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2/11/10 - Leith Hill Mountain Bike Training Facilities - Vote Now

 

The National Trust are applying for funding from Bovril Outdoors Revival to build mountain bike training facilities at Etherley Farm, near Leith Hill. Here's the details of the project...

"The Surrey Hills has provided many mountain cyclists and many thousands of visitors with a stunning setting to experience long walks or cycles, and many thousands use these networks of trails each week. 

The proposed project, a mountain bike training area, will significantly increase the amount of visitors who stay at the Ethereley Farm campsite, which is currently adjacent to the proposed bike area. The training resource will also provide an opportunity for school and corporate groups to visit and enjoy the new facilities. 

The promotion of the campsite will subsequently allow visitors to gain access to a much larger network of bike trails linking Leith Hill, Pitch Hill and the Hurtwood Control."

It's great to see the National Trust looking to support mountain biking in this way, and it's a fantastic project, which if it happens could be the springboard for more properly maintained trails and facilities in the area. But it needs your help to happen - by voting for it, so...

1. go to the Bovril Outdoors Revival website here
2. click Find A Project in the top banner
3. type 'Leith Hill' into the postcode box
4. click on the spade on the map just to the right of Cranleigh
5. click the 'Vote for this Project' button

Votes close 31st December, and this great project will only happen if we vote for it, so please spare a few minutes to register your vote, and forward this on to your friends.