born48 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Blake street has been known as the steepest road in Sheffield since at least the forties.I was born there in 1948 and can remember slairing down the footpath(not the road ,as it was cobbled then.Incidently some old friends of mine were on a sledge and went under a vehicle and were killed sometime in the early fifties.Also a horse died by crashing through the shop window at the bottom of Blake street,pushed from behind by the weight of its carriage .That was before my time but my father could remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkleyIan Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Ha! Up to a point I suppose. I'm thinking of doing some cycling hill climb events, so getting this kind of detailed data is useful for getting the gearing right. Also, I think anecdotal stuff about walking up Conduit Rd as a student only gets you so far. I'm lucky enough to have the information and tools to hand, so why not use them? lot of the nutters on hill climbs ride on fixed for simplicity and less weight . Just a case of finding the right combination . Edited January 23, 2017 by WalkleyIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediumDave Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 lot of the nutters on hill climbs ride on fixed for simplicity and less weight . Just a case of finding the right combination . That was my thinking - if the gradient is fairly constant it kind of works. On something like Jenkin it's a bit borderline - I can ride most of it in the same gear but I'm spinning out a bit at the bottom and top. To go back to your previous comment about Blake Street, it looks from this map like the steep part of Jenkin wasn't yet built on by then - the housing style seems to bear that out too, it's probably only late-40s. So maybe there's less 'folk memory' of a hill like Jenkin than there is of an older community like Walkley? http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=16&lat=53.4139&lon=-1.4246&layers=10&right=BingHyb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Interesting piece from the BBC on England's steepest residential streets: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38568893 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneystone Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 According to this NEWS item it is Blake Street with a gradient of 16.6 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather260 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Its got to be Langsett Avenue...S6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippadee Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Its got to be Langsett Avenue...S6 Yes, the bottom bit is very steep as is the top part of Greenhow Street, Walkley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) Blake street, third steepest hill in England http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38568893 Edited March 22, 2017 by kidley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 But now there'll be nothing to discuss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Vivian Road in Firth Park has to be up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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