Craigavon Lakes

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Located 5 minutes from the M1 Junction 10, on a slip road from one of the main town roundabouts.
10Km of purpose-built trail around the lakes, nice twisting sections of single-track. Mostly on the flat, but well worth a visit. A good family spot.

Photo of reccommended TrailBadger MTB Mountain Bike Trail - Craigavon Lakes in Co. Armagh

Craigavon Lakes Multimap Link

Craigavon Trail Map (pdf, 750k)

Park at Tannaghmore Gardens on the North side (where there are toilets and a zoo!) or at the watersports centre.

The first purpose official built mountain bike trail in Northern Ireland and also the first to be designed and built within a city park in the UK.

The trail is 10.6kms long with 7kms of singletrack. The singletrack trail is
narrow, no more than 600mm wide, with an earth or stone surface. The
singletrack trails are suitable for a range of abilities of cyclist from
novice riders to experienced mountain bikers, also suitable for kids but
only those that are competent cyclists.

Follow the blue circular waymarkers with the words moderate cycle trail
around the edge to get around the trail.

There are superb visitor facilities at Craigavon Watersports Centre. Bikes, equipment & guides are available for hire, Tel. 028 3834 2669 to make a booking. There is also parking, a café, watersports centre, BMX and Skateboard Park & numerous walk trails.

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Reviewed By:Steve
Not a bad trail. I prefer the single track sections as they tend to be unused by pedestrians. Exercise caution on the tarmac sections which although clearly marked, are amok with dumb pedestrians who seem to prefer walking on the marked cycle way.
A fast trail with very little climbing or descending. I gave this a rating of 4 as its pretty impressive for a city trail!
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Reviewed By:Torres
Was up there this morning Sept 12th the trail is well clear of the nasty nettles and even after the recent downpours the trail is in excellent condition a bit slippy in places but good fun all the same
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Reviewed By:Gavin
first time mountain biking but really enjoyed the course fantastic place to start of riding
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Reviewed By:Geoff
Returned to this trail this year and what a disappointment. The trail was grown over,our kids needed long sleeves and trousers to stop nettle stings, parts of it were like a rubbish tip,other part trees fallen and blocking the trail, dog dirt everywhere. Not supprisingly we were the only people using the trails, the locals seem to perfer the tarmac - cleaner and better kept. Such a shame as it was a great place for the kids.
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Reviewed By:Clinton
This is flat, but if you blast round it, then it's great fun. Narrow enough to have you dodging trees and bushes all over the place, and if it's too short just do another lap. Very pleasantly surprised. Saturday lunch time and only 2 other riders.
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Reviewed By:Bazra!
first time at it last night! just a great hack through the hedges! Loved the grey concrete half buried pipe!!
not too difficult but you can make it harder by going at it full tilt!! you will realy enjoy it! i will be back!
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Reviewed By:Torres
Just started getting into MTB at the age of 31 and this is ideal,go as fast or slow as you want. Midweek I'm yet to come across another rider. At a moderate pace look at around 45mins. I'd recommend a warm up lap stop at the rare breeds farm for a breather then blast it round to finish off .I'll second the view on nettles !!
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Reviewed By:Streethawk
as a total noobie it was fun fun fun good place to start both for riding and fitness highly recommended (as a noobie of course)
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Reviewed By:Geoff
Great run for the family. Great introduction to off road riding for kids - prepares them for some of the more technical stuff.
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Reviewed By:AndyL
Almost entirely flat, but fabulous fun. The faster you go, the bigger your grin at the end of it. Anyone can ride it from an absolute beginner to the xc whippet (the dh boys may be a bit overbiked!) Tight, twisty, tree clipping fun, surfaced for all year round riding, can be a bit nettle-y if we ever get a summer...
 
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NOTE: The trails on this site have been ridden before, but you should not interpret their inclusion as an indication that mountain-biking is officially sanctioned on them. Seeking permission from landowners is your own responsibility, as is conducting yourself in a manner that is courteous, respectful to the environment, and conscious of the safety of others.