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Kirkoswald upto the Broomrigg Plantation

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Bridge Street, Kirkoswald, Westmorland and Furness, England, CA10 1DQ, United Kingdom
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance5.14 km / 3.20 miles
Elevation gain111 m / 364 ft
Average gradient2.2%
Maximum gradient17%
Elevation high200.2 m / 657 ft
Elevation low89.2 m / 293 ft
Climb difficulty score11,106.72

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 500,633rd out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 35,518th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 24,769th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

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Ranks 1,071st out of 4,794 cycling climbs in Westmorland and Furness.

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Ranking 13th out of 49 cycling climbs in Kirkoswald.

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