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I'm planning a night ride round Verderers, is it safe to park at the centre for a hour or two early evening. Or will I return to a van with no wheels and no doors ?
Not too long ago Pedal a Bike got robbed and there are obviously professional thieves target the car park.
I reckon it's a safe as most places but down to luck. It seems more of a casual "lets' go rob some stuff from Cannop" than a regular occurence.
I think the car park is shut overnight.
Tarmac car park shuts overnight, but loads of overflow parking stays open.
I do evening/night rides there quite a bit over the winter, and never had an issue - I'm done by 9:00pm ish, though and live not too far away, so never need to stay overnight.
You can park in the first few bays just as you enter the main car park, they're meant for use by the night workers at the Highways depot but I've used them for night rides for years. Never had an issue with security, mainly problems when getting changed afterwards and people walking their dog or other riders coming over for a chat! Another place is at the bottom of Cannop Brook lake, the layby next to the Forest of Dean Stone works is fine too. Just ride up the family trail to the centre.
Thanks to the forest having a few factories that run 24 hrs there's always people about doing normal stuff at odd hours so it's really very safe as long as you take sensible precautions. I've done short night rides and full dusk till dawn ones lasting over 8 hours and the only thing that's scared me is the Boars!
OK, thanks for the info.
I bumped into a bore last time I was there, he kept me chatting for ages about tyres for gravel bikes 🙂
I bumped into a bore last time I was there, he kept me chatting for ages about tyres for gravel bikes
They are even worse than the actual boars.
Stoneworks car park is the local dogging spot, so don’t flash your lights 😆
Although you do get people fishing in the lake there, so there is quite often campers parked up (or people wild camping for a night).
I bumped into a bore last time I was there, he kept me chatting for ages about tyres for gravel bikes
Sorry.
Frogs! Watch out for frogs.. paths are littered with them 🙂
Stoneworks car park is the local dogging spot, so don’t flash your lights
Can you give very specific directions?
Just so I can avoid it, obvs...
Thursday evening is Pedal-a-bike-away late night opening. Cafe is open until 9pm. It’s either pizza or curry menu.