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1.0 mile
Distance
151 ft
Climb
-46 ft
Descent
00:08:37
Avg time
104 ft
Altitude change
525 ft
Altitude min
630 ft
Altitude max
525 ft
Altitude start
630 ft
Altitude end
1.97%
Grade
-16.617%
Grade max
18.972%
Grade min
3,632 ft
Distance climb
782 ft
Distance down
888 ft
Distance flat
00:08:37
Avg time
Grove Link Details
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Activities
- Mountain Bike
- Gravel Bike
- Adaptive Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
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Riding AreaHamsterley Forest
Bishop Auckland -
Difficulty Rating
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Local Popularity80 in Mountain Biking heatmap [+]
- 90 in Trail Running
- 5 in Hiking
- 5 in Adaptive Biking
- 5 in Gravel Biking
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Global Ranking#84413 in Mountain Biking [+]
- #105509 in Trail Running
- #339547 in Hiking
- #4391 in Adaptive Biking
- #16499 in Gravel Biking
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National Ranking#2,771 in Mountain Biking · United Kingdom [+]
- #2,787 in Trail Running
- #6,589 in Hiking
- #112 in Adaptive Biking
- #671 in Gravel Biking
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Hiking SAC ScaleT1 Hiking
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Trail TypeGravel Path
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Bike TypeGravel, Adaptive MTB
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DirectionBoth Directions
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Dogs AllowedYes
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eBike AllowedYes up to Class 1
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Grove Link is a 2 km popular green difficulty gravel path trail located near Bishop Auckland. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 8 minutes to complete this trail.
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Recent Activity on Trail
Past Week
- 3 rides
- 14 miles average
6 Months
- 77 rides
- 12 miles avg distance
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- 342 rides
- Last: Nov 12, 2026
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Nice easy green. The trail is shared with walkers and other users so don't blast it.
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