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Family friendly off road cycling.

  • 05-06-2012 1:02pm
    #1
    bbam
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    We were looking round for somewhere to go last Sunday and bring our bikes. Being from the north east we looked at NI too.
    Found a place called Gosford Forest Park. http://www.gosford.co.uk/

    Great trails, dedicated 6k cycle trail with tarmac and forest sections. Beautiful place well maintained. Plenty of green picnic areas for grub. Deer and game reserves too. Clean toilets.

    Anyone looking for a place to bring the kids cycling I'd recommend it highly. Well be back some Sunday soon. Only £4.50 in for the four of us which was reasonable. Coffee shop seems closed but that didn't bother us.

    Any other recommendations welcome :)


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  • #2
    Kittycat77
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    The Westport/Achill Greenway is fab, did this at the weekend with my sister and her kids from ages 8-14, and a few others, 40k in total but can just do sections of it to suit the kids, we did the whole thing but kids and their parents just did from Newport to just past Mulranny (lovely coffee shop about 5k past mulranny with stunning views) which was about 29 k I think, and then they cycled back to Mulranny where the bike rental shop collected them and brought them back to Newport by bus.
    My sister and her family were really impressed, and are thinking about buying bikes to do more stuff like this, so would be interested in any other suggestions and will pass them on


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    langdang
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    Any places I've been are in the southwest so not much help to you but Killarney National Park around Muckross House is a really nice spot. Miles of stuff round there for a leisurely family cycle. Maybe Gap of Dunloe depending on age of kids (not strictly "off road" tho, you might meet the odd car).


  • #4
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭langdang


    Kittycat77 wrote: »
    My sister and her family were really impressed, and are thinking about buying bikes to do more stuff like this, so would be interested in any other suggestions and will pass them on
    Portumna might be worth a look for you. Some of the trails are called "mountain bike" trails but they are all gentle enough. Most, if not all of it, is rideable on a hybrid type bike that you could use on the Greenway.

    You are IN the deer enclosure for some of it so if you're lucky you might get up close. Plenty of squirrels and pine martens and things too.


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