About
The UK MTB Trail Alliance brings together over 100 of the UK's trail associations, informal trail groups and bike parks, to share knowledge and best practice and to give them a voice at a national level. We’re advocating for the UK’s riders and their trails, building relationships with national landowners, governing bodies and national governments, to foster a more progressive approach.
We’re aiming for a future with better and more sustainable trails - because the trails have the resources, volunteers, knowledge and permission to prosper. One where fewer unofficial trails are shut down - because we’re able to work with landowners to allay and mitigate their concerns, and help local communities take on their management.
We provide hands-on advice and support to our members and facilitate knowledge sharing through email newsletters, Zoom calls with guest speakers, regional gatherings, an annual summit and the Trail Hub (below). We’re building relationships with landowners like Forestry England & NRW, national governing bodies like British Cycling and Cycling UK, and national government departments.
Groups
100+
800+
Volunteers
6,400km+
of Trails
120,000+
Man hours
each year
Trustees
The UK MTB Trail Alliance is setting up as a registered charity, governed by a board of unpaid trustees from small informal trail groups to big commercial bike parks, established trail associations to small non-profit bike parks and community-run trails, and representative of the four nations of the UK:
Help us
If you’re interested in helping out in other ways, either at a national level with the UK MTB Trail Alliance, or with your local trails, please get in touch.
We’re volunteer-run, with no salaries. But this work costs money - there are membership fees for professional bodies, in order to lobby and influence decision makers, the admin costs of setting up and running a charity, and expenses to cover. We’re inviting all UK MTB riders who care about the future of their trails to invest what they can to make that future brighter - our GoFundMe campaign aims to raise £10,000 to help cover our year-one costs.
News
Trail Hub
The Trail Hub is the UK MTB Trail Alliance’s knowledge sharing platform. It’s launched with over 200 users from trail associations, informal trail groups and bike parks. Its Library contains everything from guides to funding, safeguarding, training, planning permission for trails, landowners’ liability, trail advocacy case studies, academic research and a host of other resources.
There’s lots of discussion developing on the Trail Hub too, from how to map your trails, First Aid provision at bike parks, dedicated ebike climbs to favourite trail tools. The idea is if members have questions that other members might be able to help answer, they get on the Trail Hub and ask!
If you'd like access to the Trail Hub, please sumbit your details below: