Riding the rocky Tracks & Trails
Our selection of some of the best gravel bike routes in the U.K.
The forests of the United Kingdom, and our vast National Parks are filled with endless miles of some of the best gravel biking trails in Europe, if we link them together in the right way. Whilst we can’t provide the endless trails of geographically larger and less populated countries, where we do have gravel bike trails, the scenery is usually quite spectacular. The South Downs for example, has some of the very best gravel biking routes in the U.K. and elsewhere, with the South Downs Way. Further up-country and towards the Welsh Borders, Offa’s Dyke provide an epic gravel bike trail ride; and Northumberland has Kielder Forest, with some of the best forestry gravel bike routes anywhere.
Over the next year or so, we’ll be trying to bring together a great selection of what we believe to be the best gravel bike routes in the U.K… Working alongside our industry leading partners and friends, who due to the specialism in the field of gravel bike engineering and design, we believe make some of the best gravel bikes in the world. We want to explore the U.K. tracks and forests and trails on gravel bikes and map out our own choice of the best rides – and list them for you, here at Pedalnorth!
GRVL.CC Gravel Clothing Partnership
For 2025, we’ll also be working closely with specialist Gravel Biking Apparel brand, GRVL.CC; a group of passionate gravel bikers set on creating the finest high-quality and high-performance gravel biking clothing available today.
Ride into adventure
Gravel biking is still on the rise here in the U.K., and it shows no signs of slowing down. Routes such as the famed Nidderdale Loop in the Yorkshire Dales, provide an epic opportunity to find adventure, close to the urban centres of Leeds and Bradford; allowing the masses to enjoy this amazing scenery on 2-wheels. Gravel biking with panniers also allows you to take a weekend break into the hills, staying at Youth Hostels or elsewhere. It’s allowing people to recapture that sense of adventure that thrived in the 1950’s, when cycle touring was widespread in the U.K… Now, it’s bike-packing using a gravel bike; and we want to help you out, with a great selection of the best gravel bike routes in the U.K., taking in areas such as Wales, the Scottish Borders, Yorkshire Dales and elsewhere. Gravel certainly rocks, with the U.K. having some of the best trails in Europe.
Focal Events
Added to the accessible trails all over the U.K., Focal Events are also creating a series of epic gravel biking festivals across the country, such as Dirty Reiver, Gravel Rocks and the Frontier 300. There’s a new sub-culture evolving and it’s super exciting. We’ll be bringing you lots of information about events such as these too; enabling you to test yourself and your own gravel bike, on trails that are not usually accessible. For now though, thanks for supporting us, and we’ll do our best to map out one of the best gravel bike route selections in the U.K. – so, join the gravel revolution, with Pedalnorth and Focal Events in 2025!