Map shows the top 1,000 climbs by difficulty. More climbs exist in this area.

Cycling Climbs in Tyne and Wear

There are 1,469 cycling climbs in Tyne and Wear.

Birtley (100)

Blaydon on Tyne (36)

Gateshead (546)

North Tyneside (4)

South Tyneside (207)

Sunderland (485)

Washington (7)

Whickham (84)

Top 100 Hardest Cycling Climbs in Tyne and Wear

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Name	Location	Distance	Avg Gradient	Total Elevation	Climb Category
1. 22 Mile Climb	Gateshead	35.46 km	1.3%	455 m	Cat. 2
2. Long Climb to Park Head	Gateshead	32.85 km	1.3%	428 m	Cat. 2
3. Cote de Barley	Gateshead	21.6 km	1.4%	507 m	Cat. 3
4. Swalwell - Carterway Heads	Gateshead	20.8 km	1.3%	259 m	Cat. 3
5. Teams to top	Gateshead	12.95 km	1.9%	249 m	Cat. 3
6. Leadgate Rd Climb^^^	Sunderland	25.3 km	1%	247 m	Cat. 3
7. Biddick Lane to Leadgate roundabout	Sunderland	21.16 km	1.1%	230 m	Cat. 3
8. Swalwell RNDBT to Horsegate	Gateshead	10.53 km	2.2%	231 m	Cat. 3
9. Cox Green to Consett	Sunderland	28.72 km	0.8%	226 m	Cat. 3
10. A695 Greenside	Blaydon on Tyne	7.49 km	3%	226 m	Cat. 3
11. Swalwell 2 Hedley on the Hill	Gateshead	18.38 km	1.2%	223 m	Cat. 3
12. Winlaton to Consett	Gateshead	15.66 km	1.4%	223 m	Cat. 3
13. Swallwell to Medomsley TT	Gateshead	12.44 km	1.8%	301 m	Cat. 3
14. Second Toughest In The Infants	Gateshead	6.06 km	3.5%	241 m	Cat. 3
15. Rowlands Gill - A68	Gateshead	17.08 km	1.2%	208 m	Cat. 3
16. Complete Derwent Valley Way	Gateshead	16.78 km	1.2%	207 m	Cat. 3
17. Hold 300 watts	Gateshead	16.26 km	1.3%	204 m	Cat. 3
18. Washington - Annfield Plain	Sunderland	16.33 km	1.2%	202 m	Cat. 3
19. lamesley to marley hill top	Gateshead	7.08 km	2.8%	198 m	Cat. 3
20. biddick lane to annfield plain TT	Sunderland	16.49 km	1.2%	264 m	Cat. 3
21. Roberts to Viaduct	Sunderland	26 km	0.8%	195 m	Cat. 3
22. Winlaton Mill to Syke Road Top	Gateshead	7.46 km	2.6%	195 m	Cat. 3
23. Swalwell to Shotley Bridge - Tracks	Gateshead	16.18 km	1.2%	193 m	Cat. 3
24. C2C Harraton - Annfield Plain	Sunderland	15.91 km	1.2%	195 m	Cat. 3
25. Fensehouses to Burnhope Church	Sunderland	14.02 km	1.4%	194 m	Cat. 3
26. Lamesley hill up rep	Gateshead	3.42 km	5.6%	191 m	Cat. 3
27. From Kibblesworth, keep going to the very top	Gateshead	5.8 km	3.3%	190 m	Cat. 3
28. Silver hills Full Climb	Gateshead	3.08 km	6.1%	189 m	Cat. 3
29. Greenform Lane to Top of Silverhills via Kibblesworth	Gateshead	4.73 km	4%	188 m	Cat. 3
30. The ULTIMATE Lady Park Full Climb - RVCC	Birtley	3.18 km	5.9%	187 m	Cat. 3
31. Lamesley to Sunniside Climb	Gateshead	2.97 km	6.2%	185 m	Cat. 3
32. Through Kibblesworth to the top	Gateshead	5.73 km	3.2%	184 m	Cat. 3
33. Lady Park full from Coach Rd	Gateshead	3.1 km	5.9%	184 m	Cat. 3
34. Pennyfine Rd Hill	Gateshead	2.86 km	6.4%	184 m	Cat. 3
35. derwent end to links	Gateshead	15.78 km	1.2%	183 m	Cat. 3
36. Derwent Walk - Swalwell to Consett	Gateshead	16.42 km	1.1%	339 m	Cat. 3
37. A1 Lobley Hill to Marley Hill Mast	Gateshead	5.52 km	3.2%	179 m	Cat. 3
38. Kibblesworth Longer	Gateshead	5.63 km	3.1%	177 m	Cat. 3
39. Full Gibside View Climb	Gateshead	5.88 km	3%	176 m	Cat. 3
40. Banesley-Birkland-Berg	Gateshead	2.89 km	6.1%	175 m	Cat. 3
41. Greenford Lane to Burdon Plain via Kibblesworth	Gateshead	6.45 km	2.7%	175 m	Cat. 3
42. Roundabout to Birkland Ln	Birtley	3.47 km	5%	174 m	Cat. 3
43. Silverhills Climb	Gateshead	3.38 km	5.1%	173 m	Cat. 3
44. Silverhills to the stables	Gateshead	2.25 km	7.5%	170 m	Cat. 3
45. Swalwell to Tanfield Railway	Gateshead	6.5 km	2.6%	169 m	Cat. 3
46. Haggs Lane Full steep section	Gateshead	2.19 km	7.7%	169 m	Cat. 3
47. Gateshead even longer	Whickham	5.06 km	3.3%	167 m	Cat. 3
48. Millennium Bridge 2 Tanfield via Bowes Railway	Gateshead	27.59 km	0.6%	401 m	Cat. 3
49. Old Ravensworth	Gateshead	2.42 km	6.8%	165 m	Cat. 3
50. Climb to Black horse	Gateshead	7.81 km	2.1%	194 m	Cat. 3
51. Up to Byermoor	Whickham	4.01 km	3.9%	157 m	Cat. 4
52. Haggs Lane, Greenford Rd to Birkheads Lane	Gateshead	2.48 km	6.3%	155 m	Cat. 4
53. Jarrow to Tanfield Railway	South Tyneside	16.9 km	0.9%	288 m	Cat. 4
54. Gateshead Road to Pennyfine	Whickham	3.22 km	4.7%	153 m	Cat. 4
55. Butterfly to Burdon	Gateshead	4.69 km	3.2%	171 m	Cat. 4
56. Greenford Lane to Tanfield	Gateshead	4.9 km	3.1%	150 m	Cat. 4
57. Kibblesworth climb	Gateshead	3.34 km	4.5%	150 m	Cat. 4
58. Penneyfine Rd Lower	Gateshead	2.17 km	6.8%	147 m	Cat. 4
59. Climb 2	Gateshead	3.61 km	4.1%	147 m	Cat. 4
60. Birkland lane to Silverhills HC finish	Gateshead	5.18 km	2.8%	147 m	Cat. 4
61. Beggars Wood to Tanfield Railway	Whickham	5.78 km	2.5%	156 m	Cat. 4
62. Shout To The Top	Gateshead	2.86 km	5.1%	144 m	Cat. 4
63. Old Durham Rd Climb	Birtley	2.73 km	5.2%	143 m	Cat. 4
64. Derwent Walk Clockburn Lonnen Sunniside Tanfield Railway	Gateshead	4.75 km	2.9%	163 m	Cat. 4
65. Hilton Hotel to QE Hospital Climb	Gateshead	3.69 km	3.7%	140 m	Cat. 4
66. Sainsburys to Old Durham Rd	Birtley	2.57 km	5.3%	138 m	Cat. 4
67. all the way to the top	Gateshead	2.99 km	4.5%	136 m	Cat. 4
68. Heart Attack Hill	Gateshead	3.73 km	3.6%	143 m	Cat. 4
69. Beggars Wood climb to Sunniside A6076	Whickham	4.31 km	3.1%	142 m	Cat. 4
70. Staithes XC Beamish	Sunderland	12.72 km	1.1%	133 m	Cat. 4
71. Blaydon burn to Barlow	Gateshead	4.95 km	2.7%	133 m	Cat. 4
72. Trainline to Wrekenton	Birtley	3.46 km	3.8%	132 m	Cat. 4
73. Climb 3	Gateshead	2.91 km	4.5%	132 m	Cat. 4
74. Blaydon to Greenside off road	Blaydon on Tyne	5.64 km	2.3%	131 m	Cat. 4
75. Derwent Walk Clockburn Lonnen to Sunniside A692	Gateshead	3.34 km	3.9%	149 m	Cat. 4
76. TH #2	Gateshead	11.33 km	1.2%	131 m	Cat. 4
77. Biddick Lane to Barn Hill	Sunderland	13.01 km	1%	157 m	Cat. 4
78. Whickham - Fellside Climb	Gateshead	2.5 km	5.2%	130 m	Cat. 4
79. Team Valley to Wrekenten	Birtley	2.68 km	4.9%	130 m	Cat. 4
80. Bowes Incline Upwards Greenford Ln to Eighton Banks Galloping Green Rd	Gateshead	3.09 km	4.2%	134 m	Cat. 4
81. Birkland lane bottom to X roads	Gateshead	3.25 km	4%	129 m	Cat. 4
82. Valley 2 A692	Gateshead	3.39 km	3.8%	149 m	Cat. 4
83. Hole Ln Climb	Gateshead	1.59 km	8.1%	128 m	Cat. 4
84. Wrekenton Climb - The Full Whack!	Birtley	2.65 km	4.8%	128 m	Cat. 4
85. Church to The Ship	Gateshead	4.1 km	3.1%	127 m	Cat. 4
86. Mur de Wrekenton	Birtley	5.51 km	2.3%	149 m	Cat. 4
87. Herrington climb to Stanley Summit	Sunderland	15.8 km	0.8%	250 m	Cat. 4
88. Winlaton Mill to Sunniside Off Road	Gateshead	2.34 km	5.4%	143 m	Cat. 4
89. Smithy Lane - Wrenkenton	Gateshead	2.56 km	4.9%	131 m	Cat. 4
90. Fellside 22% Climb!	Gateshead	3.2 km	3.9%	148 m	Cat. 4
91. Burn To GSide	Gateshead	4.89 km	2.5%	125 m	Cat. 4
92. tuff climb	Birtley	2.28 km	5.4%	123 m	Cat. 4
93. Sainsburys to lines at Ravensworth golf course	Birtley	2.4 km	5.1%	122 m	Cat. 4
94. Greenford Lane to Springwell	Gateshead	4.01 km	3%	122 m	Cat. 4
95. Gold medal to Q.E. long hill climb	Gateshead	2.32 km	5.2%	121 m	Cat. 4
96. Stormont Climb	Sunderland	8.07 km	1.5%	118 m	Cat. 4
97. Beamish Hill	Sunderland	13.05 km	0.9%	144 m	Cat. 4
98. aldi up old durham road, to very top	Gateshead	2.74 km	4.3%	117 m	Cat. 4
99. wordsworth st - Old Durham rd - right to top	Gateshead	2.84 km	4.1%	117 m	Cat. 4
100. Sunderland Rd - Old Durham Rd Climb.	Gateshead	2.53 km	4.6%	117 m	Cat. 4

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