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Old Road and Round the Back

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Old Wells Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, BA6 8EA, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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5 m40 m70 m105 m0.0% from 0 m to 7 m0.0% from 7 m to 14 m1.9% from 14 m to 36 m2.7% from 36 m to 43 m2.6% from 43 m to 58 m2.4% from 58 m to 66 m1.9% from 66 m to 98 m3.3% from 98 m to 122 m1.2% from 122 m to 139 m1.2% from 139 m to 156 m0.0% from 156 m to 188 m1.1% from 188 m to 224 m4.2% from 224 m to 243 m5.2% from 243 m to 266 m9.6% from 266 m to 283 m11.0% from 283 m to 294 m6.2% from 294 m to 310 m3.6% from 310 m to 316 m5.7% from 316 m to 337 m5.5% from 337 m to 347 m1.8% from 347 m to 369 m7.5% from 369 m to 380 m3.8% from 380 m to 385 m3.9% from 385 m to 411 m3.9% from 411 m to 416 m7.0% from 416 m to 436 m6.2% from 436 m to 456 m5.9% from 456 m to 466 m2.5% from 466 m to 482 m3.8% from 482 m to 487 m6.5% from 487 m to 502 m4.1% from 502 m to 522 m12.5% from 522 m to 527 m4.2% from 527 m to 551 m4.1% from 551 m to 555 m4.1% from 555 m to 565 m10.2% from 565 m to 575 m5.5% from 575 m to 589 m2.0% from 589 m to 599 m4.8% from 599 m to 624 m4.2% from 624 m to 639 m4.4% from 639 m to 652 m4.5% from 652 m to 670 m4.5% from 670 m to 674 m6.8% from 674 m to 692 m9.3% from 692 m to 705 m4.8% from 705 m to 709 m6.5% from 709 m to 724 m6.6% from 724 m to 737 m7.7% from 737 m to 744 m6.7% from 744 m to 759 m6.9% from 759 m to 774 m11.8% from 774 m to 777 m10.0% from 777 m to 789 m9.2% from 789 m to 798 m17.1% from 798 m to 801 m12.1% from 801 m to 811 m11.9% from 811 m to 818 m9.0% from 818 m to 825 m10.7% from 825 m to 838 m14.0% from 838 m to 846 m11.3% from 846 m to 859 m12.6% from 859 m to 868 m12.6% from 868 m to 878 m15.7% from 878 m to 887 m11.5% from 887 m to 892 m10.2% from 892 m to 898 m12.0% from 898 m to 906 m5.6% from 906 m to 913 m7.4% from 913 m to 924 m7.2% from 924 m to 932 m5.3% from 932 m to 940 m16.7% from 940 m to 943 m5.5% from 943 m to 954 m7.7% from 954 m to 970 m10.5% from 970 m to 974 m15.9% from 974 m to 980 m10.4% from 980 m to 992 m12.8% from 992 m to 999 m16.0% from 999 m to 1.0 km13.2% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km11.9% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km12.5% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km11.9% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km7.9% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km4.4% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km6.8% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km11.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.9% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km10.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.1% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km6.0% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km8.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.2% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km7.5% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km7.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km7.5% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km7.9% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km7.4% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km10.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km6.2% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km5.6% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km0.0% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km0.0% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-2.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-10.5% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-9.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-19.4% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-5.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-5.1% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km-3.2% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km-4.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-6.6% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-33.3% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-43.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-23.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-31.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-22.2% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-13.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-3.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km0.0% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km-1.6% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km2.4% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km6.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km14.8% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km25.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km18.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km13.3% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km10.7% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km19.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km17.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km19.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km20.9% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km18.2% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km14.0% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km18.6% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km13.3% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km16.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km13.1% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km7.7% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km6.0% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km9.1% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km4.1% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km1.0% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km1.5% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km1.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km3.8% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km4.0% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km7.6% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km3.8% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km2.9% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km5.9% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.0% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km5.9% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km4.4% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km2.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km7.2% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km8.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km5.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km6.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km11.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km11.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km8.7% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km8.4% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km13.6% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km57.1% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km13.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km0.0% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km0.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km0.0% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km2%6%6%10%8%-5%8%6%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km1.8 km
Gradient key0-3%3-6%6-9%9-12%12-15%15%+

Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.97 km / 1.22 miles
Elevation gain96.2 m / 316 ft
Average gradient4.9%
Maximum gradient19.2%
Elevation high101.8 m / 334 ft
Elevation low5.4 m / 18 ft
Climb difficulty score9,621.07

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 598,966th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 45,422nd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 32,180th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 1,272nd out of 6,113 cycling climbs in Somerset.

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A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 83 climbs) in Glastonbury.

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