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North East England

Brain Freeze Trail – Pooh Stick Bridge loop from Eggleston

Bike touring routes & trails

North East England

Brain Freeze Trail – Pooh Stick Bridge loop from Eggleston

Hard

4.8

(5)

482

riders

Brain Freeze Trail – Pooh Stick Bridge loop from Eggleston

03:17

32.6km

750m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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North Pennines National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

284 m

Blackton Moor Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Starts off as a wide gravel track that climbs to the top of the moor. At the summit the bridleway veers to the left of the gravel track and turns …

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2

7.70 km

Polty's Last Blast & K-Line (Red 5), Hamsterley Forest

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Longest red decent in the forest

Tip by

15.2 km

Mayland Bank

Forest

4

16.6 km

Special K Trail, Hamsterley Forest

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

A Official Red trail which can be found at Hamsterley Forest, it has a average gradient of -8% spanning over around 0.3 Miles peaking at around -15%. Although the trail …

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5

17.3 km

Brain Freeze Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

An official Red trail found at Hamsterley Forest, The trail runs for around 0.3 Mile with an average gradient of -9% peaking at -18%

Tip by

6

18.0 km

Pooh Stick Bridge

Highlight • Forest

Nice and easy walk

Tip by

7

18.4 km

Grove Link Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

22.5 km

Front Plantation

Forest

B

32.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.3 km

12.2 km

2.01 km

1.41 km

626 m

Surfaces

24.9 km

4.06 km

2.26 km

1.41 km

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Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

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Weather

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Friday 26 June

23°C

14°C

64 %

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