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New trails open

Coed Llandegla Forest, the largest privately owned mountain bike centre in Wales, has just opened 1km of new Red graded singletrack trails. Also in the pipeline is a further 10.5km of trail and four new skills areas – enabling mountain bikers and leisure cyclists of all abilities to test their skills and learn new ones!

Coed Llandegla owners, UPM Tilhill, are working with funding from Forestry Commission Wales, to upgrade existing trails and open 10.5km of new singletrack. New routes will provide exciting new challenges for beginners and expert riders alike.

Skills Area: Which trail is for you? The new Coed Llandegla Forest 'Skills Area' offers a safe place to learn mountain bike techniques and build confidence before setting out on the trails. This area will also be used for mountain bike training courses run by the Centre operating company One Planet Adventure.

Free Ride Area: for the more experienced rider, this area offers access to dirt and built jumps, drops and manmade stunts.

Pump Track: how far can your momentum take you? The pump track is a loop of rollers and berms – teaching riders to maintain and gain speed, with the minimum of pedalling.

Dual Slalom: test your skills in a head to head race on this purpose built trail. It's fast and furious as you tackle berms, jumps and bumps on near identical tracks – then switch sides and race again!

The opening of the new facilities is being phased, and all will be open to the public by September. Visit www.coedllandegal.com for up to date details.

Phil Johnson, Regional Manager, UPM Tilhill said: "Extended car parking, new trails and the four new skills areas can only improve our visitors' experience of Coed Llandegla. Over 120,000 people visited Coed Llandegla last year, and with the help of the Forestry Commission, Wales Tourist Board and Cadwyn Clwyd, we can extend the facilities available to our visitors."

Coed Llandegla boasts a purpose-built, log cabin style visitor centre - an example of successful sustainable development - with a spacious café, shop, bike hire and repair, and meeting room facilities. Designed to complement the surrounding environment, the building is of a solid log construction using timber from certified and managed forests. The energy to heat the building and the water comes from a geothermal heat pump which has 2km of pipes buried in the ground, coupled with solar panels. There is also a rain-water collection system which provides water for the toilets and the bike jet wash.