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Craigavon Balancing Lakes

Name: Craigavon Balancing Lakes
Rating: 2

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Location: Tullygally, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Best Mountain Biking Routes to Craigavon Balancing Lakes

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1. Lurgan Park lake loop from Lisburn

59.7km

03:18

330m

Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Craigavon Balancing Lakes loop from Craigavon

10.4km

00:40

40m

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Craigavon Balancing Lakes loop from Lurgan

23.5km

01:26

90m

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Alex

January 18, 2023

Similarly to a reservoir, these balancing lakes function as a water store. However, instead of storing the water for the purposes of consumption it is utilised to temporarily store flood waters. As the surrounding areas become more built up with hard surfaces, less rain excess water is stored by soil resulting in it routing quicker into the rivers. These balancing lakes help by reducing the volume of rain water reaching the rivers, which prevents flooding.

And more importantly for cyclists it has the great byproduct of providing a pretty feature for MTB trails to be built around!

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Location: Tullygally, Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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