Gifford to Newlands Hill°
7483.3 m · net rise 276.8 m · total ascent 344.5 m · overall 3.7% · confidence: needs confirmation · Gifford · East Lothian · share
Shape: sustained — 37% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 279 m.
Documented on the ground — sign: 17% (2025). Signs get repainted and tags get retagged, so the date is part of the fact; not yet matched against any cycling list.
° The name is provisional: this climb is not yet matched to a documented name, so it was named from nearby map places. There is no evidence of local usage — (auto-named from gazetteer (hypothesis, unreviewed); discovered as 'Discovered lane (55.8970, -2.6938)'). Corrections welcome.
needs review short_window_divergence — treat short-window maxima here as provisional.
≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 13% 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) | ≈42% | 3745–3747 m | under overhead cover |
| 3 m (diagnostic) | ≈40% | 3745–3748 m | under overhead cover |
| 5 m | ≈35% | 3743–3748 m | under overhead cover |
| 10 m | ≈27% | 3738–3748 m | under overhead cover |
| 20 m | ≈22.2% | 3729–3749 m | under overhead cover |
| 25 m | ≈21.1% | 3724–3749 m | under overhead cover |
| 50 m | ≈18.2% | 3699–3749 m | under overhead cover |
| 100 m | 16.1% | 7021–7121 m |
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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Reported values vs. measurement
| Source | Claim | Evidence | Best-matching window |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road sign (B6355 at Danskine) | 17% | road_sign | 100 m (+0.9 pp) |
Provenance
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"elevation_crs": "EPSG:27700",
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"calculated_at": "2026-08-19T17:29:56+00:00",
"road_source": "OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)",
"road_attribution": "\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
"osm_pbf_path": "data/cache/pbf/scotland-2026-08-14.osm.pbf",
"osm_snapshot": "2026-08-13T20:21:01Z",
"elevation_provider": "Scottish Remote Sensing Portal (AWS Open Data, srsp-open-data)",
"elevation_licence": "Open Government Licence v3 \u2014 \u00a9 Scottish Government, SEPA and partners; Crown copyright",
"elevation_dataset": "Scottish Public Sector LiDAR Phase 3 50cm",
"elevation_tile_ids": [
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"climb_origin": "discovered",
"notes": "Coarse pass: max 11.1% over 200 m (Terrain 50), gain 212.1 m over 6702 m way. EXTENDED by graph walk: +2 segment(s) at base, +1 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting. DEDUPE: absorbed 1 overlapping proposal(s): discovered-lane-55-8829-2-6487 ADOPTED (Scotland launch 2026-08-18): big-gain. AUTO-NAMED from gazetteer (hypothesis, unreviewed): was 'Discovered lane (55.8970, -2.6938)'.",
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