Routes Planner Features Updates

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Mountain biking trails

South East England

Southwater Country Park – St Leonard's Forest loop from Slaugham

Mountain biking trails

South East England

Southwater Country Park – St Leonard's Forest loop from Slaugham

Moderate

4

riders

Southwater Country Park – St Leonard's Forest loop from Slaugham

03:15

44.5km

420m

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 30, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 29.8 km for 87 m

After 33.4 km for 206 m

After 37.1 km for 254 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

12.3 km

The Black Horse Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

Great pub with excellent food, fireplace and welcoming staff.

Tip by

15.3 km

Furzefield Wood

Forest

3

16.2 km

Southwater Gravel Track

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

In the summer you can go down here on a road bike, it's dry, compact and pretty smooth for the most part for a dirt track. If you're on a …

Tip by

4

17.6 km

Southwater Country Park

Highlight • Trail

Large café with plenty of outside seating, which has replaced the old car park. The café overlooks Cripplegate Lake and is a good place to meet and start or end a ride.

Tip by

5

18.9 km

Downs Link Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Relatively flat and traffic free route

Tip by

25.2 km

Ups and Downs

Forest

7

25.6 km

Ancient Tree

Highlight • Other

8

29.8 km

Blue Field

Highlight • Natural

9

33.5 km

St Leonard's Forest

Highlight • Viewpoint

St Leonard's Forest is an extensive woodland that affords cultural history, wildlife spotting opportunities and peaceful walking. The 12 square mile (31 km2) Forestry Commission woodland is part of the …

Tip by

10

34.7 km

St. Leonard's Dragon Bench

Highlight • Structure

St. Leonard is famous for fighting and killing a dragon in the forest. This bench with a beautifully carved dragon serves as a reminder of the story.

Tip by

42.3 km

Carterslodge Pond

Lake

B

44.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.4 km

13.7 km

10.7 km

1.77 km

739 m

296 m

Surfaces

11.7 km

9.60 km

9.22 km

7.77 km

5.53 km

653 m

< 100 m

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Weather

Powered by Foreca

Friday 9 October

15°C

7°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Sign up for a free komoot account to join the conversation.

Sign up for free

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate Send to Phone

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

4.0

45

Telegraph Hill & St Martha's Hill loop from Effingham – Surrey Hills

04:56h

54.2km

970m

4.5

93

Chanctonbury, Cissbury and Lancing Rings loop — South Downs National Park

02:35h

30.4km

400m

4.2

29

Arbinger Hammer and Shere loop from West Horsley – Surrey Hills

02:24h

29.4km

450m

4.7

22

Ditchling Beacon, The Chattri and Devil's Dyke loop — South Downs National Park

03:46h

45.8km

730m

4.6

24

Hogden Lane and Polesden Lacey loop from Box Hill & Westhumble

01:36h

17.7km

340m

3.7

26

Jules Wood loop from East Grinstead - Ashurst Wood

02:16h

28.5km

400m

3.8

28

Balmer Down loop from Kempton – South Downs Way

03:16h

37.8km

640m

4.3

15

Tilgate Park MTB trails loop from Horsham

02:14h

31.5km

260m

5.0

11

Wepham Down, Angmering Woods and Burpham loop — South Downs National Park

01:54h

23.0km

350m

4.5

14

Biggin Hill loop from Caterham

03:17h

44.5km

630m

4.5

12

Barlavington Estate, Heyshott and Graffham Commons loop — South Downs National Park

03:40h

47.8km

610m

4.6

20

Telscombe, Rodmell and the River Ouse loop — South Downs National Park

01:26h

18.7km

220m