle Centre is the starting point for the Forest of Dean Family Cycle Trail which consists of eleven miles of waymarked, surfaced tracks, most of which are on former railway lines.

For more experienced cyclists there are a number of downhill runs and a singletrack route in the area behind the cycle centre.  A map of these routes will be displayed shortly.

How to get there:

Cannop Cycle Centre is in Forest Of Dean. Coleford is the nearest town or village.

Take the B4226 Coleford - Cinderford road and at the crossroads with the B4234, turn north and follow the signs to the Cycle Centre.

OS Grid Reference: SO 607126
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

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Family on a waymarked cycle trail

Facilities:

ToiletsParking ChargeInformationEasy AccessRefreshmentsOther Facilities
Refreshments

Hot and cold refreshments available from the cycle centre
Other Facilities

Parking charge is £3.00 per day. This ticket is valid on the day of purchase at Mallards Pike Lake, Symonds Yat, Pedalabikeaway and Beechenhurst Lodge. Season tickets are available for £15.00 from the Forestry Commission office - tel 01594 833057 or on site at Pedalabikeaway.

Activities

Cycling Family Cycle Trail
FODCA Trail

Contact:

Recreation Ranger
01594 833057
e-mail: dean@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

User Comments

Name: Steve (4 Stars)
5/Feb/2010
Great little red route, bit short though. Local knowledge a must in order to find all the single track and DH, and there's loads of it!
Name: Stee (4 Stars)
5/Feb/2010
Name: Gary (3 Stars)
26/Jan/2010
The number of DHs, and their quailty, is excellent, but my complaint is that the whole set-up sees rather ad-hoc;
There are no maps of the downhills available to buy, all the route noticeboards blank, and there seems to be only one signpost! It's just not clear how you're suppossed to find the DH routes with no obvious path up and no signposts out in the woods. Then, when you do come across a downhill and ride it, just dumped somewhere out in the forest, disorientated, and with no idea where you're supposed to go next. We spent most of our time looking for routes, not riding them.
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On Sunday February 28th there will be a minidownhill event based near the cycle centre, the car park and downhill tracks will be very busy on this day. Check out the links below for details. Family cyclists with their own bikes may wish to start from Beechenhurst Lodge on this day.

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