Lews Castle Grounds Recreational Trails

Gallows Hill in the Lews Castle Grounds, overlooking Stornoway
(left to right) project manager Steven Liddle of CKD Galbraith, Lord Sebastian Coe and Sir Craig Reedie of the International Olympic Committee.

The construction plan has the Islands' new trailbuilding squad tackling basic core paths on easy terrain first, then moving to Blue Grade mountainbike trails and finally to Red Grade sections on bedrock and steeper slopes. This will ensure that the trailbuilding knowledge and experience needed to produce top quality singletrack is established before starting the tricky enthusiast trails. This approach also means that new riders will be learning their bike handling skills in the right order.

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31 March 2011
Progress report on Willowglen trail building .....

21 February 2011
Castle Ground Trail work begins .....

14 July 2010
Seb Coe Endorses New Trails ....