Where are the UK's best rides??!!

The Northern Monkey

I move around alot, because i live near preston, my GF is from Cardiff and i go to uni in London.
I'm just looking for places to ride around these areas as i've only really rode on grizedale north face.
I've herd about delamere which isn't too far but i'm not sure whats there....
i'm looking for more xc/trail rides with decent climbs and decents.

So bascally i'm looking for good routes in

1) Pennines/Lake distrikt
2) South Wales
3) London area... My uni is in Twickenham

Also, i want to do i big ride for my 22nd birthday in September but i'm not sure where i wanna go. i was thinking Snowdon but i'm not sure if itll be open to MTB's/ if you can actully ride up + down....so are there any more big rides like that that any1 knows of?

Taa for any help
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Mancunianfightingcat

Not sure about down south, but Preston's not too far from the Yorkshire Dales, there's hundreds of good xc routes round there. There are loads of books and websites with routes, but Settle or Malham is a good place to start, probably 1&1/4 hours from Preston.

nonnac85

If you are on the way down to London from the north there is aston hill (M1 J11) and Woburn (M1 J13) which are on the way.

The Northern Monkey

awesome cheers guys

i didnt really think about the dales lol!

dave_hill

The area around Burnley/Todmorden/Hebden Bridge is riddled with trails and provides some fantastic riding. I should know, I live there!

From Preston, take the train for Leeds - it'll pass through Burnley (Manchester Road) then on to Todmorden, right in the thick of it!

The Northern Monkey

wicked cheers dave time to get using my student rail card me thinks

Yukon Lad

if you are going to use your railcard and use the train get up to scotland for a couple of days, i am going to glentress tomorrow and by the look of the vids it is going to be a good day, scotland was voted best place in europe (i think) for two years running, whatever floats your boat, scotlands got it world class, check out kirroughtree for xc, glentress for everything and fort william for xc and dh

Yukon Lad

The Northern Monkey

How long you goin glentress for? i'm off there for a week on monday

Yukon Lad

not surewhere i'm goin now, glentress seems a long way away, thought it was near dumfriesse but its not so am gonna have 2 wait, thanks for the offer anyways

Thanks, Yukon Lad