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We're back with ten more of the UK's steepest climbs (pic: Jake_Oulsnam, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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The White Down climb is one of the steepest in Surrey (pic: sarflondondunc, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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Bwlch-y-Groes is known in English as Hellfire Pass - with good reason (pic: SimonPix, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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Bealach na Ba is said to be the UK's toughest climb (pic: Englishpointers, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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The Rake hosts one of the longest-running hill climbs in the country (pic: Martin Hefner, Flickr Creative Commons)
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Long Mynd is a painful climb of Asterton Bank (pic: John Spooner, Flickr Creative Commons)
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Carlton Bank in Teesside offers stunning views and brutal pitches (pic: Natural England, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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Devil's Staircase in Powys is an aptly hellish climb (pic: John Spooner, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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Bushcombe Lane kicks up several times with fierce gradients (pic: Tejvan Pettinger, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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The Struggle is the toughest of three routes up the Kirkstone Pass (pic: Mark Kent, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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The Lecht is a stunning Scottish ascent to the ski station of the same name (pic: Dolk, via Flickr Creative Commons)
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Last week we brought you our run down of ten of the UK’s steepest climbs.
And, judging by the response by that article, you are drawn by the challenge posed by the country’s toughest ascents – just as we are.
Britain’s climbs may lack the length of the legendary European mountain passes, but when it comes to short, sharp brutal slopes, there’s no shortage of options.
When we drew up our initial list of ten of the steepest UK climbs, we knew it couldn’t be an all-encompassing list and there were many equally fearsome, leg-burning candidates that missed the cut – all of which, rightly, deserved mentions.
So, if those first ten didn’t leave you breathless enough, read on for ten more of the UK’s steepest ascents from Applecross to Dorking and several stops in between.
How many have you ridden? Which is your favourite? Are there any lesser-known brutes we have missed out? Let us know in the forum or leave your comments below.