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Heads Up

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Twyn Cynhordy, Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, NP23 4GB, United Kingdom
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryUncategorised
Distance3.34 km / 2.07 miles
Elevation gain54.7 m / 179 ft
Average gradient1.6%
Maximum gradient17.7%
Elevation high421 m / 1,381 ft
Elevation low339 m / 1,112 ft
Climb difficulty score5,475.47

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 1,027,113th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 92,066th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

📉

Places 12,297th out of 26,148 cycling climbs in Wales.

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Ranks 113th out of 310 cycling climbs in Blaenau Gwent.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 10th most difficult cycling climb (out of 32 climbs) in Brynmawr.

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