close
-
Layers w
- Map Content
- More Layers
- Pro
- Pro
- Pro
- Pro
- Pro
- Pro
- Pro
- Pro
-
Upgrade to
3D
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Snow Cover Partial
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
Contribute Details
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
- Description
- Photos
- Description & Photos
- Videos
Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
inches
US Cell Coverage
Legend
Radar Time
x
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
Winter Trails
Warning
A routing network for winter maps does not exist. Selecting trails using the winter trails layer has been disabled.
x
Missing Trails
Most Popular
Least Popular
Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
Only show trails with NO bikes.
Save the current map location and zoom level as your default home location whenever this page is loaded.
Save
No description for Essex has been added yet!
Login or register to submit one.
This region uses the Uk/Euro style trail grading system.
Activities Click to view
- Mountain Bike
374 trails
- E-Bike
368 trails
- Horse
114 trails
- Hike
390 trails
- Trail Running
390 trails
- Dirtbike/Moto
9 trails
- ATV/ORV/OHV
6 trails
- Nordic Ski
0 trails
Region Details
- 100
- 159
- 106
- 9
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 414
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 374
- Trails E-Bike
- 368
- Trails Horse
- 114
- Trails Hike
- 390
- Trails Trail Running
- 390
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 9
- Trails Observed Trials
- 1
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 6
- Trails Snowmobile
- 3
- Total Distance
- 216 miles
- Total Descent
- 18,298 ft
- Total Vertical
- 460 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 465 ft
- Reports
- 2,146
- Photos
- 826
- Ridden Counter
- 17,687
Articles
Video & Event Report: Celebrating 10 Years of Radfest in 2019 - Essex, UK
Aug 8, 2019 from pinkbike.com
A weekend for trials riders, BMXers and dirt jumpers to get together to ride bikes at Radical Bikes bike park in Essex, UK.
Sub Regions
- Brentwood (3)
- Colchester (3)
- Danbury (29)
- Danbury Common (1)
- Grain (1)
- Harlow (37)
- Southend-on-Sea (11)
- Benfleet Downs (0)
- Hadleigh Park (8)
- Epping Forest (227)
Popular Essex Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short single track Epping Forest | |||
| High Beech carpark to Claypit Hill (bridleway) Epping Forest | |||
| The Beach Epping Forest | |||
| Wodridden Hill to Claypit Hill Bridleway Epping Forest | |||
| Escape From Mandy's (Bridleway) Epping Forest | |||
| Cut through Epping Forest | |||
| Fairmead Road to ENR Epping Forest | |||
| Epping New Road Crossing bridleway Epping Forest | |||
| Wake Arms Bridleway Epping Forest | |||
| Up and Down the Bumps Epping Forest | |||
| Dick Turpin Epping Forest | |||
| Strawberry Hill to Fairmead Bottom bridleway Epping Forest | |||
| Hadleigh XC - Part 1 Hadleigh Park | |||
| Goldings Hill to Earls Path Bridleway AKA Green Ride Epping Forest | |||
| Furze Ground Bridleway Epping Forest |
Essex Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest 28K/17M Loop Epping | 17 miles | |
| River Roding & Epping Forest Loop Greater London | 32 miles | |
| Epping Long Loop lots of good trails London | 27 miles | |
| Epping Without Bridleway Epping Forest | 10 miles | |
| Wylde Skye Tap Room Loop Saffron Walden | 67 miles | |
| Essex Lanes Stansted | 29 miles | |
| HMTBC Monday night ride Benfleet Downs | 21 miles | |
| Belfairs woods to Hockley loop Southend-on-Sea | 21 miles | |
| Bermy Loop - Full Hadleigh Park | 2,969 ft | |
| Colchester Cycling Colchester | 12 miles |
Photos of Essex Mountain Bike
trail: ST1
54 |
Aug 12, 2024 @ 6:54am
Aug 12, 2024
trail: ST1
54 |
Aug 12, 2024 @ 6:54am
Aug 12, 2024
trail: Bomb Hole Bound
39 |
Sep 4, 2023 @ 9:49am
Sep 4, 2023
trail: Hip Jump Loop
61 |
Apr 12, 2022 @ 12:36am
Apr 12, 2022
trail: Hadleigh XC - Part 1
95 |
Aug 29, 2021 @ 7:24am
Aug 29, 2021
trail: Howe Wood
37 |
May 25, 2021 @ 3:04am
May 25, 2021
trail: Oak Hill Jumps
543 |
Apr 5, 2021 @ 10:26pm
Apr 5, 2021Videos of Essex Mountain Bike
trail: Hadleigh XC - Part 1
6:01 |
412 |
Oct 26, 2019
trail: Blue Bell
0:59 |
229 |
Sep 24, 2019
trail: Blue Bell
0:53 |
342 |
Mar 15, 2017
trail: Warren
0:23 |
347 |
Dec 23, 2016
trail: Blue Bell
3:02 |
45 |
Nov 28, 2016
trail: Footpath
6:25 |
153 |
Aug 22, 2016
trail: Footpath
5:23 |
60 |
Aug 9, 2016
trail: Collarbone
0:13 |
713 |
Aug 4, 2016
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clive-bikemech | wishlist | trail | activity #64837137 | Jan 19, 2025 @ 1:50am 2 days |
| 24sewaa | wishlist | trail | activity #64253990 and 4 more | Jan 7, 2025 @ 10:49pm Jan 7, 2025 |
| GeorgeRum | wishlist | region | activity #63564664 | Dec 26, 2024 @ 12:44pm Dec 26, 2024 |
| GeorgeRum | wishlist | route | activity #63564514 | Dec 26, 2024 @ 12:43pm Dec 26, 2024 |
| ADdADd | ridden | trail | activity #63538756 | Dec 26, 2024 @ 3:57am Dec 26, 2024 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | No sign of a trail at all. Barely passable... | Sep 21, 2024 @ 5:23am Sep 21, 2024 | ||
| trail | The High Road end of this trail has been... | Aug 24, 2024 @ 2:55pm Aug 24, 2024 | ||
| trail | Great trail with lots of cool bumps and turns. | Aug 15, 2024 @ 3:51am Aug 15, 2024 | ||
| trail | All okay when ridden 2nd April 2024. Just a... | Apr 4, 2024 @ 9:13am Apr 4, 2024 | ||
| trail | There is no longer a track here! | Oct 1, 2023 @ 9:03am Oct 1, 2023 |
Local Badges
-
Epic Ride Descent 2k0 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge0 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge18 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k0 awarded -
Descent 100k Badge0 awarded -
Mountain Biking 100k Badge0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
| name | type | city | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree BMX Track | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Baddow Pumptrack | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Rayne Village Hall Pumptrack | skill park | Chelmsford | |
| Tiptree Pumptrack | skill park | Danbury | |
| Promenade Park Pumptrack | skill park | Danbury |
Local Trail Supporters
- Danbury Dig crew
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 374 | 200 miles | 17,073 ft | 90 miles | 459 ft | 824 | 2,146 | 14 | 47,292 | |||
| E-Bike | 368 | 191 miles | 16,814 ft | 87 miles | 459 ft | 2,104 | 4 | 2,286 | ||||
| Horse | 114 | 86 miles | 5,538 ft | 38 miles | 436 ft | 471 | 4 | |||||
| Hike | 390 | 211 miles | 18,028 ft | 94 miles | 459 ft | 2,134 | 2 | 1,219 | ||||
| Trail Running | 390 | 211 miles | 17,992 ft | 94 miles | 459 ft | 2,133 | 3 | 3,512 | ||||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 9 | 8 miles | 341 ft | 4 miles | 207 ft | 442 | 1 | |||||
| Observed Trials | 1 | 3,264 ft | 39 ft | |||||||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 6 | 6 miles | 295 ft | 3 miles | 207 ft | 2 | 442 | |||||
| Snowmobile | 3 | 3 miles | 148 ft | 1 mile | 112 ft |
- By brenthillier
NSMBA TRAILFORKS & contributors - Admins: UKTP, 20twenty-p, wisey, MathieuC, cemoorelife
- #6777 - 25,198 views
- essex activity log | embed map of Essex mountain bike trails | essex mountain biking points of interest polygons
Downloading of trail gps tracks in kml & gpx formats is enabled for Essex.
You must login to download files.