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Hi all, can anyone recommend some sites that have access to easy (flat or near as you can get!) cycling - suitable for six year olds who are still pretty wobbly - so not main roads! We'd like to be able to go out cycling as a family - only short trips obviously, but they could probably manage day trips of a few miles. Cycle paths preferable - want to avoid roads.

We're looking for the South West of England and South Wales areas - any recommendations? Thanks!

The Tarka Trail in North Devon is fantastic for small people on bicycles. It is an old railway line so is as flat as can be, but with beautiful scenery, plenty of picnic places, and  it can be done in various stages or sections. We accessed it from Barnstable. I think it goes round the coast to near Bideford. I would search for a site in those areas. We have spent many happy hours with our children on the trail, from tag-alongs to their first wobbly independent trips and beyond.

Good Luck