Route & Trail Guides

Welcome to THE largest index of Buckinghamshire Route/Trail Guides there is. We have route guides covering the whole of Buckinghamshire and surrounding Counties. Most route guides are available as PDF document downloads including either a map, or a map with text instructions. You can download and print these route guides and take them with you on the trails.

You will find our Route Guides are graded. Route difficulty rating is based on
being easy, being difficult. Fun factor rating based on on being dull and being superb.

Route guides with Map only downloadable PDF guides listed
first, followed by map/text PDF route guides, followed by text only route guides. Non South England and Europe routes listed last.



PDF Route Guide Maps with GPS data:

These routes are downloadable PDF maps but you can also download supporting GPS data in TCX, GPX or KML file formats:
 

BMTB Winter Whiteleaf Route Dec2012
Fun 21 mile Chilterns singletrack favourite. Tough going in the winter!

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BMTB 'Trails, Tea & Cake' Route Nov 2012
Fun 11mile Chilterns singletrack loop avoiding the worse winter gloop

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BMTB Forest of Dean Mix Loop 2012
16 mile figure of eight loop of the epic FOD...


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BMTB Golden Ball Run³ Route July 2012
Shorter 25mile loop of our infamous Chiltern's singletrack favourite


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BMTB Dec2011 Swinley Forest Group Ride
13.5 mile loop of Swinley taking in some of the best singletrack!

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Whiteleaf/Ashridge Winter Loop (with shortcuts)
Tough 36.5 mile Chiltern Hills winter loop, full version online shortly

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IMBikeMag Issue 14 Chilterns Route
Superb 24 mile Chiltern Hills epic loop with 2200ft of climbing!

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BMTB April 2011 Watlington Group Ride
Superb 24 mile Chiltern Hills epic loop with 2200ft of climbing!

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Marin Ridge 65k Enduro 2011
The 2011 Marin Ridge 65 Enduro Route!

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BMTB March 2011 Chiltern Hills Group Ride
Fun 18 mile Chiltern Hills loop with some great climbs and descents

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Woburn Short Singletrack Loop
Extremely fun 6 mile singletrack loop of Woburn

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Aston Hill Mountain Bike Area XC Loop
Data for two full laps and a singletrack half lap of the Aston Hill XC Course

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The Judge's Ride (Oxon)
Oxfordshire


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Wantage Ridgeway Loop (Oxon)
Fun technical route including some challenging steep climbs

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Goring - Whitchurch Hill Route (Oxon)
Short route with fun technical corners and singletrack sections

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The "Cleat-Breaker" Chiltern Hills XC Route
Fun 17 mile singletrack loop of the Chilterns


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Whipsnade "Singletrack Special" XC Route
This was our October 2010 XC Group Ride Route

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Swinley Forest XC Route
This was our September 2010 Group Ride Route

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PDF Route Guide Maps:

These routes are map only PDFs that you can download:
 
Northend Chilterns
Buckinghamshire
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Swinley Forest (Bracknell)
Berkshire
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The Phoenix Trail
Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire
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The Judge's Ride
Oxfordshire
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Wendover
Buckinghamshire
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Wendover 2
Buckinghamshire
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Whipsnade
Bedfordshire
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PDF Map & Text Routes:
General step by step route guides with maps and text instructions

 


Buckinghamshire:
 
Aston Hill Mountain Bike Area Route Difficulty:
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Bucks 30k Amersham - Gerrards X - Denham Route Difficulty:
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Chiltern Delight - Chiltern Hills Route Route Difficulty:
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Evans TrailRide Route 2008 (Chilterns) Route Difficulty:
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High Wycombe-Downley-Ridgeway-Kingston Hill-Radnage Route Difficulty:
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Marlow - Hambledon Ride Route Difficulty:
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Marlow / Chisbridge Cross/ Booker & Marlow Bottom Route Difficulty:
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Newport Pagnell - MK Off Road Route Route Difficulty:
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The "Golden Ball Run" Route
This was our July 2010 XC Group Ride Route
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Watlington Chiltern Hills Epic
This was our April 2011 Group Ride Route
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Oxfordshire:
 
Abingdon "Aquatic" Loop Route Difficulty:
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Christmas Common Off Road Route Route Difficulty:
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Goring - Whitchurch Hill Route Route Difficulty:
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Henley - Wallingford - Thames path loop Route Difficulty:
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Stoke Row Route Route Difficulty:
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The Judge's Ride Route Difficulty:
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Other surrounding Counties:
Barbury Castle Swindon Ridgeway Route
Wiltshire
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Chicksands Bike Park
Bedfordshire
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General Route Guides without maps:
Buckinghamshire and beyond! These route guides currently text only - maps to follow shortly

 


Buckinghamshire:
 
     
Cadsden / Pulpit Woods Route Route Difficulty:
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  PDF Coming soon
Coombe Hill General Route Difficulty:
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  PDF Coming soon
Coombe Hill to Wendover Woods Route Route Difficulty:
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  PDF Coming soon
Quainton Route Difficulty:
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  PDF Coming soon
South Bucks Way Route Route Difficulty:
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  PDF Coming soon
The Ridgeway Route Difficulty:
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  PDF Coming soon

Whiteleaf General

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  PDF Coming soon
Family Routes (PDF downloads):
These are downloadable PDF files. These are simple on/off road routes suitable for the whole family to enjoy:
 
Ashridge Estate, riding in the estate
Nr Berkhamsted, Buckinghamshire
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Ashridge Estate, riding to the estate
Nr Berkhamsted, Buckinghamshire
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Other Routes (PDF downloads):
Routes not local to Buckinghamshire, including holiday routes and tracks abroad:

The Pass Portes du Soleil MTB 2011 Route Map
The Alps
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The Malvern's - Route Guide & Map
Worcestershire
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The Malvern's Visit Review
Worcestershire

    Click to read report
Les Arcs, France Review Click to read report
Riding Reports:
These are written by the BMTB team as write ups to our seasons of riding, or as reviews of new riding areas:
Bucksmtb 2009 Season Review By M.Baines Click to view
Bucksmtb 2008 Season Review By S.Camber Click to view
Bucksmtb Winter 2006 Malvern's Visit Report By M.Baines Click to view

Bucksmtb Summer 2006 Riding Report

By M.Baines Click to view





Disclaimer:

Some Route Guides are submitted by our users and therefore we cannot be held accountable for the accuracy of submitted Trail Guides. Route Guides showing use of footpaths should not be ridden.

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