View of Linacre Wood – Linacre Reservoirs Trail loop from SMH Group Stadium

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View of Linacre Wood – Linacre Reservoirs Trail loop from SMH Group Stadium

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View of Linacre Wood – Linacre Reservoirs Trail loop from SMH Group Stadium

02:07

26.4km

540m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 22.6 km for 60 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.88 km

Sud Brook Crossing Singletrack

Highlight • MTB Park

A fun fast and narrow path just a bit too ouchy in summer. At the bottom get ready to engage the granny ring as the climb out is short but very sharp in slippy gravel.

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9.27 km

Black Car Bridleway

Highlight • Cycleway

Great cut-through to/from Cartledge. Gets very muddy after wet weather.

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9.40 km

Cartledge Bridleway

Highlight • Trail

Be prepared for a long hard climb unless of course you start at Cartledge 🤦‍♂️

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13.5 km

Johnnygate Lane

Highlight • Climb

A long climb, but fairly gentle for the majority and not overly technical

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19.6 km

Bridleway from Linacre Car Parks

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Part of the classic Linacre circle route. this can be a gateway to the Peaks. keep climbing up through Cutthorpe and you can get to Shillito woods, Curbar, Froggatt and beyond!

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20.2 km

View of Linacre Wood

Highlight • Viewpoint

it's all Down Hill From Here

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20.8 km

Linacre Reservoirs Trail

Highlight • Trail

There is an official bike route around the reservoirs. And unofficial trails in the wooded areas but you will come across people walking on them so very hard to get …

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23.7 km

Brick Sphere Sculpture, Holmebrook Valley Park

Highlight • Monument

The old "donkey racecourse" route has been developed into a large park with several cycle paths around it. Good place to get used to mountain biking as it has some …

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26.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.8 km

8.27 km

2.70 km

1.87 km

1.79 km

Surfaces

9.68 km

8.58 km

4.75 km

2.19 km

1.18 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 6 October

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Comments

May 22, 2025,Linacre - Holmesfield - mtb Loop

Fun local loop of superb singletrack descents followed by a ravishing ring around Linacre Reservoirs. Extra special when there's nobody about. The undergrowth is just starting to encroach on the descents, by next month through until the Winter they will be a lot less fun.

February 5, 2024,Linacre - Holmesfield - mtb Loop

Marvellous Mountain Bike Ride and the perfect time to do it (apart from the wind). Not too muddy, water levels not too high, not too cold (or hot), undergrowth cut or died back.
Most of the climbing on tarmac or smooth gravel with a feast of downhill singletrack to follow, including five Fords.

May 10, 2024,MTB ride to Holmesfield & back🙂🚴

Not ridden Johnnygate Lane for years mostly because its just to muddy for my liking but at the moment its just right with a mix of mud, damp and bone dry. Much fun even if I was going up not down🙂🚴