Woburn Trails
Woburn Trails offers some of the best mountain biking the South East of England can offer, with over 90m of ascent climbs can be found to challenge everyone (which is why we like using Woburn for our intermediate courses!).
Based on the Greensands Ridge the terrain has some fantastic cross country riding, a bike park with plenty of jumps and short downhill runs up to 30 seconds in length. For the trail rider there are miles and miles of trails - enough to keep you amused for a day and all within 60 minutes drive of London, Leicester and Birmingham.
We'd say the best Mountain Biking south of the Peaks and also near to London.
A permit is required to ride at Woburn Trails however a day pass can be bought from a Ranger for anyone wishing to turn up and ride, permits are covered the course cost for riders with Get Mountain Biking. For information and annual permits please see the Greensand Trust website. For a map of the Aspley Woods mountain biking area within Woburn Trails please download it here (339KB).
Driving Directions
London 1hrAylesbury 30 mins
Bedford 30 mins
Coventry 1hr
From the M1 South - Woburn is easily accessible from the M1 J13, a 10 minute drive on a straight road to Woburn Sands then up hill to the entrance.
From the M1 North - Woburn is accessible from the M1 J14, take a left at the first roundabout then follow the signs to Woburn Sands (stright over the roundabout), once in Woburn Sands take the right at the double mini roundabout and head up hill to the entrance.
From the West - after meeting the A5 come off at the Bow Brickhill exit, follow the country road through Bow Brickhill and after 3 miles you reach Woburn Sands, take the RH turn uphill.
Train Directions
To reach Woburn by train the easiest station to use is Woburn Sands, this is then approximately a 20 minute walk (or 10 minute cycle ride) to the entrance.From London you can either go from London Euston, change at Bletchley to the local line and get the train to Woburn Sands, or you can go from London St Pancras and change at Bedford for Woburn Sands.
Please note that on Sundays trains only run to Bedford or Bletchley and not on to Woburn Sands, if you wish to ride on a Sunday you can cycle from Bletchley Train Station which is approximately 4 miles.
For national trains please see National Rail . For the local train line please see Marston Vale Community Railway Line.
