About
The Alliance encourages and supports groups to create positive impact in their community by getting organised to develop, maintain and ride mountain bike trails.
Thriving mountain bike trails benefit their local communities and the UK as a whole. By demonstrating the positive impact our trails have, we can advocate collaboratively for greater support from policymakers, national governing bodies and land managers.
We’re aiming for a future with better and more sustainable trails, where the groups looking after trails have the resources, volunteers, knowledge and permission to prosper.
The Alliance brings together the UK's trail associations, informal trail groups, bike parks and other groups making a positive impact through trails.
We support and facilitate sharing knowledge and best practice through email newsletters, Zoom calls, and the Trail Hub (below). We’re influencing decision making by building relationships with land managers, national governing bodies and government.
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 its members, with an elected board of unpaid trustees. Our trustees will bring experience from small informal trail groups, big commercial bike parks, established trail associations, small non-profit bike parks and community-run trails, spanning all four of the UK’s nations.
Help us
Volunteer
We’re volunteer-run, with no paid staff. Many hands make light work, so if you want to make a difference to the trails we love, please get in touch.
Donate
Can’t volunteer with us or your local group? Then why not donate instead! We’ve hit our initial GoFundMe target of £10,000, but every little helps.
Get connected
If your group wants to join the Alliance, connect with other groups, or needs help, then get in touch.
News
Trail Hub
The Trail Hub is the UK MTB Trail Alliance’s knowledge sharing platform, with over 400 users from trail associations, informal trail groups, bike parks and other groups making a positive impact through trails. Its library contains everything from guides to funding, safeguarding, training, planning permission, landowner liability, trail advocacy case studies, academic research and a host of other resources.
There’s lots of discussion on the Trail Hub too, from how to map your trails, First Aid provision at bike parks, to dedicated ebike climbs and favourite trail tools. It’s a place to ask questions, where the community helps with answers. Get on the Trail Hub and ask!
If you'd like access to the Trail Hub, please submit your details below: