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
and apparently according the the radio this morning they have an annual chocolate ball / malteasers roll ( 25,000 of them) down the hill
You could also try Constitution Hill in Swansea. They have a bike race that finishes at the top. It’s cobbled. Stupid gradient.
Masochist. Bet you probably get someone to drive you up with the bike attached to the car, then cycle down.
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.
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.
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.
a road dedicated to the public use and metalled or otherwise made suitable for motor vehicles perhaps
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.
their definitions can be very peculiar and arbitrary Nurse denied Guinness World Record for not wearing dress at London Marathon
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.
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.
