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Lane near Leighton

645.8 m · gain 70.1 m · overall 10.9% · Pentre · Powys

Shape: sustained — 39% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 290 m.

Documented on the ground — tag: 20% (2026). Signs get repainted and tags get retagged, so the date is part of the fact; on no cycling list we know of.

≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 12% of this route — detected by comparing the surface model (DSM, treetops and rooftops) against the terrain model (DTM, bare ground). Under cover the bare-ground model is built from fewer laser returns, so metre-scale readings can wobble; maxima whose window sits in a covered zone are marked ≈ below — less certain, not wrong. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.

Gradient ladder what do windows mean?

WindowMaximumLocated at
2 m (diagnostic)34.1%571–573 munder overhead cover
3 m (diagnostic)31.6%570–573 munder overhead cover
5 m28.5%568–573 munder overhead cover
10 m24.2%620–630 m
20 m22.9%610–630 munder overhead cover
25 m22.8%605–630 munder overhead cover
50 m21.0%588–638 munder overhead cover
100 m17.9%530–630 munder overhead cover

may_start_earliermay_continue_beyond_end Extent detection suggests reviewing where this climb starts/ends.

Map

Check this route yourself: Google Maps route via their router · Street View at the base where coverage exists · geojson.io our exact measured line · OpenTopoMap

  © OpenStreetMap contributors · topo tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · vector tiles OpenFreeMap

Lane near Leighton LiDAR hillshade map with contours

Profile

Lane near Leighton elevation profile Lane near Leighton rolling gradient profile

Provenance

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  "analysis_version": "0.1.0",
  "sample_interval_m": 1.0,
  "interpolation": "bilinear",
  "smoothing": "none",
  "gradient_windows_m": [
    5.0,
    10.0,
    20.0,
    25.0,
    50.0,
    100.0
  ],
  "diagnostic_windows_m": [
    2.0,
    3.0
  ],
  "elevation_crs": "EPSG:27700",
  "elevation_resolution_m": 1.0,
  "elevation_tiles": [
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_13_324305_20210316dtm.tif",
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_13_324306_20210316dtm.tif",
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_13_325305_20210316dtm.tif",
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_13_325306_20210316dtm.tif"
  ],
  "calculated_at": "2026-08-12T09:12:06+00:00",
  "road_source": "OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)",
  "road_attribution": "\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
  "osm_pbf_path": "data/cache/pbf/wales-2026-08-11.osm.pbf",
  "osm_snapshot": "2026-08-10T20:21:40Z",
  "elevation_provider": "Welsh Government",
  "elevation_dataset": "Welsh Government LiDAR 1m DTM (2020-2023)",
  "elevation_licence": "Open Government Licence v3 \u2014 \u00a9 Crown copyright Welsh Government",
  "elevation_catalogue_layer": "geonode:welsh_government_lidar_tile_catalogue_2020_2023",
  "elevation_tile_ids": [
    "wg_del_13_324305_20210316dtm.tif",
    "wg_del_13_324306_20210316dtm.tif",
    "wg_del_13_325305_20210316dtm.tif",
    "wg_del_13_325306_20210316dtm.tif"
  ],
  "elevation_capture_dates": [
    "16-03-2021"
  ],
  "climb_origin": "osm_incline",
  "signed_gradient_pct": 20.0,
  "signed_source": "OSM incline tag 20% (editors=1, first tagged 2016-08-21)",
  "notes": "Promoted automatically from triage verdict=validated. Named from nearest OSM place node (Leighton); originally unnamed at (52.6419, -3.105). EXTENDED by graph walk: +6 segment(s) at base, +0 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting."
}