Long UK climbs

[Simon_m]

Hi there, just wondering if anyone knows what are the longest climbs in the UK, or well, England. Not after the steepest like Google comes up with, but long and steady I guess. I could go up Cheddar Gorge 10times to try and get the same height as some of the Alps, is there anything longer? thanks

 

[G3CWI]

Great Dun Fell. 850m ascent.

 

[classic33]

Longest is a local, for me, one Cragg Vale. Wonder if he's broken the twenty minute barrier yet.

 

[booze and cake]

I'm a bit different in that I seek out long descents rather than long climbs.

I did this ride in mid Wales a few years ago that had two different 7 mile descents in it, so just go the other way if you prefer climbing.
View: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/4753728

 

[Hacienda71]

Long Hill Whaley Bridge to Buxton is 5 miles. Cat and Fiddle from Macclesfield is 7 miles. Cragg Vale is the longest continuous. Snake Pass from Glossop is circa 5 miles iirc. @nickyboy will know.

 

[nickyboy]

Long Hill Whaley Bridge to Buxton is 5 miles. Cat and Fiddle from Macclesfield is 7 miles. Cragg Vale is the longest continuous. Snake Pass from Glossop is circa 5 miles iirc. @nickyboy will know.

Thankfully it's a bit shorter. From the "real" start it's 5.2km. There aren't any longer in the Peak District with a "proper" gradient (Long Hill is just a false flat imv, Cragg Vale is practically flat for a chunk of it).

Great Dun Fell is generally recognised as the only true Alpine test in England

 

[Venod]

Cragg Vale is practically flat for a chunk of it).

Doesn't feel flat to me, or look it on this profile.

https://veloviewer.com/segment/646914

 

[chriswoody]

Shap fell in Cumbria is a particularly long one. Setting off from Kendal it's over nine miles and nearly 400m of ascent, pretty much uphill the entire way.

Here's a ride profile I created ten years ago, when I set off from Kendal and rode over Shap fell (The first big spike on the graph. Then I continued on into the lakes and around Ullswater before climbing Kirkstone pass (The Second big Spike) and looping back round to Kendal via Wilfs cafe.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Porlock Hill at 12% for 2.6km https://cyclinguphill.com/porlock-hill-climb/

Not long, but a couple of 25% hairpins. I like doing this despite not being a natural cyclist and definitely not a climber.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yad Moss (9 miles) and Devils Beef Tub (6 miles)

 

[Skanker]

If you like cycling hills (up or down), then Columbia is the place to go.
Get your sh*t together before you go though as that place will break even the best of cyclists.
I went there about 15 years ago, amazing rides (on and off the bike, hehe), but I was much healthier and fitter back then.

 

[OldShep]

Beattock to Beattock Summit 10 mls

 

[Slick]

Treat yourself.

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/2021/big-ride-bealach-na-ba

 

[ColinJ]

Longest is a local, for me, one Cragg Vale. Wonder if he's broken the twenty minute barrier yet.
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Ha ha - 'he' hasn't because (a)'he' forgot to time himself recently and (b) 'he' hasn't been trying hard enough (and is probably past it anyway)!

I recently asked @Svendo about his best time up the climb and he said it was about 18.5 minutes!

I am soon going to be given a pair of powercranks to fit to one of my bikes and I intend to use them to do some serious training on that climb next year. I'll weigh myself and check my power to come up with a W/kg figure. It won't be a big number but I will concentrate on getting that to a more respectable figure. (I'd need to be doing something like 3.75 W/kg to achieve my target and I can't see me managing that, but it would be interesting to find out how close I can get.)

 

[DCLane]

Cragg Vale - like @classic33 and @ColinJ

My best time's about 21 minutes 18 seconds. My 15yo's is 17.17