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!

Super chilled UK section from the Compression DVD. This shows some spots from their 2009 trip.

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Tales from the tea shack……………

  A quick note about tea shack trails.  A group of us started these trails in Oct last year.  We had been looking for somewhere to build for a while, preferably somewhere legal.  Lucky for us one of the guys knew a well sound farmer who rents the land to us so there is no worry of them getting  trashed.  Only problem is the dirt, its full of rocks so we have to get it out of the ground with a mini digger and sieve it !

We have got plenty done in just six months, the main line has three jumps to a double berm with a couple more to go in in the next weeks and hopefully start a new tech line too. Where we took the dirt from left a bit of a pit so we are currently shaping that into a pump track which should be finished anytime soon if we can get out of the shack and put the brews down, more to come soon !

Here is what we have so far……

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