Cycling and mountain biking trails at Haldon Forest Park

Cycling and mountain biking trails at Haldon Forest Park

Whether you've just bought your first bike, or you're happy shredding through rock gardens, Haldon Forest Park offers fantastic natural cycling and progression for your off-road skills.

Situated high on the Haldon Ridge outside Exeter, the trails give beautiful views back across the city and the surrounding countryside.

For riders with reduced fitness or mobility, contact our cycle partner, Forest Cycle Hire, for details of specialist options, including electrically assisted bikes. All cycle hire is heavily discounted for over 55s.

Helmets must always be worn while riding. Read more about how we grade cycle trails.

Cycling and mountain biking trails at Haldon Forest Park

A family walking on a wide forest trail. The couple are swinging their daughter in the air.
Discovery trail at Haldon Forest Park
Two mountain bike riders on a singletrack forest trail
Kiddens trail at Haldon Forest Park
Two mountain bike riders through a turn on a singletrack forest trail
Mountain Bike Guiding at Haldon Forest Park
child friendly cycling page
Pump loop at Haldon Forest Park
Mountain bike rider in red clothes leaning into a turn on a forest cycle trail
Ridge Ride Extreme at Haldon Forest Park
A mountain bike rider on a forest cycle trail. The rider is wearing pink clothes and a white helmet, cycling through young conifer trees.
Ridge Ride trail at Haldon Forest Park
Skills area at Haldon
Skills area at Haldon Forest Park
Two cyclists on a flat cycle trail in a conifer forest
Spicers trail at Haldon Forest Park