Wales has world's steepest street

[wiskey]

Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech just nicked the title from Baldwin St in Dunedin NZ with a gradient of 37.45%.

Welsh street confirmed as steepest in the world

They probably need to employ a new proof reader though

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Quite fancy trying that on my bike

 

[ruffneck23]

and apparently according the the radio this morning they have an annual chocolate ball / malteasers roll ( 25,000 of them) down the hill

 

[planetgeli]

Quite fancy trying that on my bike

You could also try Constitution Hill in Swansea. They have a bike race that finishes at the top. It’s cobbled. Stupid gradient.

 

[Orang Utan]

Quite fancy trying that on my bike

Not uphill though!

 

[marty21]

You could also try Constitution Hill in Swansea. They have a bike race that finishes at the top. It’s cobbled. Stupid gradient.

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I used to visit a mate there when I lived in Swansea, thankfully he didnt live at the top

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Not uphill though!

Up first, then back down

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Up first, then back down

Masochist.

Bet you probably get someone to drive you up with the bike attached to the car, then cycle down.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

and apparently according the the radio this morning they have an annual chocolate ball / malteasers roll ( 25,000 of them) down the hill

They should make it really icy and do sledging competitions. Might need significant quantities of straw bales or what have you at the bottom to minimise causalities.

Apparently Jutland Street in Manchester is about 33%, so not too far behind. Great for the legs walking up it. Wouldn't fancy cycling it given its cobbled.

 

[wiskey]

Vale street isn't far from here, I realise that list is only England but I was surprised to see it took until #4 before the road was named anything to do with gradient.

 

[moomoo]

I like that street in Clovelly. Bugger to get a pushchair up though.

 

[kabbes]

Hey, I walk up that Harlech street quite often.

It’s steep.

 

[teuchter]

Just because Guinness says so, doesn't mean it's the steepest street in the world.

I'd put money on the claim being utter nonsense.

 

[wiskey]

Just because Guinness says so, doesn't mean it's the steepest street in the world.

I'd put money on the claim being utter nonsense.

Well yes, they probably have a definition of what counts as a street

 

[Celyn]

Just because Guinness says so, doesn't mean it's the steepest street in the world.

I'd put money on the claim being utter nonsense.

Spoilsport! Go and find a steeper hill, then. I solemnly charge thee with this most mighty quest.

 

[Pickman's model]

Well yes, they probably have a definition of what counts as a street

a road dedicated to the public use and metalled or otherwise made suitable for motor vehicles perhaps

 

[teuchter]

Well yes, they probably have a definition of what counts as a street

It will be the steepest street in the world that conforms to an arbitrary definition and which someone has been bothered to measure. I hope the media attention will prompt other locations to come forward.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Bet you probably get someone to drive you up with the bike attached to the car, then cycle down.

What would the point of that be?

Type 2 fun going up, type 1 coming down.

 

[Pickman's model]

Well yes, they probably have a definition of what counts as a street

their definitions can be very peculiar and arbitrary Nurse denied Guinness World Record for not wearing dress at London Marathon

 

[teuchter]

a road dedicated to the public use and metalled or otherwise made suitable for motor vehicles perhaps

It says something about having buildings on each side. If you check it out on google maps you can see it sort of has houses on it at the top and bottom bits, whilst the steep bit is more like a country lane, of which there are many in the UK and on which you could almost certainly find a steeper section if measured over a short enough distance.

I wouldn't be surprised if money has exchanged hands here; Wales has a long record of these kind of tourism scams.

 

[existentialist]

Just because Guinness says so, doesn't mean it's the steepest street in the world.

I'd put money on the claim being utter nonsense.

Do you have any money left?

 

[teuchter]

Do you have any money left?

Doesn't matter whether I could pay up as I'd never have to. It'll not be long before we come back to this thread, once a local tourist office in the Balkans or some other genuinely mountainous region in the world has realised this nonsense is a good way of getting some cheap press coverage.

 

[tim]

Quite fancy trying that on my bike

Can't say that I would, even if I had a bike

 

[marty21]

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Vale street isn't far from here, I realise that list is only England but I was surprised to see it took until #4 before the road was named anything to do with gradient.

been to Steep Hill in Lincoln, and Gold Hill in Dorset - that's the Hovis ad one isn't it ?

 

[marty21]

I like that street in Clovelly. Bugger to get a pushchair up though.

They used to use Donkeys to cart stuff about it (might still do)

 

[wiskey]

Gold Hill in Dorset - that's the Hovis ad one isn't it ?

Yep

 

[JimW]

Bad week for the Kiwis getting robbed by fine margins.

 

[JimW]

Also just noticed they've spelled "gradient" wrong in their banners. Dear oh dear.

 

[fishfinger]

Also just noticed they've spelled "gradient" wrong in their banners. Dear oh dear.

TBH, English is probably their second language

 

[wiskey]

Also just noticed they've spelled "gradient" wrong in their banners. Dear oh dear.

As I said, they need a new proof reader