Does Wales have the steepest street?
Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
What about that hill in Whitby?
The one to the right of the 199 steps to the Abbey?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.48894 ... 312!8i6656
The one to the right of the 199 steps to the Abbey?
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.48894 ... 312!8i6656
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
Google seems to imply that it is a one way street going down only.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8613797 ... 312!8i6656
I used to think that I had cycled up it but I had instead ridden the "easy" way, up Twtil, that being a legal option.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8613797 ... 312!8i6656
I used to think that I had cycled up it but I had instead ridden the "easy" way, up Twtil, that being a legal option.
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
Mick F wrote:What about that hill in Whitby?
The one to the right of the 199 steps to the Abbey?
$matches[2]cw Whitby Steep Street 2.jpg
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.48894 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
We were there in Harlech a couple of weeks ago and my son and I had a walk down it.
Odd that it states unsuitable for motors but there are houses with cars on both sides of the road for the last couple of hundred feet!?
Odd that it states unsuitable for motors but there are houses with cars on both sides of the road for the last couple of hundred feet!?
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
Hi,
Local to me, a beach road, chickened out on the tourer
40% = 22 degrees.........this is 26 degrees at an angle which makes it appear steeper, so its less than that but not much, need to measure accurately.
Local to me, a beach road, chickened out on the tourer
40% = 22 degrees.........this is 26 degrees at an angle which makes it appear steeper, so its less than that but not much, need to measure accurately.
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
The issue here is the definition of "street".
We have paths hereabouts that could even be as much as 45deg, but they ain't streets.
We have paths hereabouts that could even be as much as 45deg, but they ain't streets.
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
Vale street in Bristol is the steepest street in England according to the ordnance survey. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38568893
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
More rubbish from the bbc
22% is less than 1 in 4
One would have thought this could easily be resolved
Not sure how much use Ffordd Penllech is if one may only cycle down it
The bit above the main road through the village* is very steep too
* Harlech: village or town?
22% is less than 1 in 4
One would have thought this could easily be resolved
Not sure how much use Ffordd Penllech is if one may only cycle down it
The bit above the main road through the village* is very steep too
* Harlech: village or town?
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
Cyril Haearn wrote:Not sure how much use Ffordd Penllech is if one may only cycle down it
A car passed us going up the hill so I presume you can cycle up it too?Unless it's local access only for vehicles?
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
Can? May?
Is the sign "unsuitable for motons" advisory only?
Is the sign "unsuitable for motons" advisory only?
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
Cyril Haearn wrote:Can? May?
Is the sign "unsuitable for motons" advisory only?
Well as I stated above there are houses with cars on their drive maybe 200m lower down from that sign.We didn't walk all the way down so I can't comment on whether there are dwellings further down or not.
My parents live in a Farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales.There is a "not suitable for motor vehicles" on the gate as you leave the road.It's 3 miles from the road to the house...the track is Tarmac....
Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
Ffordd Pen Llech is a one way street.
The link which I posted upthread even shows the no entry sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8613797 ... 312!8i6656
The link which I posted upthread even shows the no entry sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8613797 ... 312!8i6656
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
meic wrote:Ffordd Pen Llech is a one way street.
The link which I posted upthread even shows the no entry sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8613797 ... 312!8i6656
The chap in the car that passed us was either:-
a.Oblivious to this
b.A local going home who thinks it doesn't apply to him
c.Just didn't care
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Re: Does Wales have the steepest street?
If one may only cycle down it does not count
Where is the steepest road one may cycle up?
Where is the steepest road one may cycle up?
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