Mountain Biking - Mountain Biking near London

Hi, not sure if anyone can help but I've recently started getting into a bit of mountain biking (I've been out about four times total) and was wondering if anybody knew of anything decent near London?

Obviously trains are probably necessary, and nothing too technical, just something away from all the traffic and danger that I ride through every day...

any help would be appreciated..

thanks ;)

alternatively if anybody knows of any decent clubs in south london then that would also be good....

I'm from the outskirts of South London (orpington) I could give you a few tips on areas i use but it would help if you told me the town you lived in so i could get a better idea how close you are.
(london is pretty big you know)

cheers mate. I was looking at everyone's locations and realised they were all american and thought I might have posted this is in the wrong place!

anyway,

I'm in brixton at the moment....

I'm from Toronto m8. There are actually quite a few Brits here.

I had some fish and chips for lunch, does that count?

L8R

Originally posted by a2psyklnut
I had some fish and chips for lunch, does that count?

L8R


<drool>mmmmmm fish and chips</drool>

Holmbury St Mary and Leith Hill on the North Downs are a hotspot. Head to Dorking station.
Head west from Eastbourne along the South Downs for some good riding.

OK, OK, so not everyone is american!!

thanks mike. sounds like a good idea. I'll get myself an ordnance survey map.

where's dorking? surrey?

this is a list of links to mountin bike clubs in the UK - some of them are London:
http://www.doctordanger.com/linkspage.asp?zone=5&category=121

(cut & paste the lines if the line break causes hassles)

also try:
http://www.bikinguk.net/web/

Stew

cheers stew, I'll have a look through when I've got some time.

epping forest looks pretty cool.....