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GPX| Cycle Route Details | |
| Route Name | Strathaven to Dungavel Forest |
| Distance : miles (km) | 20 (32.19) |
| Duration(hh:mm) | 03:00 |
| Difficulty |  |
| Posted By | happy |
| Calories Burned | kcal |
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| Cycle Route Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Town/City | Strathaven |
| County/Region | South Lanarkshire |
| Start Location | Common Green |
| End Location | Dungavel Forest |
| Cycle Steps | |
| Leave the Common Green using Main Street. | |
| Turn right on to Kirk Street. | |
| Travel along Kirk Street going straight over the roundabout. | |
| Turn Left on to Muir park road just beside the new housing estate. | |
| Stay on Muirpark Road for 6 or 7 miles until you can see a dense forest on your left. | |
| Shortly after meeting the edge of the forest, there is an opening on your left. Enter this. | |
| This will take you onto a forest path. Travel along this for 3 miles until you arrive at the top. | |
| There is a great down hill for mountain bikes, so if you've got some guts ride as fast as you can. | |
| At the end you will come out on to a road, just by a bridge. | |
| If you turn right, this road will lead you back to the entrance of the forest, passing by Dungavel Detention Centre. | |
| Just before the entrance to Dungavel detention centre there is a side road left that can take you to a moto cross track, where there are big moto cross events usually once a year. | |
| Landmarks/Pubs for lunch/Sites to see? | |
| Dungavel detention centre, Dungavel forest. |
| Cycling Clubs located in this region | |
| Fat Bottomed Girls | |
| Julie Perrot | |
| Lanarkshire MTB Club | |
| Royal Albert CC | |
| Team Gargrave |
| Your comments? | ||
| posted by:gt7278 | Rating :  | difficult :  |
| I did this route and its hard to recommend it. Desperately searching for some mountain biking around strathaven I tried it. The route through the forest is kind of eerie as you are all alone and the road you are on is just a car track. The road is often sandy at timeswhich can make it hard to cycle on. Its pretty dull through the forest and isn't challenging... | ||
| posted by:happy | Rating :  | difficult : |
| Yeah I would agree with gt7278. The route through the forest is kinda eerie if your by yourself. There are a few paths leading off the main route through the forest though so I was wondering if they would offer more single track? | ||
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