most number of steepest roads

tali122 | 21:37 Fri 01st Apr 2005 | People & Places

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i've been told that blackburn and possibly sheffield have the most number of steepest roads- is this true or are there any other towmns/cities?

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sddsddean

Sheffield has got the only road I know of that has a 7.5T weight limit on it one way, because it is a very steep hill and, apparently, years ago a truck lost its brakes and ranaway down hill for about 1/2 mile before causing a rake of devastation. Thats what I was told was the reason anyway. Uphill there is no weight limit.

Peter Pedant

yeah Sheffield -the thing it has in common with Rome (!!) is that it has seven hills apparently.

For this reason the Sheffield marathon was said to be the most arduous.

tali122

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a lot of my yorkshire friends claim it is blackburn, but i did go up one fearsomely steep two-way road in sheffield ( near concorde park)- and it was pretty scary

Alan2

If you want a steep hill, the Hard Knott Pass near Ambleside in the Lake District is a 1 in 3 up the side of a mountain!

cheyenne

Porlock hill Somerset is one of the steepest if not the steepest in Britain.

UsAndStuff

Have a look at:
http://www.geocities.com/Baja/2572/Climbs/Climbs4.htm

All about rideable hills for cyclists

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