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The Big climb

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Cherry Garden Lane, Morehall, Folkestone, Folkestone and Hythe District, Kent, England, CT19 4AW, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.97 km / 1.22 miles
Elevation gain109.2 m / 358 ft
Average gradient4.3%
Maximum gradient14.9%
Elevation high135.1 m / 443 ft
Elevation low36.7 m / 120 ft
Climb difficulty score8,452.08

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 705,040th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 56,123rd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 40,195th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 1,066th out of 7,817 cycling climbs in Kent.

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Ranking 56th out of 477 cycling climbs in Folkestone and Hythe District.

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