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Freeminers Red Route Tabletops – Launch Pad Downhill Trail loop from West Dean

Mountain biking trails

South West England

Gloucestershire

Freeminers Red Route Tabletops – Launch Pad Downhill Trail loop from West Dean

Hard

3.3

(3)

57

riders

Freeminers Red Route Tabletops – Launch Pad Downhill Trail loop from West Dean

02:08

22.1km

460m

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: September 24, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 2.67 km for 133 m

After 10.7 km for 269 m

After 11.6 km for 89 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

1.44 km

Dowies & Shutcastle Trails

Highlight • MTB Park

There are lots of awesome flowy and rooty trails in this area. All super fun with some optional features and manageable drops. Just take your pick and head back up the fireroad to go again.

Tip by

2

10.9 km

Verderers' Red Trail

Highlight • Trail

fingers on your brakes

Tip by

3

11.6 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 …

Tip by

4

12.0 km

Forest of Dean Pump Track

Highlight • Rest Area

Get pumping! Not the best pumptrack in the world but a good place to warm up or practice your technique before you hit the runs!

Tip by

5

13.3 km

Rooty Section on Freeminers Red Trail

Highlight • Trail

The Forest of Dean is known for being particularly rooty, and this red route is perhaps the best bit for it! Or worst, depending on your perspective...

Pick your line …

Tip by

6

13.9 km

Freeminers Red Route Tabletops

Highlight • Trail

A series of moderately sized table tops (five I think) with decent gaps in between, these are either rollable or can make for some fun air time along the red route at the Forest of Dean trail centre.

Tip by

7

13.9 km

Rock Garden – Freeminers Trail

Highlight • Trail

It's labelled as a rock garden, but I'd say this is more of a skinny; a narrow line of slabs that'll take your balance to stay on! Thankfully the consequences …

Tip by

8

14.6 km

Launch Pad Downhill Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Great flowy trail but can get really fast! Also keep eyes open for riders joining the trail part way down who want to session parts.

Tip by

B

22.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.7 km

1.05 km

990 m

222 m

140 m

Surfaces

12.7 km

5.41 km

2.06 km

771 m

664 m

559 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

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Thursday 8 October

18°C

9°C

70 %

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Comments

January 7, 2022,Parkend, Nags Head & mud, lots of mud

First time at Nags Head today and impressed. Not the longest runs but ready enough ride back up. Will be back

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