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The Beacon

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B489, Ford End, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England, LU7 9EJ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.88 km / 1.79 miles
Elevation gain118.6 m / 389 ft
Average gradient4.1%
Maximum gradient7.1%
Elevation high222 m / 728 ft
Elevation low103.4 m / 339 ft
Climb difficulty score11,866.84

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 460,603rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 31,391st most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 21,644th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 239th out of 4,030 cycling climbs in Buckinghamshire.

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A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 44 climbs) in Ivinghoe.

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