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Town to Tower

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Knowle Fold, Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, England, BB3 2FT, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.11 km / 1.31 miles
Elevation gain196.5 m / 645 ft
Average gradient9.3%
Maximum gradient25.4%
Elevation high366 m / 1,201 ft
Elevation low169.5 m / 556 ft
Climb difficulty score19,645.03

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 232,366th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 9,277th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 5,584th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Get your legs ready, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 689 climbs) in Blackburn with Darwen.

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This is the most difficult cycling climb in Darwen.

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