The Castle Hill Climb

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Newsome Road, Newsome, Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, HD4 6NY, United Kingdom

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of The Castle Hill Climb.

80 m130 m185 m235 m11.5% from 0 m to 16 m10.7% from 16 m to 30 m10.7% from 30 m to 43 m10.1% from 43 m to 53 m10.9% from 53 m to 64 m10.3% from 64 m to 76 m11.1% from 76 m to 88 m10.7% from 88 m to 101 m9.7% from 101 m to 111 m8.7% from 111 m to 122 m7.6% from 122 m to 135 m7.3% from 135 m to 148 m8.4% from 148 m to 160 m7.2% from 160 m to 171 m7.3% from 171 m to 182 m7.3% from 182 m to 196 m5.4% from 196 m to 205 m7.0% from 205 m to 217 m5.6% from 217 m to 227 m5.7% from 227 m to 238 m5.0% from 238 m to 248 m6.4% from 248 m to 259 m7.2% from 259 m to 270 m4.0% from 270 m to 280 m6.6% from 280 m to 292 m6.7% from 292 m to 301 m10.9% from 301 m to 314 m6.0% from 314 m to 326 m8.5% from 326 m to 338 m7.3% from 338 m to 350 m2.5% from 350 m to 362 m3.9% from 362 m to 372 m12.1% from 372 m to 384 m10.9% from 384 m to 394 m10.8% from 394 m to 403 m7.2% from 403 m to 413 m7.8% from 413 m to 424 m4.7% from 424 m to 433 m5.3% from 433 m to 444 m6.4% from 444 m to 454 m7.1% from 454 m to 463 m2.4% from 463 m to 472 m3.3% from 472 m to 481 m6.3% from 481 m to 490 m10.4% from 490 m to 500 m10.5% from 500 m to 510 m11.6% from 510 m to 519 m14.0% from 519 m to 528 m11.8% from 528 m to 538 m13.8% from 538 m to 547 m9.5% from 547 m to 554 m11.1% from 554 m to 563 m12.8% from 563 m to 571 m11.8% from 571 m to 580 m10.7% from 580 m to 588 m8.3% from 588 m to 598 m9.0% from 598 m to 607 m3.8% from 607 m to 614 m7.2% from 614 m to 626 m8.2% from 626 m to 634 m6.8% from 634 m to 643 m8.3% from 643 m to 651 m7.1% from 651 m to 661 m9.8% from 661 m to 667 m6.3% from 667 m to 674 m7.9% from 674 m to 681 m10.4% from 681 m to 689 m6.3% from 689 m to 697 m9.8% from 697 m to 702 m10.4% from 702 m to 710 m9.1% from 710 m to 721 m10.7% from 721 m to 729 m10.0% from 729 m to 736 m10.2% from 736 m to 746 m10.5% from 746 m to 754 m9.4% from 754 m to 763 m9.0% from 763 m to 773 m8.4% from 773 m to 783 m5.0% from 783 m to 793 m4.8% from 793 m to 803 m4.8% from 803 m to 812 m4.7% from 812 m to 820 m3.9% from 820 m to 828 m5.0% from 828 m to 838 m4.2% from 838 m to 848 m3.9% from 848 m to 858 m4.2% from 858 m to 867 m3.4% from 867 m to 879 m4.3% from 879 m to 889 m5.0% from 889 m to 899 m6.1% from 899 m to 909 m7.1% from 909 m to 918 m9.0% from 918 m to 928 m8.0% from 928 m to 938 m7.1% from 938 m to 948 m6.0% from 948 m to 958 m6.7% from 958 m to 969 m5.6% from 969 m to 979 m4.9% from 979 m to 990 m4.5% from 990 m to 1.0 km4.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km6.3% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km4.5% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km5.5% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km7.3% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km9.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.3% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km5.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km2.4% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km1.7% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km3.4% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km2.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km1.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km2.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km2.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km3.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km5.4% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km8.8% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km9.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km7.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km7.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km6.5% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km7.4% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km6.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km8.1% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km5.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km9.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km1.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-1.1% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km-2.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-0.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-2.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km-3.0% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km-5.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km2.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km4.2% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km1.3% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km3.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km6.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km5.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km3.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km1.5% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km2.9% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km1.3% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km3.8% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km2.6% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km4.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km2.5% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km1.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km1.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km2.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km3.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km4.9% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km5.7% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km8.9% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km11.1% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km12.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km13.1% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km13.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km15.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km15.6% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km17.1% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km15.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km18.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km19.7% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km17.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km16.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km18.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km14.5% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km16.7% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km16.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km11.9% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km17.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km13.0% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km12.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km14.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km17.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km14.1% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km15.3% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km23.4% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km19.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km20.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km16.1% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km11.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km14.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km12.3% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km11.3% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km9.1% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km12.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km1.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.4% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km8%8%5%3%14%0 m500 m1 km1.5 km2 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance2.23 km / 1.38 miles
Elevation gain148.4 m / 487 ft
Average gradient6.7%
Maximum gradient16.2%
Elevation high232.29 m / 762 ft
Elevation low83.89 m / 275 ft
Climb difficulty score14,837.15

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 344,136th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 19,593rd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 12,942nd out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

Ranks 384th out of 2,774 cycling climbs in Kirklees.

Ranking 20th out of 212 cycling climbs in Huddersfield.

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