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Prestbury to Wizard

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Chelford Road, Dale Brow, Prestbury, Cheshire East, England, SK10 4AW, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance5.28 km / 3.28 miles
Elevation gain67 m / 220 ft
Average gradient1.3%
Maximum gradient12.2%
Elevation high192.4 m / 631 ft
Elevation low113.2 m / 371 ft
Climb difficulty score6,702.3

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 876,334th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 74,897th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 54,543rd out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 989th out of 3,338 cycling climbs in Cheshire East.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 9th most difficult cycling climb (out of 71 climbs) in Prestbury.

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