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Startforth to Bowes Rd

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Boldron Lane, Startforth, County Durham, North East, England, DL12 9AF, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance3.69 km / 2.29 miles
Elevation gain102.8 m / 337 ft
Average gradient2.8%
Maximum gradient16.6%
Elevation high258.4 m / 848 ft
Elevation low148.4 m / 487 ft
Climb difficulty score10,294.54

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 550,817th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 40,578th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 28,540th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 627th out of 3,556 cycling climbs in County Durham.

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A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 13 climbs) in Startforth.

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