Lower Harper's Road
1502.2 m · gain 113.7 m · overall 7.6% · Victoria Village · Torfaen
Shape: stepped — 51% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 143 m.
An unlisted find of this survey, on no list we know of. It was discovered by analysing LiDAR terrain data and cross-checked against the OS road network, surface models and map tags — but despite all that, a discovery can still be an artifact of the terrain model or the map. Treat it as a well-evidenced hypothesis until someone has ridden it. If that someone is you, tell us what you found — photographs, corrections and local knowledge all welcome; the map links below let you scout it first.
≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 19% 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?
| Window | Maximum | Located at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m (diagnostic) | ≈41.5% | 1372–1374 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 78.0% at 1479–1481 m across a structure — excluded |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈38.4% | 1422–1425 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 62.9% at 1478–1481 m across a structure — excluded |
| 5 m | ≈33.8% | 1420–1425 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 44.8% at 1476–1481 m across a structure — excluded |
| 10 m | ≈28.4% | 1415–1425 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 32.4% at 1471–1481 m across a structure — excluded |
| 20 m | ≈26.8% | 1437–1457 m | under overhead cover |
| 25 m | ≈26.1% | 1401–1426 m | under overhead cover |
| 50 m | ≈24.7% | 1379–1429 m | under overhead cover |
| 100 m | ≈23.4% | 1363–1463 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 24.3% at 1381–1481 m across a structure — excluded |
may_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
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Provenance
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"calculated_at": "2026-08-12T09:10:50+00:00",
"road_source": "OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)",
"road_attribution": "\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
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"osm_snapshot": "2026-08-10T20:21:40Z",
"elevation_provider": "Welsh Government",
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"notes": "Coarse pass: max 9.8% over 200 m (Terrain 50), gain 30.3 m over 345 m way. EXTENDED by graph walk: +2 segment(s) at base, +5 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting. DEDUPE: absorbed 3 overlapping proposal(s): discovered-lane-51-7347-3-0633, harper-s-road, vicarage-lane ROAD-REVIEW: way 867687343: unnamed service way; way 867687343: service way, surface untagged ADOPTED (notable slice 2026-08-11): qualified-steep."
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