Climb to short cross

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Binweston Lane, Binweston, Worthen with Shelve, Brockton, Shropshire, England, SY5 9JG, United Kingdom

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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance3.82 km / 2.37 miles
Elevation gain253.1 m / 830 ft
Average gradient6.6%
Maximum gradient20%
Elevation high384.2 m / 1,260 ft
Elevation low131.1 m / 430 ft
Climb difficulty score25,315.33

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Climb Rank

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🗺

This climb ranks 156,691st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 3,954th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 2,160th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

Ranks 113th out of 3,810 cycling climbs in Shropshire.

🥈️

This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Brockton.

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