100 Greatest cycling climbs list

100 greatest cycling climbs is a list of some of the hardest climbs in the UK from Constitution Hill to Kirkstone Pass and Ditchling Beacon. Over the years, I’ve sought to climb as many hills as possible. This is a list of all 200 climbs feature in 100 Greatest cycling climbs and also the sequel ‘Another 100 Climbs’ I’m aiming to do all (or at least most of the accessible climbs) and write a blog entry about each one. See also: 100climbs.co.uk

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Another 100 climbs include:

• Longest Hill Climb Cragg Vale – The longest continuous ascent in England – 9.1 km. Height gain 286m
• Steepest Hill Climb – Vale Street in Bristol. Short residential street.
• Hardest Hill Climb – Great Dun Fell – A radar station in Knock Cumbria. Height gain 638 Metres. Length 7.4Km

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Other memorable climbs in UK

• Kidstones Pass – North Yorkshire. Buckden to Aysgarth, used in le Tour
• Robin Hood Climb – Silsden , Yorkshire – 0.8 miles, 10% average – 23% max.
• Snake Pass – Glossop, – 3.3 miles, 328m – 6% average.
• Long Hill, – Whaley Bridge, Buxton – 4.4 miles 195m height gain – 3% – Used in 2011 National HC.
• West close hill – Weston sub Mendips – 1.2 miles, 168m height gain – 9% average gradient. Used in 2000 National HC
• Saintbury – Gloucestershire – 1.2 miles, 9% average. Used in 1951 and 1960 national hill climb.
• Cow and Calf, Ilkley, West Yorks – 1.1 miles, 9% average
• Kop Hill – Princes Risborough – 1.1 miles, 9% average
• Chinnor Hill – Chilterns – 1.1 miles, 9% average
• Trooper Lane – Halifax – 1 mile – 12% average – cobbled max 25% – one of hardest hills.
• Grinton Moor – Reeth, North Yorks. 1.9 miles, 7%
• Burrington Combe – near Bristol 2.2 miles 6%
• Old Shoe out of Llangolen – 1 mile at 12.5% near Horseshoe Pass, North Wales. Venue of 2022 National Hill CLimb

Steepest Hills in Britain / UK

• Ffordd Penllech, Harlech, Gwynedd Wales – 40% on steepest part of hairpin!
• Rosedale Chimney, North York Moors – 33% (1 in 3)
• Constitution Hill, Wales – 30%
• Hardknott Pass, Lake District – up to 30%
• Trooper Lane

Some other 25% Climbs

• The Rake, Ramsbottom – 25%
• Honister Pass – 25%
• Shibden Wall, Halifax – 25%
• Buttertubs, Yorks – 25%
• Mow Cop – 25%
• Porlock Hill, Somerset – 25%

Longest continual ascent in England

Cragg Vale claims to be the longest continual ascent in England. It is certainly the longest hill climb of constant uphill. However, there is actually a slightly longer continual ascent from Henley to Pishill of 7.2 miles in the Chilterns. Perhaps, even longer if you go from Henley to Pishill and turn right towards Christmas Common (via different roads). However, at the bottom, it barely feels like a hill, with a gradient of around 0.5%- 1%. But, on a technicality of continual uphill, Pishill could claim the crown. 100 climbs of the Tour de France

• 100 climbs Tour de France

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