iBikeRide has announced that Hafod Trails on the edge of Brechfa Forest in South Wales has claimed its UK Trail of the Year crown for 2025, with the rider-voted award seeing family-run Hafod Trails edge out BikePark Wales.
Over a thousand ratings and reviews shaped this year’s leaderboard — and the big story is focus. Hafod targeted a clear audience and delighted them: fast, efficient uplifts; a compact but varied trail menu; and a welcoming, family vibe. BikePark Wales — the UK’s largest MTB destination — remains a phenomenon for scale, variety and progression, but 2025 shows that dialled, rider-first venues can beat the giants.
Over the past eight weeks, more than 1,000 riders from across the UK rated and reviewed the trails they rode in 2025. The Top Ten reflects the unfiltered voice of the MTB community, celebrating cutting-edge bike parks and traditional trail centres that keep reinventing themselves.
This year’s Top Ten features five English, four Welsh, and one Scottish destination, with a healthy mix of world-class bike parks and re-energised trail centres.
Daniel Mintz, Founder of iBikeRide, commented: “Hafod will have surprised many to take this year’s crown, and it’s their standout commitment to families, inclusivity, and progression at every level — from first laps to advanced riders — that truly set them apart.
This year’s Top Ten shows the breadth of the scene: big hitters, progressive regional bike parks, evolving trail centres, and spots where sanctioned and unofficial trails blend into one seamless experience. The standouts mix technical challenge with accessibility, cater to all abilities, and keep riders engaged with variety.
Build somewhere that can grow with a rider, make moving between flow, tech and airtime feel effortless, and put inclusion at its heart — including the big-send stuff, without being defined by it — and you create a community that lasts.”
For the second year running, each Top Ten trail will receive a confidential rider-feedback report to support future development.
Charlie Kingswood, Hafod Trails, commented: “Trail of the Year 2025, wow! We are truly blown away, and it means so much to us as a small bike park. For us, it’s never been about just digging trails in the dirt – it’s about building a community, encouraging adventure and progression, and of course having fun! Our brilliant community brings our trails to life and reminds us why we do what we do. So this win belongs as much to them as much as it does to us. Thank you to each and every one of you for your support and spreading the Hafod love.
We’ve never really thought ourselves to be in the same league as some of the bigger, more established venues, so to come out on top is just bonkers! We are very proud of what we’ve achieved in a short space of time, humbled by the recognition and inspired to continue being us and doing what we do.”
Later this summer, iBikeRide will publish its first — and what aims to become annual — State of the Nation: UK Trails Report 2025, based on over 1,000 anonymised rider responses.
Mintz concludes by saying, “Congratulations to Hafod Trails, and to every trail team and volunteer keeping the UK riding scene thriving — and a big thanks to all the riders who rated and reviewed their local trails.”
