The only way is up
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 11.48 km / 7.13 miles |
| Elevation gain | 187.8 m / 616 ft |
| Average gradient | 1.6% |
| Maximum gradient | 12.6% |
| Elevation high | 333.6 m / 1,094 ft |
| Elevation low | 138.2 m / 453 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 18,824.41 |
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Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 247,166th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 10,534th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 6,475th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England. |
⚖ Ranks 249th out of 6,215 cycling climbs in Lancashire. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 7th most difficult cycling climb (out of 303 climbs) in Preston. |
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