MTB trails between Birmingham and Brighton?

[warp9]

I'm travelling from Birmingham to Brighton on Thursday to visit some friends over the weekend and wanted to stop off en route to have a blast on my new Marin Rift Zone (well second hand on Ebay). Any suggestions? Thanks

[ecs]

Aspley woods in Woburn Sands is a few minutes away from the M1:

https://www.greensandtrust.org/local-site-aspley-w...

Or, Aston Hill isn't too far from the M40:

https://www.astonhill.co.uk/

[daddy cool]

Ever been to Swinley Forest (Bracknell)? Its basically "Cannock Chase-lite", and while you sometimes get so-called hardcore MTB'ers slagging it off, I think its impossible to not have fun blasting around. I live right at the trail start, so am unusually there a couple of times a week.
No real difference between the blue and red trails in terms of skill level (and together, I would class them just under Cannock's Red, but only just) and combined distance of ~13 miles / 1,000ft of climbing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y83uahlmjrU

[warp9]

Excellent suggestions! Thanks very much.

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

ecs said:

Aspley woods in Woburn Sands is a few minutes away from the M1:

https://www.greensandtrust.org/local-site-aspley-w...

Or, Aston Hill isn't too far from the M40:

https://www.astonhill.co.uk/

Isn't Aston the spot to be avoided like the plague when it's wet - chalk layer makes it as slick Trump's legal team.

[Daveyraveygravey]

You could just turn off the M23 where it crosses the A27, park at Devil's Dyke and hit the South Downs Way. 40 miles east and west, a few trails running north-south.