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Lilac Way Climb

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Witton Castle, Low Lane, Wear Valley Junction, Hamsterley, County Durham, North East, England, DL14 0DE, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance3.11 km / 1.93 miles
Elevation gain111.8 m / 367 ft
Average gradient3.6%
Maximum gradient61.7%
Elevation high197.8 m / 649 ft
Elevation low86 m / 282 ft
Climb difficulty score11,180.88

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 496,528th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 35,066th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 24,423rd out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 563rd out of 3,556 cycling climbs in County Durham.

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Ranking 15th out of 71 cycling climbs in Hamsterley.

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