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You must be Kidding!

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Thornington, Kilham, Northumberland, North of Tyne, England, TD12 4QH, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.45 km / 0.90 miles
Elevation gain92.4 m / 303 ft
Average gradient6.4%
Maximum gradient12.5%
Elevation high182.6 m / 599 ft
Elevation low90.2 m / 296 ft
Climb difficulty score9,246.8

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 629,431st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 48,490th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 34,502nd out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 707th out of 3,507 cycling climbs in Northumberland.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Thornington.

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