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T Ali Posts: 20 Joined: 18th Jul 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 21:03 on 2nd August 2008 Aware of Hardknott Pass but anyone know of the steepest RESIDENTIAL roads in the UK? or even the steepest rd in a particular city?-what's London's steepest rd? Jenkin St near Wincobank , Sheffield - is this one of the steepests road with the most houses? |
poe Posts: 1132 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 22:32 on 2nd August 2008 Hi Old Wyche Road in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, is a very steep residential road, and some say one of the steepest in the country. I can't find a picture of it right now but will try and get one when I'm next up that way. |
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:40 on 2nd August 2008 Porlock Hill near Porlock in Somerset is a 25% ( 1 in 4 grade) hill I drove down once. Can't recollect if any houses might border somewhere along it though, but it is incredibly steep. |
| Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:56 on 2nd August 2008 Just been looking a photos of Porlock Hill which does have houses dotted along it, so wouldn't that count as residential, or are we to take the question to mean in a built up area? i.e. road with prescribed street lighting with the absence of any speed limit signs, or is in a zonal area of less than 30 mph and signed posted as such? |
| Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 02:36 on 3rd August 2008 Thereis a residential road in Gerlan near Bethesda Nth. Wales, so steep thet when as a teenager we tried to drive up, we had to reverse as it needs a very low gear. The vehcle used at the time was an Austin A40 van 196? |
| Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 03:26 on 3rd August 2008 Sounds more like a '60s Rolls-C'Nardly Wolf. Rolls down one side of the hill and can hardly make it up the other.  |
| Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 04:38 on 3rd August 2008 Thats the one mate, or it could have been a Geroutan.  |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 05:58 on 3rd August 2008 The road going down into Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire is super steep. |
| L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 07:03 on 3rd August 2008 There's a steep, narrow, winding country lane near where I live, its called 'Moleskin' it has a couple of houses at the bottom and a few at the top, if that constitutes residential? I remember trying to get up there in my old Peugeot, ended up in first gear going about 2 mph, not sure what the ratio is but its mighty steep! |
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 10:35 on 3rd August 2008 I'm with you Ruth, the road down to Robin Hoods' bay is a leg killer! I've driven up and down in the van too, it's a good steep'un. |
