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It was his idea

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Grove Link, South Bedburn, County Durham, North East, England, DL13 3QQ, United Kingdom
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance10.54 km / 6.55 miles
Elevation gain390.6 m / 1,281 ft
Average gradient2.4%
Maximum gradient18.2%
Elevation high427 m / 1,401 ft
Elevation low169.6 m / 556 ft
Climb difficulty score25,303.92

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 156,823rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 3,968th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 2,171st out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 74th out of 3,556 cycling climbs in County Durham.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 195 climbs) in South Bedburn.

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