Accessing Kielder Water & Forest Park
As most visitors know, Kielder Water & Forest Park suffered significant storm damage in November 2021 and again in January and February 2022.
Our teams have been working very hard for the past ten months to clear and make safe all routes. We are close to having most routes re-opened.
Long term trail closures at Kielder into late 2022/2023 are now predicted to be only Lonesome Pine MTB trail and Bastle Forest Walk at Sidwood.
As so many routes are now re-opened - the list below details routes that remain closed or have a diversion in place.
Updated 15th March 2023
| Walking routes | |||||
| Facility / route name | Status | Updates | |||
| Skyspace/ Kielder Observatory | Open with diversion using forest road |
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| Wild Trails(nr Kielder Castle) | Closed | Reopening late summer 2023, work underway to recover area. | |||
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Closed | Tree recovery work now underway- trail to be assessed for repairs. | |||
| Duchess Trail | Closed from the 27th March due to operations | ||||
| Cycle Trail/ Mountain Bike Facilities | |||||
| Lonesome Pine Trail |
Descent sections Closed - Lewisburn section linking to Bloodybush trail open and also Skydive section open |
Skydive section ONLY open. Long term closure on rest of trail- could be late 2024 reopened. Due to complexity of site and works. best bits of descent badly affected by storm Arwen. |
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| Bloodybush Trail | Open | There is a diversion in place | |||
| Cycle Skills Loop | Closed new facility to be built | Closed until 2024 | |||
| Others | |||||
| Forest Head Silvas Capitalis | Closed | Repairs required | |||
| Janus Chairs | Closed | Maintenance required |
