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Explore Hopton Wood
(Average user rating: 5 unrated 4.4/5)

Hopton Woods is the home of mountain biking in Shropshire.  Come and test yourself out on the warm-up loop before heading into the wood proper.

Dave Pearce on the Pearce XC Trail. Hopton Woods. Shropshire

All the trails at Hopton are largely unsurfaced so the way they ride changes according to the weather and the season.  Please ride within your ability (and that of your bike) and with appropriate safety gear.

Walkers Welcome

Walkers are welcome in this wood.  For your safety we recommend you don't walk the bike trails.

Warm-up Loop

Prepare yourself for the ride by warming up on this short route (or use it to extend the distance of the main route).  You can ride this loop as a short moderate ride or take the qualifer path to test your skills.

Moderate Trails

For the novice biker with some off road experience the Hopton Blue starts from the Bedstone Hill car park and offers just over 4km of wide tracks to develop your skills on.  The moderate section of the Warm-up Loop is approximately 1km.

Pearce XC

12.6km of flowing descents and lung busting climbs and stunning views which are bound to put a smile on your face. This trail has been built in partnership with Pearce Cycles of Ludlow.

Downhill Trails

There are three downhill trails here for the experienced downhill rider.


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What do other visitors say?

4 Stars 4 Stars

Tried Hopton Woods with my family today. It's a nice setting and very quiet compared to say Cannock Chase. The warm up trail was ideal for my three girls aged 7-12to have a go at 'Proper mountain biking' because it was reasonably challenging and we weren't constantly having to move over for serious mtbers. We went around a couple of times and tried some short sections of the Red Route that is adjacent to forest tracks in places. It's ideal to try pushing kids limits as its easy to combine 'boring tracks' and fun stuff. Only gave it 4 stars because the directions/map and satellite postcode was almost useless, it is not obvious how to get from the warm up to the Bucknell Hill Route. It's one of those places that's worth the effort to find so perhaps there is a plan in not making it that easy to find

Tommy Thicket from Wolverhampton, 5/May/2013
5 Stars 5 Stars

One of my very favourite trails.

Anonymous, 3/May/2013
4 Stars 4 Stars

Awesome lung busting trail that has it all, bags of technical climbs and descents. Well worth a trip if your reading this you will not be disappointed. Missing the fifth star because could do with some maintenance after some winter abuse.

digger54, 28/Apr/2013
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What's Here?

  • Mountain biking
  • Gradient (hard)
  • Parking
  • Picnic
  • There are two picnic tables in the car park.
More about what's here

Location

OS Grid ref: SO 355 784
Postcode: SY7 0QF

Get directions

Contact

Georgina Sharp
Recreation Ranger
01584 813826
georgina.sharp@­forestry.gsi.gov.uk

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