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The Long Beacon

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Little Jointure, 2, Beacon Road, Ditchling, Lewes, East Sussex, England, BN6 8UL, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.66 km / 1.65 miles
Elevation gain179.6 m / 589 ft
Average gradient6.8%
Maximum gradient13.4%
Elevation high227.4 m / 746 ft
Elevation low47.8 m / 157 ft
Climb difficulty score17,963.77

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 264,640th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 12,126th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 7,596th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 32nd out of 4,600 cycling climbs in East Sussex.

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Ranking 14th out of 903 cycling climbs in Lewes.

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