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Dolly's Staircase – Birches Valley Railway Bridge loop from Burntwood

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Dolly's Staircase – Birches Valley Railway Bridge loop from Burntwood

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Dolly's Staircase – Birches Valley Railway Bridge loop from Burntwood

03:14

45.0km

390m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 17.5 km for 7 m

After 19.9 km for 5 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.99 km

Bott's Pond

Lake

23.5 km

Historic Canal Lock

Highlight • Historical Site

26.4 km

Blue Route Mountain Bike Trail, Cannock Chase

Highlight • Trail

This is an interesting ride on a mountain bike but also a good walk, feels in sections but like you are in the Highlands...

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35.2 km

Kitbag Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

If you don't want follow the red route at this point take dirt road and bear right and this will intersects part of the red route via a path

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35.6 km

Trail Junction: Follow the Dog & The Monkey Trail

Highlight • MTB Park

Both trails are fabulous. If you have time deffo do both. But if time stretched then choose depending on just how much time you have. Either way the trails all …

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35.9 km

Dolly's Staircase

Highlight • MTB Park

Zig-zag down though the trees with a series of downhill switchbacks on the Devil's Staircase. More like a stairway to heaven!

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36.1 km

Birches Valley Railway Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

To cross from the Birches Valley side of the trail centre with Follow The Dog over to the southern loop, The Monkey, and back again, you'll need to bypass the …

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45.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.0 km

14.2 km

4.90 km

4.48 km

1.27 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.5 km

9.97 km

7.83 km

7.25 km

2.93 km

2.48 km

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Tuesday 30 June

22°C

12°C

15 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Dolly's Staircase – Birches Valley Railway Bridge loop from Burntwood

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Kitbag Hill

Trail Junction: Follow the Dog & The Monkey Trail

Dolly's Staircase

Birches Valley Railway Bridge

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