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Top of the Sun

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Stratford Road, Banbury Rise, Banbury, Cherwell District, Oxfordshire, England, OX16 0UB, United Kingdom
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance10.51 km / 6.53 miles
Elevation gain134.6 m / 442 ft
Average gradient0.8%
Maximum gradient13.3%
Elevation high218.2 m / 716 ft
Elevation low114.4 m / 375 ft
Climb difficulty score8,404.96

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 710,061st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 56,628th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 40,577th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 578th out of 5,343 cycling climbs in Oxfordshire.

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Ranking 41st out of 904 cycling climbs in Cherwell District.

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