Patcham Place is a set of trails that have been around for a long time, however, it is only in the past year or so this place has really kicked off. They are based on the outskirts of Brighton & Hove in East Sussex. For the exact location as well as more info and photos feel free to take a look at our Facebook page (it also acts as a petition, so please Like it so we can keep these trails, thanks): 

The jumps face being destroyed by the council as people have complained about people riding their bikes down the hills in the woods. We hope by creating this page people will understand that the group of riders at the dirt jumps are separate to the downhill riders. We want to tell people that they are two different styles of riding and that us at the dirt jumps are not involved with this form of Downhill riding. The people at the dirt jumps wish to preserve the natural environment in Coney Woods for families, dog walkers and it’s inhabitants.

The jumps are situated in a small corner at the bottom of Coney Woods. We have recently collected all the rubbish that has been distributed around the area left by careless individuals, resulting in a clean local environment. However, this sadly is an ongoing problem and we ask all people that wish to enjoy this natural environment to bring any rubbish that they make with them or use the bins provided, as the council cannot spare the costs of sending in hired litter-pickers due to the Government cuts, so will result in a small handful of the local riders to have to spend their free, unpaid time tidying up the litter of the selfish, waste-producing minority.

The jumps provide a safe local environment for people who wish to exercise, with friendly riders who are always more than happy to teach people how to ride the jumps or learn any new tricks. Many of the locals are educated on current bicycle components and are happy to help and fix peoples bikes if they are passing.

We hope that after reading this that people will realise that Patcham Place helps promote a healthy and positive lifestyle within Brighton.

Many thanks,

Patcham Place.

Another quick update from us, this time to upload some photos of the jumps currently being built down here. Not yet finished but shall be hopefully by Spring time

Well then, this is our first actual post for our trails on this site and will in the very near future post more information as well well as photos of them. However, sadly the Council are planning to demolish our jumps but here is a link to a petition to save them:   Thanks a lot to anyone who signs it!

Hello Trails community, heres some clips we had left over from 2011, mostly footage from Grandmas trails but theres also some Peynier footage in there along with some other stuff.  Enjoy.

I think its coming on a year since we have given an update on our place, a few alterations and a couple more sets built now. So, over the last few weeks I have been of work and been able to get up the woods a couple of times a week, thrown my spade around with a bunch of guys and this is what happend……

Looking down into the new step ….

Hips

Long overdue landing finally got started the other day

Seems things are moving on slowley, but were getting there, but on the upside looks like we will have a few bigger sets to ride this season. Just going to try and make a few tweeks here and there before easter when it should be running in nicely, hopefully.

It has been a very, very long time since we have posted anything on here. Today, I will take my camera to the trails and later on tonight I’ll post some photo’s of what’s going down in the woods.
In the mean time, check out www.psatrails.tumblr.com and www.digdidit.wordpress.org
If you’re reading this, live in the South West and dont have your own trails, get in touch if you fancy digging or riding –