- Location: Church Stretton, Shropshire. South of Shrewsbury, close to Welsh border, SY6 6DL
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- Distance: 1.9 miles
- Average gradient: 9%
- Maximum gradient: 20%
- Height gain: 283 m
- KOM time: 11.08 – 10.8 mph
- 100 climbs: #39
- Category: 3
- Strava
A real difficult climb in Shropshire. This is like a classic British climb, but rather than go on for one mile, this extends the climbing to two miles, maintaining an average gradient of 9%. Leaving Church Stretton, heading north east, there is a gentle introduction to the climb, but then a real difficult kilometre, averaging 15%, which will have you out of the saddle. The last mile eases off a little, as you climb to the top of Pole Bank.
It was the venue for the 1989 national hill climb championship, where a young Chris Boardman won in a time of 5.01.
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Related Pages
National Hill Climb Championship 1989
Cycling Weekly Report
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