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M6 to Houghton Tower climb

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241, Higher Walton Road, Higher Walton, South Ribble, Lancashire, England, PR5 4BS, United Kingdom
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance5.28 km / 3.28 miles
Elevation gain133 m / 436 ft
Average gradient2.5%
Maximum gradient10.4%
Elevation high142.7 m / 468 ft
Elevation low12.6 m / 41 ft
Climb difficulty score13,200.25

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 401,334th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 25,325th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 17,127th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 624th out of 6,215 cycling climbs in Lancashire.

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Ranking 11th out of 203 cycling climbs in South Ribble.

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