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Twrch red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

Mountain biking trails

Twrch red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

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4.9

(24)

980

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Twrch red trail — Cwmcarn Trail Centre

01:31

13.5km

360m

Mountain biking

The Twrch Red Trail at Cwmcarn Trail Centre is a classic mountain biking route in South Wales, designed for proficient riders. You'll tackle 8.4 miles (13.5 km) of purpose-built singletrack, gaining 1197 feet (365 metres) in elevation over approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. This difficult-rated trail winds through diverse…

Last updated: April 23, 2026

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Cwmcarn — Twrch Mountain Bike Trail

Highlight • Parking

Cwmcarn Forest in South Wales consists of two red graded singletrack trails and 2 DH tracks.
Both the singletrack trails contain lots of long technical climbs as well as some …

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322 m

Cwmcarn Trailhead Arch

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Look for the arch to start riding at Cwmcarn, which marks the start of the red-rated Twrch and Cafall trails. Here you'll also find trail maps and information for these …

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1.04 km

Pwca Trail Junction

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If you'd like to follow the blue-rated Pwca trail, this is the point where it peels off to the right, leaving the red-rated Cafall and Twrch trails. It's well signposted …

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6.01 km

Airtime 1 on Twrch Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

The main line on the red-level Twrch trail at Cwmcarn, this route starts with a series of three little rock drops before turning down a long series of channeled, tight …

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7.02 km

Odin Section on Twrch Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

You'll be surprised by how flowy an uphill segment can be through the woods here! It swoops up and down along through the woodland with a few rooty sections and …

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9.06 km

Castle Valley on Twrch Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

A fun ribbon of rocky single track contouring around the hillside of Medart with incredible views down the valley to Newport. There are no major features on this section which is just as well: the scenery is breathtaking enough.

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13.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.6 km

535 m

251 m

114 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.5 km

683 m

251 m

< 100 m

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Trail Reviews

Johnsilverwalker

May 19, 2021, Cwmcarn forest TWRCH trail

Great red trail, not particularly technical. Takes about 1.0 - 1.5 hours on a ebike. I guess 1.5 - 3.0 on a mountain bike without a motor, giving you plenty of time to do the CAFALL trail, which starts from the same place. If you get there ear and mid week you are likely to have the trail to yourself. There is a cafe there for a hot drink and some food

March 17, 2024, Tarmac To The Top Of Twrch🛣️

Dropped into Pwca on the way down. Worth doing👍🏻