Peak District MTB returned to digging in 2021, with our trail maintenance work totalling approximately 317 volunteer hours over 7 locations. Many thanks to all the volunteers who gave up their time and helped to maintain the bridleways of the Peak District, not just for fellow mountain bikers, but also to the benefit of horse […]
New MTB Access: Elmin Pits is now officially open!
At our 2019 AGM we announced Peak District MTB were working with Severn Trent Water to increase access for mountain biking around the Ladybower and Upper Derwent Valley area. The first stage of that was Peak District MTB volunteers, in conjunction with the Peak District National Park, renovating an existing footpath, in preparation for it […]
The Spirit of the Kinder Trespass
We get into a few debates about access here at Peak District MTB. Unsurprising bearing in mind our main aim is to hugely increase the number of places you can legally ride your bike here in the national park. Anyway, when we’re talking access – inevitably online, inevitably late at night, sometimes with a glass […]
Advocacy in Action
What is mountain bike advocacy? “Advocacy. Bloody boring. But when it comes good, it’s the best thing in the world.” Keeper of the Peak, August 2018 For us lot involved in mountain bike advocacy, there is a lot of dull stuff we need to do: spending time in meetings, talking on the phone, emails bouncing […]
Bridleway Maintenance 2018
Peak District MTB have achieved a lot in 2018 on the digging front. With James Irwin heading the work in the Hope Valley and Ladybower areas with Martyn Sharp the Peak District National Park ranger. And Dan Noble kicking off new work in the Staffordshire Roaches with Jon Rowe of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Combined, this […]
Edale Bridleway Maintenance Summer 2018
Peak District MTB volunteers have been hard at work again, undertaking trail maintenance in the Hope Valley. Working on the Mam Tor to Greenlands Bridleway, Edale, in the glorious Peak District. This tine we even rode our work and what we’d done earlier in the year. Thanks as always to Peak Park Ranger, Martyn. For […]
We need you to take action now!
It’s really very simple, Derbyshire County Council (DCC) has put its latest proposed plans for repair work on Rushup Edge / Chapel Gate out for public consultation. This link takes you to the page containing drawings and specifications suggested by DCC for the work and the consultation questionnaire. We intend to oppose this work on […]
Edale Bridleway Maintenance Spring 2018
Peak District MTB volunteers have been hard at work again. This time it was repairing the trail in the Hope Valley, working on the Hollins Cross to Greenlands and Mam Tor to Hollins Cross Bridleways, in Edale in the glorious Peak District. Find more information and our dig days dates > More hands make lighter […]
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