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Skills training for youngsters at Kielder Forest
By David Arthur on 18/01/2010 12:07:03
Purple Mountain offer specialist training in Kielder Forest
Purple Mountain, who run the new £250,000 bike centre near Kielder Castle in Kielder Water and Forest Park, have become the first outlet in North East England to be accredited by the Mountain Bike Instructor Award Scheme to run 'Right Track
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New trails open at Kielder Forest
By David Arthur on 22/04/2009 11:00:54
Red trail and North Shore sections now open at Kielder Forest
Work has been completed on a new trail at the Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland, and they’ll be officially opened for the Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy 2009 which takes place this weekend, 25/26 April.The new developments, part of a £900
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Kielder Forest gets brand new bike centre
By David Arthur on 02/07/2009 10:46:16
£250,000 bike centre opens in the Kielder Water and Forest Park
Danny Hart cuts the tape (pic: Mark Pinder)Following the development and opening of new trails at the Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland, which opened in April, plans to make the area a top outdoor destination have been boosted
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The Bike Place / KTR Marathon Series Announced
By SheCycles on 06/03/2007 09:44:57
New racing around Kielder Forest and the Borders, plus details on new Demo day
mountain bike trails in Kielder Forest.The series will have three rounds…3rd March – The Winter Warmer - using a 22km course in Kielder Forest 31st March – The Border RaidProbably the only UK race that is held in two countries! Starting in Kielder, heading
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The Bike Place/KTR Marathon Series 2008
By Mike Davis on 05/12/2007 14:43:11
Kielder Forest bike shop and trailbuilding group team up to promote four-race marathon series
The Bike Place and Kielder Trail Reavers have announced a four-race marathon series for 2008, all based in (surprisingly enough) Kielder Forest. The Bike Place has shops in Gateshead and Kielder itself, while KTR build and maintain Kielder's MTB
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Octoberfest
By David Arthur on 01/09/2008 14:19:47
Final Kielder Trail Reavers 2008 Marathon on 4 October
Work has begun on latest trail developments Octoberfest is the final race of the Kielder Trail Reavers 2008 Marathon series, and takes place on 4 October in Kielder Forest. The event task riders with completing two laps of an approximately 25km
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Kielder Forest to host 30km ''mini-enduro''
By Mike Davis on 03/07/2006 10:37:00
Europe's largest man-made forest to celebrate recent trail developments with a proper race
Europe's biggest man-made forest, the 62,000 hectare (155,000 acre) Kielder Forest in Northumberland, has long been thought of as something of an untapped resource for mountain biking. But thanks to the combined efforts of the Forestry Commission
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Reiver Challenge
By Mike Davis on 03/05/2006 03:40:04
14th Kielder Forest orienteering event to be run in conjunction with new bike festival
The Forestry Commission and Trail Cyclists Association are staging the 14th Kielder Reiver Challenge mountain bike event in the 155,000 acre Kielder Forest, Northumberland, on Saturday 20 May.It's an orienteering event - gather points by visiting
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Kielder Forest trails start to come together
By Mike Davis on 17/03/2006 03:05:32
Just a few months since the FC called for volunteers and Kielder has its first purpose-built MTB trails
Kielder's first purpose-built trails are up and running - and there's plenty more to comeLast Autumn we reported on plans to develop trails in Kielder Forest, with the Forestry Commission seeking local enthusiasts to help out. The call was a huge
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New trails in Kielder Forest
By Mike Davis on 14/02/2007 15:10:04
Further MTB developments in Europe's largest man-made forest
At the summit of Deadwater Fell. Camera presumably just fallen over. (Pic: Mark Pinder)Some of the new trails under constructionLast year we reported on the trail developments in the 155,000 acre Kielder Forest. The first purpose-built MTB routes
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