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This page provides a summary for cycling and climbing by bike the hardest and most epic climbs in England, including Simon Warren's Top 10 Hardest and Top 10 Most Epic Bike Climbs of England - see our separate page for Simon Warren's 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs, Britain, with map, details and photos for all 100 which we have personally documented.
We traveled to the United Kingdom in 2018 and 2022, spending roughly a combined 3 months for the sole purpose of documenting the top hill climbs here. 177 top hill climbs of England can be viewed on this page via the map (zoom in to view climbs in particular areas), by Climb Cards (photo and stats) or by a detailed list of the climbs that can be arranged in metric or imperial units by difficulty, distance (longest climbs in the area), altitude gained, highest elevation (highest summit), average grade (sort the grades by varying distances), lowest start point, etc. Click on "Climb Page" to jump to the detail page for that particular bike climb. This page provides an excellent and comprehensive summary of the top, hardest and best bicycling climbs in England.
The hardest, most difficult and challenging cycling climbs per the Fiets index are, in order of difficulty, 1. The Great Dun Fell (SW #186), 2. Hardknott Pass West (SW #84), 3. Porlock Hill (SW #4), 4. Kirkstone Pass (The Struggle; SW #181), 5. Dunkery Beacon (SW #5), 6. Wrynose Pass East (SW #85), 7. Chew Road (SW #173), 8. Lamps Moss (SW #78), 9. Chapel Fell (SW #62), and 10. The Burway (SW #39).
Simon Warren's picks accessed along with other details by clicking the Full Summary button.
See also England's Top 10 Most Epic Hill Climbs and UK Top Hill Climbs, and UK Most Epic Hill Climbs. Our preloaded PJAMM Adventure App trip pages for the UK are accessed by clicking the purple PJAMM Trips button above. The Travel App includes many helpful travel tools, including: an itinerary, interactive map with points of interest and all loaded routes as well as navigation to each; a tracking feature that shows participant locations; records statistic for routes completed; post photos and text in real time to blog and map; and a share feature so friends, fans and family can follow you and your adventure on our interactive map.
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