Dalby Forest now has its very own bike park. Visitors to the 8,600 acre North Yorkshire woodland will find a brand-new three-acre site packed with jumps, a 4X course and North Shore sections. It’s called the Pace Bike Park at Dixon’s Hollow, which will give you a clue as to its provenance – it’s a joint venture between the Forestry Commission, Pace Cycles and local trailbuilding group SingletrAction.

It’s all part of an ongoing £400,000 project to turn Dalby Forest into a leading UK mountain bike venue. The scheme also includes 55km of singletrack, with the first 10km section linking the Bike Park with the forest visitor centre. Conveniently enough, that stretch is also now open. Dixon’s Hollow itself is a disused quarry, which has seen the addition of over 350 tonnes of stone to transform it into the Bike Park. The adjacent elevated North Shore trail section is 175m long.

Alan Elves, Forest District Manager, said:

“The bike park offers a unique experience. It’s the kind of high quality, sustainable facility that bikers have wanted for years. Now they have a fantastic resource that’s certain to become a massive attraction.”

Showing that he can turn his pen to not just frames and forks, Pace’s Adrian Carter was the chief designer of the Bike Park. “Our goal has been to create something which is fun, sustainable and offers a real challenge to riders of varying abilities. We wanted to reinvest into the sport and encourage mountain bikers to challenge themselves and improve their skill.”

And this is just the start. The rest of the new trail network is on schedule to be fully open next spring. Find out more at www.forestry.gov.uk/DalbyForest.