Southdown to Blackgang Top

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Military Road, Chale, Isle of Wight, England, PO38 2JE, United Kingdom

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.61 km / 1.62 miles
Elevation gain120.7 m / 396 ft
Average gradient4.6%
Maximum gradient12.2%
Elevation high171.4 m / 562 ft
Elevation low50.7 m / 166 ft
Climb difficulty score12,070.21

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 450,632nd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 30,393rd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 20,909th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

Ranks 81st out of 1,677 cycling climbs in Isle of Wight.

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A local climb of note, this is the 5th most difficult cycling climb (out of 29 climbs) in Chale.

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