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No real trails up on Purdown, but the views are immense and it's great bimbling. Up Sir John's Lane, or up over the grass opposite Fairfield High School, and then there's a huge open space to explore, all the way up to Long Wood/Hermitage Wood, even up behind UWE.
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Purdown is host to a vicious local Cross race.
There are a shed load of trails if you head south. If you want big, there's Belmont (you can ride the non jump line on an XC bike no problem)
Just down the hill from there is Bourton Combe, some great trails there. That ridgeline is riddled with trails
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Ifonlyiwerebelgian
I am not doing much bike riding at the moment but cheers anyway - assume you've discovered purdown and Ashton court / Leigh woods for MTB?
A friend is getting a place in the Dye Works and it does look good as these things go but I'm not a new build kind of person either. The way they are meant to be extending Mina road park as part of that development looks positive, though.
I'm biased but I think the bit of st Werburghs on the other side of the railway tunnel is even nicer. Another possibility to look at would be Ashley Down - Station Road and thereabouts. You're only a few minutes from St Werburghs on Concorde Way and closer to Gloucester Road. They are also supposedly building a new railway station on station road, but I'd be surprised if it actually happens any time soon.
Also may be of interest that the council is consulting on further walking/cycling improvements on Mina road, this time near the shops. Potentially promising but it's at a very early stage.
You may know this all already given you only live around the corner...
Also its not a conservation area:
https://maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/?edition=