Zig Zag hill in Shaftesbury is often referred to as one of Britain’s ‘bendiest roads’. In a country where hairpins are rare, Zig Zag hill is an excellent example of a continental style engineered road with near 180 degree hairpins giving a smooth gradient throughout the climb. The steepest section is just after the start where the climb briefly rises to above 10%, but after that the climb is always less than 10% and there are three real hairpins to tackle.
Details of the climb
- Location: B 3081, Shaftesbury, S.W England.
- Distance: 1.6 km
- Average gradient: 5%
- Maximum gradient: 12%
- Height gain 89m /
- 100 climbs: 102
- Strava segment
- Everesting = 8848/300 = 100 ascents – total distance 320 km.
- Direction: East
- KOM: 3.24 – 28.6 km/h
- QOM: 4.43 – 20.6 km/h
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