Barton Steep
471.2 m · net rise 75.1 m · total ascent 76.8 m · overall 15.9% · confidence: good · Cheriton · Devon · share
Shape: sustained — 32% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 229 m.
Found purely from mapping and LiDAR data, and not yet matched against books, race records or lists — it may be well known to locals under a name we've never heard. It was cross-checked against the OS road network, surface models and map tags, but 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 you know this road, 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 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 — the flag does not say whether the true value is higher or lower. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.
Gradient ladder what do windows mean?
| Window | Maximum | Located at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 m (diagnostic) | ≈52% | 261–263 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 126.3% at 14–16 m across a structure — excluded |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈51% | 261–264 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 116.4% at 13–16 m across a structure — excluded |
| 5 m | ≈36% | 259–264 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 87.5% at 12–17 m across a structure — excluded |
| 10 m | ≈31% | 254–264 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 50.1% at 7–17 m across a structure — excluded |
| 20 m | ≈24.4% | 244–264 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 28.3% at 252–272 m across a structure — excluded |
| 25 m | ≈23.6% | 290–315 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 26.3% at 247–272 m across a structure — excluded |
| 50 m | 22.3% | 289–339 m | |
| 100 m | ≈19.5% | 283–383 m | under overhead cover terrain reads 21.1% at 242–342 m across a structure — excluded |
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
This climb's data: OCL JSON — the full gradient ladder, quality flags and provenance in the OpenClimb Ladder format.
Measured, not vetted. This page records what the laser record shows about the road's shape — nothing more. Nobody has necessarily ridden or inspected this road for the survey, and a page here is not a recommendation and no guarantee that the road is open, surfaced, rideable or safe. Gates, private sections, missing rights of way and hazards do not show up in elevation data. Check access and conditions on the ground and make your own judgment.
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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,
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],
"diagnostic_windows_m": [
2.0,
3.0
],
"elevation_crs": "EPSG:27700",
"elevation_resolution_m": 1.0,
"elevation_tiles": [
"data/cache/england/bulk_dtm_1m/SS7045.tif"
],
"calculated_at": "2026-08-20T19:18:22+00:00",
"road_source": "OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)",
"road_attribution": "\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
"osm_pbf_path": "data/cache/pbf/england-2026-08-12.osm.pbf",
"osm_snapshot": "2026-08-12T20:21:46Z",
"elevation_provider": "Environment Agency",
"elevation_dataset": "EA LIDAR Composite DTM 1m (2022)",
"elevation_licence": "Open Government Licence v3 \u2014 \u00a9 Environment Agency",
"elevation_coverage_id": "13787b9a-26a4-4775-8523-806d13af58fc__Lidar_Composite_Elevation_DTM_1m",
"elevation_tile_ids": [
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],
"climb_origin": "discovered",
"notes": "Coarse pass: max 19.5% over 200 m (Terrain 50), gain 70.8 m over 417 m way. EXTENDED by graph walk: +2 segment(s) at base, +0 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting. ADOPTED (England launch slice 2026-08-16): qualified-steep.",
"license": "ODbL-1.0",
"license_url": "https://howsteep.org/licensing.html"
}