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I came across this downhill course while I was walking the dog. It's not too extreme apart from a couple of avoidable jumps near the bottom. Easily reached from the car park at Carberry and, as far as I can tell, open to all. Perhaps a closer alternative than Innerleithen for those wanting to give it a try.
Downhill mountain bike trail in Carberry Woods by Cycling Mollie, on Flickr
Ooh, interesting - is it obvious where it is from the car park?
The car park has a visitors' map of the woods. From there the main path leads to a monument commemorating Mary Queen of Scots' surrender to the Confederate Lords. The downhill course can be found by riding to the monument and then staying on the most easterly path back down the hill, the one beside the wall.
Is the car park new? Which entrance?
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Carberry Hill is located about 2 miles outside of Musselburgh in the village of Carberry. Drive past "Carberry Tower" until you come to an opening in the wall, where you will find a cluster of houses and a former candle-making shop. There is the path leading to the Carberry Woodlands. The shorter path to the monument is accessed by driving further up the road until you come to a set of traffic lights. Turn left and the gateway is on the left a little further up that road. There is unfortunately nowhere to park in the vicinity.
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Yes, I should have said the car park is behind the old Carberry Candles factory, the one with the chimney. It's not obvious from the main road but follow the track round and you come to a welcome sign and map board. Don't go in either of the Carberry House entrances on the road up the hill.
Up the track left of pic -
It's better on Google than Cyclestreets! (Track not marked though rest of woodland paths seem to be.)
Yeh, done this myself a couple of times. Not sure who is maintaining it but there always seems to be little changes every time I go back.
Not particularly long or challenging (though there is one mother of a gap jump!), but is good for a wee sesh if you are strapped for time and can't get along to one of the 7stanes.
Is this still being used/developed?
I don't know what's happening with the chimney and buildings - seems to have stalled but by a strange coincidence I met one of the people who built the downhill course today.
Looks like the Duke of Buccleuch has cottoned onto it :(
I think it's fair enough to remove unauthorised mountain bike trails from ancient woodland.
They're taking one out at Currie wood too, a beautiful and magical place, definately not suited to MTBing.
Strange it’s taken so long.
Someone must have been turning a blind eye(?)
I believe it was the residents who bought the new houses at the southern corner of the woods who then campaigned to have the trails removed.
Those signs have been up for at least a few months. I spotted them on a walk up there at the start of July.
“residents who bought the new houses“
New houses built on another bit of woodland?
I think it was a redevelopment of some existing farm house(s) and steadings rather than a green field site.
I think the redevelopment was around 2012, the complaining started not long after. There was a long period of increasing skirmishes, with holes being dug in the trail and barriers put up, and the residents finally prevailed sometime last year.
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