The Great St Helen's Escape

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Leazes Lane, Leazes Farm, St Helen Auckland, County Durham, North East, England, DL14 9DU, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance2.46 km / 1.53 miles
Elevation gain68 m / 223 ft
Average gradient2.8%
Maximum gradient9.8%
Elevation high179.8 m / 590 ft
Elevation low111.8 m / 367 ft
Climb difficulty score6,789.6

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 867,404th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 73,860th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 53,750th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

Ranks 1,055th out of 3,556 cycling climbs in County Durham.

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A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 14 climbs) in St Helen Auckland.

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