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Forest of Dean Family Trail – Colliers Trail, Forest of Dean loop from Coleford

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Forest of Dean Family Trail – Colliers Trail, Forest of Dean loop from Coleford

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468

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Forest of Dean Family Trail – Colliers Trail, Forest of Dean loop from Coleford

03:37

45.1km

580m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: July 10, 2026

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Wye Valley National Landscape

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Bus stop

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8.88 km

Verderers Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

The Verderers Trail is one of the UK’s top blue-graded rides and offers a mix of surfaces, switchback climbs, and flowing descents. Along the way, you'll find rollers, berms, and challenges to sharpen your skills. The trail’s highlight is the Dragon’s Tail, it is a thrilling, fast-paced final descent you’ll want to ride again and again.

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11.6 km

Verderers' Trail (Blue), Forest of Dean

Highlight • Forest

The blue trail at the Forest of Dean is a great XC trail. Great fun for everyone from beginners to more experienced riders.

A mix of hardpack and single trail. It gets a bit puddly but it's all quite grippy even in the wet. I always forget how much uphill there is in this loop! Worth it all for the descent at the end!

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16.0 km

Final Descent on Verderers Trail (Blue)

Highlight • MTB Park

A brilliant final descent on the blue route, and probably the one you've been waiting for!

With some rollers, big 180 degree berms and corking views, this fast and fantastic descent is a real treat.

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16.9 km

Dragon's Back Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

This is a fast and fun section of the blue route. The initial 4 mile climb is worth the reward.

This was the first time I've seen the limitations of my bike as it only just handled this section!

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17.9 km

Pedalabikeaway Café & Bike Shop

Highlight • Cycleway

Great bike shop and cafe. Super yummy food and good coffee. What more could you want? There is an outside cafe that serves pizza and coffee to go in the summer which is pretty awesome. In the winter there is a lovely fire inside the cafe to keep you warm.

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20.6 km

Forest of Dean Family Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

There's a very gentle incline here following the family trail, along the nice and wide cycleway.

There are some short adjacent blue-marked trails for the youngsters to enjoy in a series of skills sections.

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25.0 km

Forest of Dean

Forest

31.0 km

Cannop Ponds

Highlight • Lake

Very peaceful. Loads of bird life and a nice little ice cream van. Apparently good fishing as bike aren't allowed around pond.

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32.6 km

Colliers Trail, Forest of Dean

Highlight • Forest

A quite stunning trail for all abilities and contraptions. The trail is excellently maintained, with lots of little off-cuts for skills testing. Perfect for little ones to have a protected, traffic-free bimble through the Forest.

For those with big-league MTB abilities, the Cannop Cycling Centres offers a bewildering variety of downhill and mountain bike trails. Plus a shop and café for relaxing at afterwards. Just bring your body protectors! 😊

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45.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.4 km

8.19 km

3.72 km

1.16 km

715 m

Surfaces

26.8 km

8.32 km

6.31 km

3.44 km

218 m

123 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Comments

September 18, 2022,forest of Dean. Family run twice and a blue run inbetween. Happy days

A great little lake in the sunshine. Lots of ducks. All I could think about were crispy duck pancake rolls. I think I was getting hungry by then.

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Verderers Trail

Verderers' Trail (Blue), Forest of Dean

Final Descent on Verderers Trail (Blue)

Dragon's Back Trail

Pedalabikeaway Café & Bike Shop

Forest of Dean Family Trail

Cannop Ponds

Colliers Trail, Forest of Dean

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