Bishop’s Wood

Bishop’s Wood is a very steep climb near Wadebridge Cornwall. You are greeted by a rare 28% gradient sign. Although the actual gradient doesn’t rise to that it is still steep, with most of the climb a straight road with a gradient close to 20%, only towards the end does the ascent ease off.

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Details of the climb

  • Location: Bishop’s Wood, Cornwall, s.w. England
  • Distance: 0.5 km
  • Average gradient: 13%
  • Maximum gradient: 21%
  • Height gain 70 m
  • 100 climbs: 112
  • Strava segment
  • Everesting = 8848/70 = 126 ascents – total distance 127 km.
  • Direction: South West
  • KOM: 2.29 – 13.3 km/h
  • QOM: 3.45 – 8.6 km/h

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