Patchworkpony
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Where are the best places for off-road hacking in Herefordshire?
Best places for hacking in herefordshire
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welshiewhiskers
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Where abouts in Herefordshire are you? North Herefordshire has Croft Wood, Bircher Common and Shobdon wood which are all very good for off road hacking.
3Beasties
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There's also a nice farm ride starting at*Canyon Pyon, I've never done the whole ride but I believe it goes all the way to Weobley.
3Beasties
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Should have put Norton Canyon up there ^^^
POLLDARK
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Canon Pyon I think you mean 
POLLDARK
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Or do you mean Norton Canon ? That is a good ride though a couple of gates are get off jobs.
3Beasties
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I get muddled up between the two
I'm pretty sure it's Norton Canon though. There are quite a lot of gates which is the down side to it.
I'm pretty sure it's Norton Canon though. There are quite a lot of gates which is the down side to it.
rainer
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Hergest ridge
CazD
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Haugh Woods is pretty good.
Tanta
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We are due to move down to the area in the next few weeks - pretty close to Haugh woods. Can you tell me if there are a lot of mountain bikers in there, or if there are tracks for just horses. Likely to want to go there at a weekend, so it would be good to know what to expect!
CazD
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Oooh whereabouts are you moving too? We hack from home to Haugh Woods. there's a few mountain bikers but not hordes and they are always considerate. Horses are supposed to keep to the main tracks and are prohibited from some altogether so there are no Horses Only tracks. You are more likely to find families walking with kids and dogs on a sunny weekend - other times you wont see a soul. You can ride around for ages and the further you are away from the carparks then the less likely you are to see anyone.
Tanta
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Moving to Bartestree, so it will be a longish hack to Haugh woods I think , or we can box up there.... Thanks for info re mountain bikers, sounds a good place to go. We are moving from Berkshire from pretty good hacking, so hoping we can find enough places to hack out when we move - although we will have our own land as well, so can ride over that some of the time. Thanks for the local knowledge anyway - will be strange to move somewhere where we dont know anyone!, at least to start with! Where are you based?
3Beasties
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Where is Haugh woods?
pistolpete
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Holidaying there next month Lucton. Any stables or trekking centres?
Meredith
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Underhill, beyond Bleddfa, is 20 miles away. I don’t know any closer.
Bobthecob15
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https://www.ridinginwales.com/ is the best but its quite a drive... fab hacking though.
Or you can try here https://www.tiptonhall.co.uk/ or https://www.noakesfarmridingcentre.co.uk/ neither are that close I'm afraid, its a bit of a drive to any riding school from Lucton.
Orangehorse
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Are you near Mortimer Forest, which is close to Ludlow?
Meredith
riding reluctantly into the sunset
I think you need a permit for there
Orangehorse
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No I don't think so. Used to need a permit for the Wyre Forest, which is very busy, but don't need one now for riding, although they have hiked the charge for parking a lorry/trailer.
I don't recall Mortimer Forest needing a permit as it is nowhere near as busy as Wyre Forest and is different ground conditions.
Meredith
riding reluctantly into the sunset
Sorry, got it wrong. Not a permit, a KEY!
Black Pool Car Park
Welcome to the South Eastern side of Mortimer Forest. This car park is protected by height restriction barriers (7'/2.1m). There’s parking spaces for disabled users and two picnic tables with easy access in a pleasant glade to one side of the car park. Find us off the B4361 Ludlow to Richard’s...
www.forestryengland.uk
lialls
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I second Underhill just past Bleddfa, great hacking, amazing views, nice horses and people.
CazD
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Mordiford/Woolhope area