Worcestershire Beacon

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Avenue Road, Barnard's Green, Malvern, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England, WR14 3BG, United Kingdom
Cat. 2

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Worcestershire Beacon.

55 m175 m295 m415 m4.7% from 0 m to 41 m6.6% from 41 m to 62 m8.7% from 62 m to 90 m5.1% from 90 m to 123 m4.1% from 123 m to 164 m5.0% from 164 m to 216 m4.4% from 216 m to 277 m3.0% from 277 m to 326 m4.8% from 326 m to 360 m0.0% from 360 m to 390 m2.8% from 390 m to 432 m0.8% from 432 m to 485 m3.8% from 485 m to 527 m3.9% from 527 m to 571 m3.1% from 571 m to 603 m9.4% from 603 m to 635 m9.6% from 635 m to 647 m2.6% from 647 m to 692 m3.6% from 692 m to 703 m1.8% from 703 m to 736 m1.9% from 736 m to 752 m1.6% from 752 m to 790 m6.2% from 790 m to 821 m2.5% from 821 m to 825 m-1.6% from 825 m to 844 m2.8% from 844 m to 868 m4.0% from 868 m to 896 m11.7% from 896 m to 916 m15.5% from 916 m to 949 m14.5% from 949 m to 973 m9.3% from 973 m to 1.0 km5.9% from 1.0 km to 1.0 km1.9% from 1.0 km to 1.1 km28.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km31.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.5% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km1.6% from 1.1 km to 1.1 km0.3% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km4.3% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km2.8% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km12.7% from 1.2 km to 1.2 km20.3% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km14.3% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km10.9% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km3.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km8.6% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km16.1% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km10.8% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km4.5% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km4.7% from 1.4 km to 1.4 km2.8% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km2.6% from 1.5 km to 1.5 km5.0% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km0.4% from 1.6 km to 1.6 km0.4% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km5.5% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km7.3% from 1.7 km to 1.7 km5.4% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km3.7% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km8.2% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km15.5% from 1.8 km to 1.8 km9.2% from 1.8 km to 1.9 km0.3% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km0.0% from 1.9 km to 1.9 km10.9% from 1.9 km to 2.0 km4.3% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km10.8% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km3.2% from 2.0 km to 2.0 km-1.5% from 2.0 km to 2.1 km-0.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km-1.6% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km20.8% from 2.1 km to 2.1 km8.4% from 2.1 km to 2.2 km15.8% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km4.0% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km0.5% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km8.9% from 2.2 km to 2.2 km31.0% from 2.2 km to 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to 3.3 km2.8% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km2.7% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km1.4% from 3.3 km to 3.3 km4.8% from 3.3 km to 3.4 km0.6% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km0.0% from 3.4 km to 3.4 km4.3% from 3.4 km to 3.5 km6.9% from 3.5 km to 3.5 km6.8% from 3.5 km to 3.6 km8.0% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km5.2% from 3.6 km to 3.6 km-1.4% from 3.6 km to 3.7 km-0.4% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-9.6% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-6.7% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-1.4% from 3.7 km to 3.7 km-0.4% from 3.7 km to 3.8 km3.0% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km0.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km-1.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km3.6% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km3.0% from 3.8 km to 3.8 km2.9% from 3.8 km to 3.9 km1.9% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km13.0% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km0.0% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km2.2% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km9.7% from 3.9 km to 3.9 km12.0% from 3.9 km to 4.0 km23.5% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km34.0% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km-1.6% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km10.7% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km9.3% from 4.0 km to 4.0 km13.8% from 4.0 km to 4.1 km45.7% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km11.2% from 4.1 km to 4.1 km12.3% from 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from 4.8 km to 4.8 km4.9% from 4.8 km to 4.8 km5.8% from 4.8 km to 4.8 km9.7% from 4.8 km to 4.8 km9.7% from 4.8 km to 4.9 km10.4% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km6.4% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km8.3% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km9.1% from 4.9 km to 4.9 km10.5% from 4.9 km to 5.0 km7.3% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km6.0% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km7.1% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km10.4% from 5.0 km to 5.0 km4.3% from 5.0 km to 5.1 km2.7% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km4.7% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km15.2% from 5.1 km to 5.1 km17.4% from 5.1 km to 5.2 km13.9% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km7.1% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km6.9% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km13.0% from 5.2 km to 5.2 km12.7% from 5.2 km to 5.3 km11.6% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km14.7% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km16.9% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km12.1% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km13.4% from 5.3 km to 5.3 km16.1% from 5.3 km to 5.4 km17.1% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km14.4% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km15.2% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km15.5% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km8.5% from 5.4 km to 5.4 km5%6%5%5%10%11%0 m1 km2 km3 km4 km5 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 2
Distance5.43 km / 3.37 miles
Elevation gain352.9 m / 1,158 ft
Average gradient6.5%
Maximum gradient18.5%
Elevation high411.86 m / 1,351 ft
Elevation low59.02 m / 194 ft
Climb difficulty score35,279.4

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Col de Gravel
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Moorland Road To Beacon Climb
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5.26 km5.2%271 m
Malvern Link to the Beacon
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6.35 km5.3%337 m

Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 85,078th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 966th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 445th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

🥉

This is the third most difficult cycling climb in Worcestershire.

🥈️

This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Malvern Hills.

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