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Kiddens Trail – Kiddens Trail loop from Marsh Barton

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Kiddens Trail – Kiddens Trail loop from Marsh Barton

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Kiddens Trail – Kiddens Trail loop from Marsh Barton

06:43

87.1km

1,400m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.6 km

Spicers Trail – Haldon Forest Mountain Bike Trails

Highlight • MTB Park

A relatively open part of the blue-rated Spicers Trail, here you wind between the small pine trees and heather on the singletrack. It's pretty flat and pedally, but you'll have to dodge the puddles in the wet!

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12.2 km

The Ridge Café, Haldon Forest Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Brilliant little cafe at the heart of Haldon Forest Park, just next to the car park, bike hire and loos.

There's both inside and outside seating, so you can sit …

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12.4 km

Haldon Forest MTB Skills Park

Highlight • MTB Park

Step ups, boardwalk, drop offs, berms and tabletops; there are a few different things to practice here in a small area. Most features are progressive, so you can start small …

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12.5 km

New Start of the Red Trail, Haldon Forest Park

Highlight • MTB Park

Haldon Forest Park opened the new start to the red trail in mid December 2023 and it's fantastic. It's packed gravel with berms at the start, then splits in two. …

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13.1 km

View of Exeter and Devon Fields from Haldon Forest Ridge Ride

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of the best parts of the red trail at Haldon Forest; where you cross the road to the moorland section with amazing views to the north-east of the city of Exeter and gorgeous Devonshire fields.

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15.3 km

Kiddens Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

The blue-rated Kiddens trail is really good and has some great blasts, but can be pretty pedally in some parts too.

There are few trail features which makes it a …

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16.0 km

Kiddens Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

After the thrilling descent on the Kiddens Trail that zig-zags down the hillside, you'll enter into the woodland section. Here the twisting singletrack darts between the tall pines, banked by …

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23.7 km

Lime Kilns

Ruins

48.8 km

Ventiford Basin

Lake

68.0 km

Pitt Wood

Forest

74.4 km

Haldon East

Forest

78.0 km

St Andrew's Lane Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

This is a Devon MTB classic: a long bridleway descent (or climb) from the village of Kenn up to the Cafe side of Haldon Forest Park. It's really narrow with …

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87.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.9 km

25.2 km

12.2 km

7.69 km

3.03 km

1.02 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

27.2 km

26.9 km

21.0 km

6.93 km

4.90 km

186 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 27 June

23°C

13°C

36 %

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Kiddens Trail – Kiddens Trail loop from Marsh Barton

Spicers Trail – Haldon Forest Mountain Bike Trails

The Ridge Café, Haldon Forest Park

Haldon Forest MTB Skills Park

New Start of the Red Trail, Haldon Forest Park

View of Exeter and Devon Fields from Haldon Forest Ridge Ride

Kiddens Trail

Kiddens Trail

St Andrew's Lane Descent

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