[Brighton] World's steepest street?

[BensGrandad]

I cant think of the name of the road but there is a street in Peurto Del Carmen Lanzarotte that goes from the main seas road up that is very steep.

 

[Wellesley]

There is a bloody steep street near Aberystwyth University which I've driven a few times. I was told by a local that it was the steepest Street in Wales.

 

[Wellesley]

I drove a street in Greece that was so steep, that if I kept going I ended up back at the bottom.

 

[GoingUp]

'The Drove' by 'Tammy's Fish and Chips' off just Dyke Road is ridiculously steep. Lots of fun doing down the hill, not so much walking or cycling up it!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Nice of the council to make The Drove downhill only.

Makes it easier for cyclists as they don’t have to cycle up it now.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Baldwin Street in Dunedin, Otago has called itself the steepest street in the world for a while; can't speak to the veracity of that claim, but it's certainly a schlepp. A couple of roads heading out the back of Akaroa to the hills of the Banks Peninsula felt steeper

Was about to post 'somewhere in Dunedin'. When I was looking at houses there in the mid 90s I remember thinking that by the time I get into my 50s I'd be housebound

https://www.google.com/maps/@-45.85...4!1syNjoWs9hYQ96APYXvb6-_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Falmerfourtickets]

'The Drove' by 'Tammy's Fish and Chips' off just Dyke Road is ridiculously steep. Lots of fun doing down the hill, not so much walking or cycling up it!

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Yes that’s the place. It’s in Brighton not Hove.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Windsor Hill, St Ives, is 25%, as the picture shows:

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.212...4!1ssGCxP5YfCe0jZ3bN4jlc6g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

 

[theboybilly]

I cant think of the name of the road but there is a street in Peurto Del Carmen Lanzarotte that goes from the main seas road up that is very steep.

I drove up that road only last week BG. It is indeed steep but nowhere near 1 in 4 I would imagine.

 

[Biscuit]

Coombe Rise in Saltdean is a bitch to walk up. https://www.google.com/maps/@50.810...4!1s2Y6do8JH1JDQTFV2M_8qZg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[RandyWanger]

Some good climbs to tackle on my fixie

 

[Lankyseagull]

Baldwin Street in Dunedin, Otago has called itself the steepest street in the world for a while; can't speak to the veracity of that claim, but it's certainly a schlepp. A couple of roads heading out the back of Akaroa to the hills of the Banks Peninsula felt steeper

My wife & I visited Baldwin Street out of sheer curiosity when we were in NZ in 2013. Just driving our camper van up it was exhausting!

 

[BN9 BHA]

Coombe Rise in Saltdean is a bitch to walk up. https://www.google.com/maps/@50.810...4!1s2Y6do8JH1JDQTFV2M_8qZg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Saltdean does have a few steep roads, Founthill Avenue and Oaklands Avenue at the Greenbank Av end.

 

[Grassman]

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Vale Street in Totterdown, Bristol is supposed to be the steepest in England.
The cars are parked sideways, not sure the handbrake would hold otherwise.

The bottom part of that is mad, but further up is that any steeper than Albion Hill?

 

[Glanders]

I've ridden up that hill in Harlech a few times and it's pretty grim, but nothing out of the ordinary in North Wales. Definitely tougher than anything I've cycled up in Brighton though. Isn't the hill in dunedin concrete cos the tarmac wouldn't stay put?! Went there about 25 years ago, thankfully without a bike.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

There's one or two in Mile Oak that are pretty steep...…………..Further afield the street leading up to Lincoln Cathedral is called 'Steep Hill' and it is.

 

[indy3050]

Makes it easier for cyclists as they don’t have to cycle up it now.

That won’t stop them, the law breaking ********

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

Saltdean does have a few steep roads, Founthill Avenue and Oaklands Avenue at the Greenbank Av end.

Add Wivelsfield Rd to that list!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Where's local resident Hove Born & Bred when you need him?

Who ever needed him?

 

[Lankyseagull]

I've ridden up that hill in Harlech a few times and it's pretty grim, but nothing out of the ordinary in North Wales. Definitely tougher than anything I've cycled up in Brighton though. Isn't the hill in dunedin concrete cos the tarmac wouldn't stay put?! Went there about 25 years ago, thankfully without a bike.

Yes, you are absolutely right about the concrete!