I know Sheffield roads consist of many hills but what is the steepest? Does anyone know for certain.

My guess would Myrtle Rd Heeley, used to have to walk up it to school.

No, isn't it Hagg hill in Rivelin?

Of course I KNOW my road's the steepest when I'm crawling up it after a night out :lol:

Originally posted by cosywolf
No, isn't it Hagg hill in Rivelin?

Of course I KNOW my road's the steepest when I'm crawling up it after a night out :lol:

Yeah Hagg Hill surely is a contender. It sometimes requires using first gear in the car.

Blake Street in Upperthorpe.

Originally posted by mikey
My guess would Myrtle Rd Heeley, used to have to walk up it to school.

I am not too familair with this hill so can't comment. I will surely have experienced/seen it at some point though.

Originally posted by v00d00
Blake Street in Upperthorpe.

I must confess. This is what inspired me to this post. Maxt mentioned the Blake hotel at the top of Blake Street. I was told by my old trainer that this was in actual fact the steepest hill but have never had it verified. My former trainer made me sprint up this hill many times so I can vouch for how steep it is.

I had the unfortunate task of walking to college up it for 2 yrs, got quite fit towards the end of it.

Still hate it tho.

:|

8) Nah Den Ace..........

Spot on vOOdOO chile!

Blake Street is the steepest hill in Sheffield. I used to go sledging down it in winter..........amazingly I am still living to tell the tale! It were a bugger to get back up to the top though! Burgoyne Road was another good one. Oh, happy days!

Twentywell Lane, I still can't cycle up it and the its the only road I have been up where the car struggles in first. The oxygens pretty clean up at the top though!!!

There's a road running through Grenoside Woods (ok a wide path) that goes up a hill that must have a 45 degree angle up to the top of the crags. I remember it from a sponsered walk when I was at school, after walking 15 miles it almost killed me to walk up that bloody hill.

:lol:

Kent Road, Heeley / Meersbrook, without a doubt.

Originally posted by alchresearch
Kent Road, Heeley / Meersbrook, without a doubt.

Yes, Kent Road is another contender, forgot all about that.

There's a really steep hill in Wincobank, begins with J. Can't remember the name offhand.

Sheffield is like Rome and Prague - built on seven hills.

Cobnar Road, just off Chesterfield Road in Woodseats gets really steep at the top.

Originally posted by Classic Rock
There's a really steep hill in Wincobank, begins with J. Can't remember the name offhand.

I think it's Jenkin Road, very steep near the top.
Problem with Blake Street if it is the steepest it's not very long compared with Hagg Hill or some of the others that have been mentioned.

Originally posted by upholder
I think it's Jenkin Road, very steep near the top.


If you think that route is steep, try following the footpath up Wincobank from Brightside near Upwell Street ;)

I'd climb the brow of one section, only to see another twice as high! I think it follows the path of the old Roman road when the Hill was occupied about 2000 years ago.

Does that count :D

Dunno the names... but in Walkley there are loads of streets with hand rails to help you climb up them!

The hand rails are for the drunk students ;)

Originally posted by Abby
The hand rails are for the drunk students ;) Erm... drunk? What other type are there? :lol:

Walkley Lane is pretty steep from H'boro upto Walkley.

I'd definitely say Blake street.

I watched the Blake Street dash last year, and it was funny to see loads of blokes run up the street for the chance of winning some free beer. :lol:

I'd say Blake Street as well.

Nearby Wellfield Road (parallel to bottom end of Springvale Road) would also make a useful ski slope.

And the bit of Walkley Lane just below the Florist is well nigh vertical take off.

The hand rails on the steep roads round Walkley were there long before students started living in the area.

I reckon that Kent Road at Heeley is the steepest hill in Sheffield, although there are some more in different areas, which are very steep, cannot prove it because I have never done any checking.

the road between Lower and Upper Bradfield is steep but I think Hagg Hill is a winner in this category

What about Bishops Court Road in Meersbrook? I used to walk it every morning going to Newfield and it was plenty steep enough...:blush:

Don't know about roads, but I'm reliably told that Sheffield's Supertram includes the steepest section of railway line in the country.

I went down Hagg Hill at the weekend, it is nowhere near as steep as some others mentioned.

Bishops Court Rd
Kent Rd
Myrtle Rd are all steeper

These are all roads around Heeley and Meersbrook

The reason you have to go into 1st on Hagg Hill is because of the bend half way up and you loose your speed.

Maybe we could form a society and do Steep Hill walks and then pop for a pint afterwards.

What's the simplest device for measure steepness?

Originally posted by mikey
What's the simplest device for measure steepness?

I think it's called an inclinometer. My friend's dad used to have one in his car back in the 60s (he was a bit odd, he also had an altimeter and barometer in the car).

Originally posted by v00d00
Blake Street in Upperthorpe.

I would confirm that Blake st,upperthorpe is the steepest in Sheffield,when I was driving instructing I used to take pupils on it to do hill starts :evil:

A very Good question


i would say Conduit Road in Crookes has one hell of a gradiant,

:o :D

Originally posted by Viper17
I would confirm that Blake st,upperthorpe is the steepest in Sheffield,when I was driving instructing I used to take pupils on it to do hill starts :evil:

Looks like we have a winner then, or do we? ;)

My money's on Blake St, too....

The thing about sheffield is that, no matter where you go in Sheffield, even when it's downhill, you've got to go uphill!!!!

Gotta love those seven hills!

Plain Talker

Scarsdale Road in Woodseats is a strong contender. In fact there are a few roads along Chesterfield Road in Woodseats that are implausibly steep

There is loads of stupidly steep hills in Sheff.
I'd say the very bottom of Langsett Avenue at Middlewood is the steepest section of road in the city, it's ridiculous. It's only like that for about 100 yeards though, so it doesnt really count does it.

Definately Jenkin Road god when you go down it in ur car its like a roloercoaster!!!
or the road that goes up the hills in stocksbridge up past pearoyd bridge

Not in Sheffield but winatts pass near catleton is incrdibly steep 2 weeks ago I decided to cycle up it again to see if I still could just managed it but it nearly killed me!

Well while we're moving out of Sheffield, some of the hills in San Francisco are absolutely laughable.
Some of the streets are so steep, the pavements have to have steps up them, and the cars have to park at 90 degrees, facing the pavement to avoid rolling down the hill.

Absolutely stupid. Makes Sheffield look like Amsterdam.

I live on Myrtle Road, Heeley - it's got to be one of the steepest in the city, but I would go for Kent Road in Meersbrook.

So far we have a potential shortlist of:

Blake Street
Jenkin Road
Kent Road
Myrtle Road

Originally posted by Fletch
i would say Conduit Road in Crookes has one hell of a gradiant,

:o :D

ditto!

I lived on Western Road just at the top of there last year so had to walk up it at least once every day.

I still have the calf muscles to prove it :rolleyes: :P

i remember a hill just off Halifax road (opp the old bowling) near the snooker club , i remember that was a steep hill , can any one else know what im talking about ? maybe it isn’t so steep now I im not 10 anymore.

Do you mean Foxhill? No, I don't consider that to be a contender.

I was just gonna say that.

Foxhill isnt that steep at all. Should be called Foxflat.

no it isnt fox hill , it goes from halifax road onto fox hill , there is a small fish an chip shop on it , its called....lemme look......
trafalgar something or other.

I don't understand. Trafalgar chippy is on a road that has a slight dip at either side. It's only a short road.

maybe it was cos i was giving a pillion up it on the way home or something then.

what about langsett avenue,comes off middlewood road opposite the tram terminus.

it appears nearly vertical at first sight lol

I have just zipped through all of the threads to see if any of you have mentioned this contender. I would like to say i have proof, but i DEFO remember it being featured in the Sheffield star as the steepest a few years ago........

Blake Street is close but this one neaks it..........

I used to walk up it with mi Mum to see mi Nan and it felt like it went on forever when i was 6! I still feel like sticking a flag in it and grabbing for the Oxygen now when i drive up to the top!...

It is located in Walkley and has a pub called the Bath (i think) at the bottom and used to have the another at the top which is being turned into flats......

Ladies and Gentlemen, i give you.........Whitehouse Lane!!!!!!


Sir Johnny D :loopy:

what about that road in hunters bar.. it connects at the top with psalter lane, i think it might be called penryhn road (something like that).. its the first road after the little row of shops when you come off hunters bar roundabout

Not sure if you'd class it as a road, but between the supertram track across the back of the station and Park Hill flats there is a wide stretch of cobbles going allmost directly up the hill! Not sure if it's the remains of some ancient roadway, but it sure is steep!

But Kent Road in Meersbrook is so steep I'm always afraid that the car will topple over backwards when I drive up it in first gear.

I keep thinking of getting a bank loan and opening a climbing gear shop at the bottom of the hill.

I would be able to retire in no time.

Actually, another contender, although not actually in Sheffield itself, must be parts of the Jawbone Hill between Grenoside and Outibridge.

I've been told the steepest road is Kent Road - I used to cycle up it when I was feeling particularly masochistic ;)

Originally posted by andy1702
Not sure if you'd class it as a road, but between the supertram track across the back of the station and Park Hill flats there is a wide stretch of cobbles going allmost directly up the hill! Not sure if it's the remains of some ancient roadway, but it sure is steep!

It's called Gilbert street, IIRC, and it's actually a bridge, over the railway cuttings from the Midland Station.

there are roads / paths on the hillside nearby to that roadway, which show the routes of the old roads where old back to back houses were in the old "park" district. Even steeper than Gilbert Street is the path from the supertram track, up towards the three Claywood estate high-rise stand empty. that's nigh on vertical.
I remember walking up that path to the sweet factory at the top and buying boiled sweet fishes, as we were on our way to my Granny's (she lived on Park Hill).

Whoops, as I type this post, I realised something!!! I think I have gotten the location of the path in your post mistaken/mixed up, with you saying supertram-and-Park Hill. (it's supertram and Claywood, really) there are two steep paths along that stretch of hillside, and two more less steep ones.

I think that the path I have just referred to in the 2nd part of my reply is the one you meant, not Gilbert street, as I mistakenly thought. That path actually linked up, in days of yore, down by where supertram runs now, to a pedestrian bridge, which carried foot passengers from Granville Street, over the station itself to where the new car park is, by turner street.

NB, Granville street is now covered by the section of Supertram track which runs directly alonside the rear od the rail station.

There are photographs of the midland train station in many books of old Sheffield. on a lot of them you can make out the old slums in the background, and the church which perched on the middle of that hill.

I live in Walkley + their are some steep hills round here. Then again I am so glad I don't live near Jenkin Hill that's a killer, especially to my lil scooter.

Without a doubt, Kent Road at Meersbrook has to be the one!

Oooh what about that pathway opposite the Springvale pub in Crookesmoor, turns into a road erm...Heavygate something or other. The pathway leads to the bottom of the cul-de-sac and oh my life is it steep!! :o :P

I am the landlord of the blake hotel.

I can tell you Blake Street is the steepest street in sheffield...
Whether this is the same as the steepest road remains to be seen.

Steepest Street - Blake Street
Steepest Lane - ?
Steepest Road - ?
Steepest Close - ?

Get what i'm saying

'La Vida' just gets more complicated.

Sheffield is the most mountainous city in South Yorkshire.

Footballs. Pelotas. Knackers. It's so true.

Hehe When I drive down blake street fast my ears pop. And from the top you can see all the city center, the cathedral, the big redbrick pyramid etc.

Originally posted by HarrietStar
what about that road in hunters bar.. it connects at the top with psalter lane, i think it might be called penryhn road (something like that).. its the first road after the little row of shops when you come off hunters bar roundabout

Hunter House Road.

as a cyclist i think i know the answer to this 1!

hagg hill is very steep but not long,jenkins rd at wincobank only gets steep about 2/3rds of the way up.
Probably the steepest from start to finish is Lodge lane from the bottom of Manchester rd!

if you know different?
cheers
jt

Going back to my cycling and running days ... Jawbone was a tough one every time . Maybe not so steep as Lodge Lane.... but VERY VERY long.

Cycling up Walkley Lane from Hillsborough to Crookes is exhausting. Another cycling nightmare is Hangingwater Road up the Ecclesall side.

Definitely Blake Street.

This one seems to have brought all the cyclists out!
As an ex-pro bike rider I used to head to West Hill at Blackburn...its a 1 in 4 at the bottom - then evens out to about a 1 in 5 for the rest of the mile long ascent!
Steep!
Surprised no-one has mentioned it...maybe because the top is in rotherham...

a lot of people mention blake st,yes it is steep,but it isnt very long
when you take in to consideration of the overal lenghth then i still think lodge lane takes some beating!
As a fit cyclist id sooner cycle up blake street than lodge lane,because as i said before it isnt very long!

cheers
jt

John t

I am also a keen cyclist and will probably check out lodge lane have you done winatts pass in castleton?(my favorite challenge) wonderded how it compared.

I tried myrtle road and kent street the other night on the bike both are steep but Kent road is a little short to be a real challenge Upper albert road is quite steep as well.

Everyone is forgetting Rutland Road!!

fudbeer,
sorry mate,winates pass doesn't faze me,never have a problem with it!
Another hard one is the last climb on the strines heading away from the a57 towards langsett.
Again this steep 20% and 25% but it's long and a bit tough
try that for size?


cheers
jt

qazatory,

rutland rd is only 10% and not very long,although at the end of a 90miler its something i could do with out!
I've cycled in the pyrenees where 1 climb took me 2 1/2 hrs with no flat or easy parts (tormaulet)from luz side,if you know it plus many other famous climbs that they use in the tour de france!
I still wonder how the hell i got up em,used a 39/25
Also there's the alps there not as brutal but are long long pulls!
Off there again in july so i use the snake as practice!

hope that helps?
jt

I think Winnats Pass must be the steepest in the area. They didn't put it as part of the Tour of britain cycle race for nothing. Also, although it is not strictly speaking a road, what about Frog Walk between Ecclesall Road and the roundabout at the top of Cemetery Road. Its also very spooky at night.

Originally posted by john t
fudbeer,
sorry mate,winates pass doesn't faze me,never have a problem with it!

Wow respect

Guess I am not quite ready for the tour this year :)

I'm sure Lodge Lane must be steeper than Winnets Pass. Lodge Lane is pretty much consistently steep, whereas Winnets Pass only starts to get really steep half way up.

Lodge Lane is quite long and also very twisty (especially the nasty hairpin near the top).

To all the cyclists out there:

I have never seen a cyclist have the courage to even go up blake street. I have never seen a cyclist on it. I do however see cars in 1st gear.
If you wanna try it out, feel free!

I think that the steepest road in sheffield is Blake Street, S6.
I lived not far from this road before it was tarmaced over in the late 70's - 80's and to get down it, 1st gear - heavy braking. Then the council decided to tarmac it. Instant death-trap in the winter when it really snowed. Kids would slide down it on black binliners and bail off them before they reached the bottom of the road, because it was a T junction with Upperthorpe Road. Fantastic to watch but dangerous.

Originally posted by Lickszz
Yeah Hagg Hill surely is a contender. It sometimes requires using first gear in the car.

what car do YOU drive?

Originally posted by Jess
I think Winnats Pass must be the steepest in the area. They didn't put it as part of the Tour of britain cycle race for nothing. Also, although it is not strictly speaking a road, what about Frog Walk between Ecclesall Road and the roundabout at the top of Cemetery Road. Its also very spooky at night.

damn right, i live there. my brother and i cycle up and down the old mam tor road every sunday morning. lol.

i cycle up and down the old mam tor road every sunday morning. lol.

Lol Really? :D :D

Originally posted by mickyhix
damn right, i live there. my brother and i cycle up and down the old mam tor road every sunday morning. lol.

I take it you have a mountain bike can you cycle all the way up as the last time I did it it was quite difficult as I kept running out of road :)

bates street in crookes is probably not a contender - but its bloody steep - the handrails on that one arent just for drunk students - theyre a godsend if you have to walk up that every day

Originally posted by mickyhix
my brother and i cycle up and down the old mam tor road every sunday morning. lol.


It's an easy ride up, that one! It winds around really gently, not like Winnats.

I've done the Mam Tor road many times on my overweight, single-ring b*tch of a playbike.

Theres some nice 40MPH launches and drops if you let gravity take over and you ride back down though...

Originally posted by mickyhix
what car do YOU drive?

Thankfully NOT a Peugeot.

I know the hill you mean, it's almost opposite the chip oil on Trafalgar Road. It goes up to Parsons Cross Road. There is a road in Grenoside that starts at Halifax Road and goes up to the main Street. When I was a bus driver back in 1963, in order to get a move on up the hill, we had to change from 1st to 2nd gear by rammin the gear lever into 2nd without using the clutch. Same thing on the hill across Neepsend Lane from Corporation Street baths. That would have been the #110 bus.

Jenkin Road from brightside to wincobank(try walking up it!!)

Some interesting names cropped up in this post - maybe of no further interest now but Kent Road Heeley - yes very steep!- used to know a guy who lived there called Gavin who was known as the 'squire of Heeley' - kept horses and rode them in the area, also had some wonderful horse drawn coaches that he bought from Ireland and refurbished - he used to lecture at SHU.

There is a very steep hill that runs up to Tofts Lane off Rivelin Valley road - don't know the name but it is very short - probably only 100 yds long and has a pub at the top.

The 'J' mentioned earlier could be 'Jenkin' Rd but not exceptionally steep.

Twentywell Lane brings back many memories - especially the Casle Inn - spent many happy hours there and sold many framed photographs which Bill allowed me to hang there.

Cobnar Rd at Woodseats is no longer accessible - unless you live there I believe but is very steep.

Vin

pete 1024,a few of my mates go up blake street,after doing big rides on sat/sun!and likei said it may be steep,but it aint long!
and by big i mean cleathorpes and back,whitby and back although whitbys over a weekend,and they always go up there.
Never heard them moan tho!

cheers
jt

Definately Blake Street. I used to live at the top of it and had to stagger up it with bags of shopping from Safeway!

The road from Trafalgar road to parsons cross road is Heath Road.

Just in case anyobody didnt see it, this thread got a mention today (26th Feb) in The Star.

Whilst I would agree that Blake Street is steep over its length, Kent Road has got to have the worst incline at its steepest part.

Winnats Pass

My brakes once overheated coming down there. Three kids and wife in. Managed to pull off onto car park opposite Speedwell Cavern (just). Best laxative ever.

well un less sheffield has changed owt in my absence - Hunter House Road in Hunters Bar was a disgrace. Bring forth stannah stairlifts for ALL students!!!

A la prochaine a sheffield - il fait beau encore ici a Nice. Le soleil brille la plupart du temps, les filles sont belle mais il fait trop cher!!! J'espere que la neige crée effectivement un paradis d'hiver celle-la.

Bonne journée a tous!!!

Originally posted by slh73
Just in case anyobody didnt see it, this thread got a mention today (26th Feb) in The Star.

cool, what did it say?

Originally posted by chalicefc3
A la prochaine a sheffield - il fait beau encore ici a Nice. Le soleil brille la plupart du temps, les filles sont belle mais il fait trop cher!!! J'espere que la neige crée effectivement un paradis d'hiver celle-la.

Bonne journée a tous!!!

Pas éxactement un paradis d'hiver mais les collines était très jolie.

Has Sheffield got a big French community???

Originally posted by chalicefc3
well un less sheffield has changed owt in my absence - Hunter House Road in Hunters Bar was a disgrace. Bring forth stannah stairlifts for ALL students!!!

A la prochaine a sheffield - il fait beau encore ici a Nice. Le soleil brille la plupart du temps, les filles sont belle mais il fait trop cher!!! J'espere que la neige crée effectivement un paradis d'hiver celle-la.

Bonne journée a tous!!!

lol i put it in a translator and this came up

'To the next one has sheffield - it is nice out again here has Nice. The sun shines most of the time, the girls are beautiful but it does too dear!!! I J'espere that the snow creates effectively a winter paradise the one it.

Good day has all!!!'

Originally posted by Jayne
Pas éxactement un paradis d'hiver mais les collines était très jolie.


'Not éxactement a winter paradise but the hills was very pretty.'

sorry, my language skills aren't as good as they were

was meant to be:

not exactly a winter paradise but the hills were very pretty

oh well

Hey its ok! I can just speak English!!

Blake Street is definately the steepest but as I have to walk up Hawthorn Road in Hillsborough everyday to school I'll vouch for that being a killer too!!!

It kinda lulls you into a false sense of security then half way up it seems to bed at 90 degrees!!!

Fox Hill (off Rock Street, S3 NOT S6) has to be up there somewhere. Thankfully its not very long, which is just as well as mine's the top house! The pavements have hand-rails and ridged paving slabs, presumably to make it less slippery in cold weather. I got in my car after a snowfall and the thing slid down the hill into the fence at the bottom - I hadn't even put my key in the ignition, but it buggered my no claims!

My money`s on Blake St.
I think it featured in a telly ad when it was still cobbled (Guiness or Hovis or something).I am probably wrong again but Idon`t care.
Memo to the driving instructor- Sadist!!
PS Winnats Pass or whatever don`t count, not in Sheffield.

classic rock i think you mean jenkin road,it is bad:) ,but ive found one worse victoria road,stocksbridge:( .

I would say Lickszz is correct with Hagg Hill, it may be just in the green belt but it is one hell of a Hill going up or Down.

Also Hollins Lane at Stannington is another close contender.

Regards John.m

Jenkin road near meadowhall, ever tried getting up in the snow!!

I'd Have to agree.. Jenkin gets my vote!

Blake Street was my first thought but there is a stretch of Shore Lane that the local climbers could practice on before heading out to the peaks...

What is the longest hill.?
That is, A continuous road with no name change

Originally posted by matsalleh
My money`s on Blake St.
I think it featured in a telly ad when it was still cobbled (Guiness or Hovis or something).I am probably wrong again but Idon`t care.


the Hovis advert was filmed in Shaftesbury, Dorset. the famous cobbled street - Gold Hill - is still there and virtually unchanged, and has a 'Hovis' memorial at the top.

As anyone thought of Prospect Place in Bradway? There's handrails on there too to help you up it!

DOBBIN HILL at greystones, Hagg hill, Highcliffe drive i think its called that goes down to forge dam, and there is that one in woodseats begins with S, not Scaresdale though...i will look today.

Dobbin Hill is steep, but not as steep as Hunter House Road, which in turn isnt as steep as the old top of Cobnar road, but on a short stretch Id say the start of Botanical Gardens off eccelsall or perhaps Greystones Crescent, but for a long soul/leg sucking stretch...... the entirety of City Road from Pond Forge (which is technically I suppose Duke Street) to Manor Top..... :o

Was driving up Kent Rd yesterday. It's definitely steeper than hagg hill or highcliffe drive Definite first gear material.

I rememberd that road in Woodseats, its Smithy Wood Road! Makes me feel ill whenever I go over it.

Dykes Lane (Malin Bridge)

This must be a 1in5 hill.

There is the Yew Tree pub at the bottom, its there for a reason !

Brocco Street is VERY steep if not very long. It might also qualify as Sheffields worst surfaced road too. Nearly more cobbles than tarmac.

Paradise street has to be a contender for the most central steep hill. It aint too long, but with the added bonus of cobbles, it takes effort to get up...

jenkin road in winkobank is the steepest i think... there`s a race up it it every year .

A race up jenkin road? Tell me more - I'll challenge anyone to that!

I would have to say Hagg Hill near hillsborough

Carr Bank Road in Nether Green. Was a real pain in the arse when I used to walk home from High Storrs only to have to walk up CBR at the finish. Have known cars not been able to get up without a run up. A real pain in winter snow also. Buying a Landrover was the only option.

Steepest street in THE WORLD ?

http://www.ourshop.co.nz/baldwinstreet.htm

1 in 1.266 38%!!!!

Blake Street in Upperthorpe, is the steapest :thumbsup:

hagg hill in rivelin vally dose have a steep bit right at the bottom and same at top, but its not consistant all the way up/down so dosent qualify for stepest :rolleyes:

dont as for any proof cus i aint got any,,, just trust me :D

Linley Lane at Frecheville is a beauty.

In fact from Normanton Springs, accross Birley Moor Road, to the brow of Fox Lane. Thats a chuffing hike and no mistake.

Theres a road in Deep Car (cant remember the name) that my auntie and uncle used to live on. Used to **** myself when we drove down it.
Had to put bricks in front of the wheels when we parked

I've no idea!
This thread couldn't take place in Leeds, Manchester etc could it.
It's these hills which makes Sheffield such a brilliant place to live in
OK, I may curse having crawled to the top of some hill but it doesn't last for long and there's something to marvel at, seeing a new view of the City for the first time.

kent road can't qualify for the steepest because it goes back up the other side then. it's the only road i've seen with handrails on to help you get up though. my vote goes to jenkin road (my dad live at the top of it, and being unfit and walking up it isn't too much fun)

How about Hillfoot Road, that is incredibly steep !
Derbyshire lane ain't half bad either, and it's used by buses.

Ah, Sheffield's buses. I was told years ago that their gear boxes were especially designed for our voluptious city.

Originally posted by Ned Ludd

This thread couldn't take place in Leeds, Manchester etc could it.


It probably could, just wouldn't be so interesting!!

Looking back the same roads have come up a number of times - shall we have a poll.

Couldn't we work it out from on OS map anyway?

small but steep, victoria road stocksbridge,or is it street.
nanny hill and bocking -stocksbridge.
carr road-deepcar.
merton lane wincobank
hamilton road -firth park.
a road near hunters bar-near turn off to ecclesall road.
large and steep- jenkin, remember walking to meadowhall with kids down there we got stuck and couldnt move for ages.
in the early 90s when we had that deep snow.

great fun though.

Jawbone hill at grenoside or jenkin hill at wincobank

Which is the steepest hill in Sheffield?

This really should have had a poll and I know it's very late but I've added one of the shortlist of contenders.

Me thinks Jenkin road wins this award,that is one bloody steep hill.

try bates street S10 - just off springvale road - u try walking up there when ****** or getting up in more than 2nd gear

with this thread I immediately think of the monty python sketch where they are in climbing gear climbing up the street :P

I've got one nobody's mentioned yet. It's the road going up to Dungworth from Damflask reservoir and it's called Briers House Lane. I only know it's steep 'cos it used to be in the route of the Ernest Harper 10 mile running race. It's a killer to run up, and virtually vertical round the sharp bend half way up.

Originally posted by Classic Rock
There's a really steep hill in Wincobank, begins with J. Can't remember the name offhand.

Sheffield is like Rome and Prague - built on seven hills. Yes that will be Jenkin road ....it used to go past Winkobank castle.

When I was a kid, I used to own a skateboard (like all the other lads in the area.), so searching for the steepest hill in sheffield was a regular occurance...

On my searching, I found that the steepest and most dangerous on a skateboard was a road called Bishopscourt Road... in meersbrook... Going down that road is deadly, you are seriously putting your life at risk...

But when i was young, I was silly and up for anything (including dying for a cause!!, a bit like a little rebel!!), so naturally as a rebel I was asked "So what are you rebelling against???", my reply to that was, the obvious rebel reply, "What have you got????". The locals showed me the hill, and i said "Is that it???", so i got my board and made my way to the top, and came down the fastest ive ever been (and ive been down Kent hill in meersbrook aswell) and crashed into a wall at the bottom and nearly died!!!

But the rebel lives on!!!

Bishop's Court Road is very steep at the bottom. Christmastime is wonderful on that road: it's like Blackpool Illuminations.

lol...

It is like blackpool illuminations!!!

Doesn't anyone have a GPS system to have figured this one out yet?

One-legged Chinaman and Blake Street !!!

My Father used to tell a story about Blake Street, as follows :

"Back in the days when Blake Street was cobbled, a one-legged Chinaman rode a bamboo-bicycle up Blake Street for a bet"

such a surreal image, I wonder if anyone else has ever heard of such an urban myth, or if, indeed, there was some kind of truth behind the story that just got "expanded opon" over the years

What about White lane in Chapeltown, that is a steep un.

Theres a road out at Ewden Village heading towards Bolsterstone that is very steep, also the road between lower and upper Bradfield. Behind Broomhead Reservior heading along the strines theres a hill with a sign at the top that says 25%. Hagg Hill very steep as well. Although as far as i know there isnt a road in Sheffield that i cant get up on my Trek road bike.

Forgive me if it has been mentioned before but surely Lodge Lane is a contender if not the steepest?

It starts right at the bottom of the Rivelin Vally (near the Post Office) and climbs to the top of Lodge Moor.

Whatever it's definetly steeper than Hagg Hill which is lower down.

I think if i remember right, i could be wrong but there is a sign at the top on Jenkin Road that says 1 in 7, which is about 15% in new money.

Ive ridden up both Lodge lane & Hagg Hill on my Road bike and i would have to go for Hagg Hill as been the harder of the two as well as slightly steeper.

Is Hunter House Road not a contender?

What about Upper Albert Road...... its a nightmare for uphill starts - I used to always stall on my driving lessons - now I close my eyes, keep going and hope for the best...... lol only kidding!!!!

I've just happened to have walked up Myrtle Road today* It's a killer of an incline. Levels off at the top to allow you to get your breath back. Wonderful views over the city. (*Yes, I missed the bus!).

I regularly walk up East Bank Road. Between East Road and Daresbury Road is pretty steep - but Myrtle Road is the clear winner! Stand at the bottom, and look up that straight stretch of hill........and then wait for the bus to arrive!

Steepness should be measured by walking uphill (and maybe cycilng too?). Driving a car up a steep hill is a doddle.

the steepest road i have been on since living in sheff has got to be conduit road in crookes. Have to walk up that monster every day on the way back from uni.

Ok to find the real winner, im out and about on my bike most days, i have a digital altimeter watch and a very accurate computer on my bike.

I will take the altitude from the bottom of a hill and at the top, plus take the distance travelled up the hill. Do some sums and i will end up with a % of steepness, and bingo we will have a winner.

Originally posted by robS35
Ok to find the real winner, im out and about on my bike most days, i have a digital altimeter watch and a very accurate computer on my bike.

I will take the altitude from the bottom of a hill and at the top, plus take the distance travelled up the hill. Do some sums and i will end up with a % of steepness, and bingo we will have a winner.

That sounds like alot of hard work and effort, but hey this link has 11 pages so put us all out of our misery..... I will sit at my desk and wait for the answer (alot easier than doing maths or excercise!!) lol

Originally posted by v00d00
Blake Street in Upperthorpe. yes i would also say blake street at upperthorpe

Originally posted by robS35
I will take the altitude from the bottom of a hill and at the top, plus take the distance travelled up the hill. Do some sums and i will end up with a % of steepness, and bingo we will have a winner. Ah, but is that what we're after? That's the average steepness for the whole road, but I think what would be more interesting would be the steepest point of any road.

To take Cobnar Road in Woodseats as an example (as I know it quite well), it has a fairly shallow section at the bottom, then it has a quite steep bit in the middle, then a ridiculously steep bit at the top. Measuring the drop verses the length of the road isn't going to be anywhere near as impressive as the steepest section.

Hagg Hill, that is a first gear jobbie sometimes!!!

Scarsdale Rd at woodseats is pretty steep if I remember right
Not been on since i left school if the roads were bad in winter the bus could not get up so no school.
HOORAY

Originally posted by robS35
Ok to find the real winner, im out and about on my bike most days, i have a digital altimeter watch and a very accurate computer on my bike.

I will take the altitude from the bottom of a hill and at the top, plus take the distance travelled up the hill. Do some sums and i will end up with a % of steepness, and bingo we will have a winner.

What's wrong with counting the contour lines on a large scale Ordnance Survey map?

The more lines the steeper the hill.

Orienteers to the fore.

Originally posted by v00d00
Blake Street in Upperthorpe.


I agree with v00d00. Go to Upperthorpe and see for yourself. Have a steady walk up Blake Street and have a drink in the pub at the top. You'll need to have a rest.

http://www.sheffieldpubs.fsnet.co.uk/Business/pubs/blake.htm

Originally posted by stevie1957
I agree with v00d00. Go to Upperthorpe and see for yourself. Have a steady walk up Blake Street and have a drink in the pub at the top. You'll need to have a rest.

http://www.sheffieldpubs.fsnet.co.uk/Business/pubs/blake.htm


It's closed now:( and is for lease.

Has been for a few weeks.


Originally posted by Pete1024
I do however see cars in 1st gear.
If you wanna try it out, feel free!


I go up and down Blake Street 2 to 8 times per day (always manage to get up in 2nd or 3rd though - and within the speed limit)!



Originally posted by Viper17
.....when I was driving instructing I used to take pupils on it to do hill starts :evil:


It's quite easy, when you get the hang of it.


People's parking on it is poor (@ the best of times) though!

Freedom Road in Walkley was fairly steep on New Years Eve a few years ago as I slid down it backwards in the car despite having brakes AND handbrake on due to the ice....
Then had to walk home - Happy New Year !

I was brought up at the junction of Albert and Kent Road so can vouch for the likes of Bishopscourt, Upper Albert and Kent Road being steep. Have also lived at Crookes and Walkely but imho gotta say that Prospect Place, Bradway beats all these hands down. Not as lengthy but steeper - Hand Rail, Base Camp , Sherpas - the lot!

“when I was driving instructing I used to take pupils on it to do hill starts.”

My driving instructor used to have me doing hill starts on Blake Street. That was over 40 years ago. You didn’t work for "Quick Pass" by any chance did you Viper17?

I usually have to crawl up Botanical Road. :rolleyes:

Originally posted by sugarnspice
I usually have to crawl up Botanical Road. :rolleyes:

But is that just when you have been drinking?!

:hihi:

Try Jenkin Road, near the top near Ridge View Drive ... With a pram!!! Fortunately dont need to do that any more ...

Originally posted by Yodameister
But is that just when you have been drinking?!

:hihi:

What have you heard? :suspect: No, don't answer that.

It is very steep.

i would say Conduit Road in Crookes has one hell of a gradiant,

Gotta second this, and in terms of driving, with bumper to bumper parked cars either side its a nightmare if you meet someone on the way up :o Saw a royal mail and a transit van reversing down it today blindly onto crookesmoore road coz some old codger wasn't giving way to those coming uphill :loopy:

the steepest road in sheffield has got to be myrtle road. i lived their for over a year and have to had walk up that road many a times. not very good if you live near the top. it was ok walking down, would not recommend it !!!!!

got to be kent road in heeley

Bottom of Langsett Avenue has to fit in here somewhere!

Last time I went up it Blake Street must be the only one with a hand rail for those that dare to walk up it.

I delivered the post on Myrtle road for over a year, steep but not that bad. There's worse in Sheffield!

for me it has to be lodge lane. even 4weel drives have problems getting up there...........but myrtle road comes close

Originally posted by desy
Last time I went up it Blake Street must be the only one with a hand rail for those that dare to walk up it.

Waller rd off Rivelin Rd has handrails and is probably just as steep as Blake St. Bottom of Langsett Ave is, in my opinion, steeper.

Hagg hill in Rivelin... walked up it many times.... its a killer..:gag:

I voted for Hagg Hill I go up and down it everyday to work and it is quite nasty. Take it in 3rd at a consistent speed but sometimes have to revert back to 1st if someone in front is particularly struggling.

Is this road totally perilous in winter? A friend suggested that it might get closed in particularly icy/cold conditions, just wondered if there was any truth in that

You wouldn't like to try driving up Lodge Lane would you and let us know how it compares with Hagg Hill?

Be careful near the top there is a nasty double bend.

It isn't far from Hagg Hill. It goes from just before Rivelin Post Office to Lodge Moor.

Cheers,

Graham.


P.S. When I come to think of it, I don't think I have seen Roper Hill mentioned in the poll either. Thats not far from Lodge Lane.

Originally posted by HarrietStar
what about that road in hunters bar.. it connects at the top with psalter lane, i think it might be called penryhn road (something like that).. its the first road after the little row of shops when you come off hunters bar roundabout
I think I was thinking of this one, is it Hunter Hill Road ?Pretty steep anyway.

Penrhyn Rd, Hunter Hill Road, Hunter House Road, Fulmer Rd, Pinner Rd, Guest Road, Roach Rd, they are all in the same cluster and are all popular with students, but none are as steep as Lydgate Lane or Hangingwater Road.

I see you are from the Hope Valley and that has a Sheffield Post Code. I wonder if that would qualify as Sheffield because of the post code? If it did, it has Winnatts Pass and that is pretty steep although I think it is longer rather than steeper and cyclist just give up out of exhaustion, and the road from Hathersage to Ringinglow is a good one as well.

Good lord, I thought this thread had finished ages ago, and that we'd decided that blake street was about the steepest?

PT

On the site below are six maps showing the steepest hills in Sheffield .

Roads with a chevron are the steepest. They have a gradient between 14% and 20 %. The closer the contour lines the steeper the road.

The steepest road in the Sheffield area appears to be from Low Bradfield to High Bradfield.

As for Sheffield itself, well see what you think, Blake Street is a top contender.


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def blake street had to have a serious pint after that hill

Bates Street in Crookes is a steep un'

Specially after a few pints :shakes:

Originally posted by Grahame
On the site below are six maps showing the steepest hills in Sheffield .

Roads with a chevron are the steepest. They have a gradient between 14% and 20 %. The closer the contour lines the steeper the road.

The steepest road in the Sheffield area appears to be from Low Bradfield to High Bradfield.

But as for Sheffield itself, well see what you think, although Blake Street comes nowhere near unfortunately.


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I don't agree with that Grahame. Blake St is by far the steepest of them all.
It's the only one i failed to ride up on my road bike. That says a lot being as i can climb winnats pass.

I heard somewhere that Blake Street was the steepest street in South Yorkshire with houses on it!

But the road between Low & High Bradfield is steeper I think.

In the interest of research vidster, would you like to see how you get on cycling up Hagg Hill and compare the two?

Graham.

By the way, how do you find Mortimer Road for cycling on, between Strines Inn and Midhopestones? The hill at Ewden is a killer and may be steeper than the one at Bradfield?

I used to find Winnatts easy, it was the road from Castleton to Windmill near Little Hucklow that used to crease me. I never needed to go up Blake Street so I can't say.

At this moment in time i wouldn't even be able to walk up the streets mentioned due to not training at all this year.
Last year would have been a different story though.

You are like me then, it's five years since I was in the saddle. Hoping to get back into it though but when you get to my age (61) it isn't so easy. Cheers vidster.

Originally posted by mikey
I went down Hagg Hill at the weekend, it is nowhere near as steep as some others mentioned.

Bishops Court Rd
Kent Rd
Myrtle Rd are all steeper

These are all roads around Heeley and Meersbrook

The reason you have to go into 1st on Hagg Hill is because of the bend half way up and you loose your speed.

Maybe we could form a society and do Steep Hill walks and then pop for a pint afterwards.

What's the simplest device for measure steepness?

Oversize protractor and builders 'bit of string and lead weight' thingie?

Measuring the length of the road and counting contour lines to give an average climb rather than a “spot figure” over a couple or three meters gave these results. Blake Street has no undulations to speak of and so the figure is constant over its whole length. These results may be subject to change.

Hagg Hill rises 49 meters in 310 meters = 15.8% (Long Lane to Den Bank Drive)
Blake Street rises 30 meters in 200 meters = 15%
Jenkin Road rises 110 meters in 800 meters = 13% (Hollywell Rd. to Fort Hill Rd.)
Highcliffe Road rises 90 meters in 700 meters = 12.8% (Whitely Wood Rd. to High Storrs Rd.)
Lodge Lane rises 100 meters in 800 meters =12.5%
Kent Road rises 30 meters in 300 meters = 10% (Upper Valley Rd to Shirebrook Rd.)

This makes Blake Street, as someone said, the steepest residential road in Sheffield although as Hagg Hill is marked on the map with a chevron as being particularly steep, then I suppose it has to take top honours for being the steepest suburban Sheffield road?

I think that maybe if there isn’t a chevron marked on the map or there isn’t a steep hill sign on the road itself then perhaps the road may not be a contender for the title “Steepest Hill in Sheffield.”

Your comments are welcome.

Thanks.

Graham

Corrected 12:16 19/11/2005

It's got to be Hagg Hill,
Blake st...? does that come under Street or Rd...?

Is Hagg Hill A rd/hill..?????????:loopy: :help:

Hi Pintof,
Hagg Hill is marked with a chevron on the Ordnance Survey map, meaning it is steeper in places than Blake Street. Lodge Lane, Tinker Lane, and Highcliffe Road are also are also similarly marked and in places are steeper than Blake Street.

Tinker Lane, Highcliffe Road and Blake Street are all residential roads while Hagg Hill has allotments on either side and a riding stable near the top.

I suppose it depends to some extent on how you calculate it but however you do it Blake Street is not the steepest when compared with the other roads and it is shorter.

Cheers, Graham.

bishopscourt road at meersbrook is a really steep road

i lived on bishopscourt for years and we were never allowed a bike or scooter because it was so steep,my brother once borrowed his mates and crashed at bottom got into real trouble,and once a bus took awrong turn at the top and had to come down and got into real problems

Prospect...

Used by alot of people to train sprinting on, Used by some crazy driving instructors too for clutch control.

Its near Queen Vic road Totley/Bradway

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=431966&y=380155&z=1&sv=prospect&st=6&tl=Prospect+Drive,+Sheffield,+S_17&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf

Originally posted by mojoworking
Scarsdale Road in Woodseats is a strong contender. In fact there are a few roads along Chesterfield Road in Woodseats that are implausibly steep

Aye, especially Olivet Road up the side of the Carphone Warehouse, gets very steep at the top.

And has anyone else ever seen that road that joins Underwood Road to Chesterfield Road just up from Homebase near the bottom of Scarsdale? Very steep :gag:

i cant be bothered to read all of the posts, so someone might have already said it but

blake street, is the steepest "street" in sheffield
i doubt anyone could argue that Jenkin Rd is the steepest "road", but just a rough guess

I remember Blake street, I went up and down it to music lessons as a youngster, I also went to Burgoyne road sdhool, but I think Blake street was the steepestOriginally posted by Spacehopper
8) Nah Den Ace..........

Spot on vOOdOO chile!

Blake Street is the steepest hill in Sheffield. I used to go sledging down it in winter..........amazingly I am still living to tell the tale! It were a bugger to get back up to the top though! Burgoyne Road was another good one. Oh, happy days!

Is that Cresswell Crags you're talking about??Originally posted by GHaywood
There's a road running through Grenoside Woods (ok a wide path) that goes up a hill that must have a 45 degree angle up to the top of the crags. I remember it from a sponsered walk when I was at school, after walking 15 miles it almost killed me to walk up that bloody hill.

:lol:

Theres an extremely steep hill (much MUCH Steeper than any of thoes others, (and I Live on Myrtle Road) ))

Its up at newfield green, On your way to farlees, just as the road turns right, you can turn left, and go up the VERY steep road to gleadless.. not sure the name of the road tho.. could actually be gleadless road tbh.. but not sure..

Excellent research Grahame!! Think youve just answered one of Sheffield's most-asked question.Well done.

Originally posted by all4_ofus
Is that Cresswell Crags you're talking about??
Originally posted by GHaywood
There's a road running through Grenoside Woods (ok a wide path) that goes up a hill that must have a 45 degree angle up to the top of the crags. I remember it from a sponsered walk when I was at school, after walking 15 miles it almost killed me to walk up that bloody hill.



No, Greno and Cresswell Crags are at completely different sides of the city, and in different counties,.

Grenoside is north east (ish) sheffield,(go out past hillsboro on penistone road, and keep going, about 4 or 5 miles)

Creswell Crags are situated about 12-odd south ish of Sheffield, beyond Eckington, and Clowne, out into Derbyshire(possibly even Notts, depending on exactly where the border lies).

Wharncliffe Crags are just a few miles beyond Greno', on the way out to Stocksbridge. Would those be the Crags you are thinking of?

HTH

PT

Originally posted by Ghozer
Theres an extremely steep hill (much MUCH Steeper than any of thoes others, (and I Live on Myrtle Road) ))

Its up at newfield green, On your way to farlees, just as the road turns right, you can turn left, and go up the VERY steep road to gleadless.. not sure the name of the road tho.. could actually be gleadless road tbh.. but not sure..

The road is Gleadless Road, Ghozer, you can see where it was quarried, on the left, going up the hill. My uncle lived at the top of that section (yipe!) I used to play in that quarry.

PT

For me jenkin is the steepest hill,Blake yes is steep but i can walk that hill beter then jenkin hill.jenkin seams to just climb and climb.soon as you think it is getting to a flat bit it just get steeper rund corner.

Not that I find talking about the slopes of hills interesting but, I would also like to vote for Jenkin Road. The last tight turn before the top is a killer, almost lost a car on that bit!

There's a really steep hill in Wincobank, begins with J. Can't remember the name offhand.


Jenkins ;)

Victoria rd stocksbridge, without doubt

Originally posted by Uncle_G
There's a really steep hill in Wincobank, begins with J. Can't remember the name offhand.


Jenkins ;)

Victoria rd stocksbridge, without doubt

Isn't that Jenkin?

I find it very easy to sprint down Hagg Hill.

I don;'t know most of those roads by name but would say Hagg is one of the steepest I know of (there is also another steep one out further past hagg on the rivelin top road)

Isn't it irritating when stuck behind someone that has no idea how drive up a steap hill!! GRRRRR

What is more irritating are the no-brainers that drive about 3 feet behind you as you are going up the hill.

Notice I said 'feet' and not 'meters'

wondering if anyone with an ordance survey map could tell me the gradient of conduit road (S10)? ive tried googling it but to no avail.
cheers (in advance!)

This is interesting. Conduit Road rises approximately 175 feet.

Blake Street rises approximately 185 feet, and as Blake Street is slightly shorter than Conduit Road that means Blake street has to be the steeper of the two.

Hope this helps, although I know myself Conduit Road is one heck of a pull.


Graham.

At a rough estimate i have Conduit Rd at a gradient of 1 in 5 or 20%, im sure there must be a road in Sheffield that is steeper than that.

I'd go for Blake St. I used to live on Springvale Road in the early '70s when a lot of the terraced houses in Walkley were marked for demolition. Some of them had already been subject to opportunist merchants ripping out the fireplaces, but the rest was neglected--so I was up Blake St hundreds of times at night with my trusty torch investigating what houses I could get into. I got a load of abandoned stuff from cellars and attics and still have some of it. Illegal I suppose but I don't imagine I'll be prosecuted for it all these years after. Thank goodness the trip back to my house was DOWN the hill!

I would say Conduit Road in Crookes has one hell of a gradient,

:o :D

Seb Coe used to use this road as part of his training programme!

Not the steepest but Hangingwater Road is a killer.

Have strolled up Conduit Road today - I need the hand rails to get me up Blake Street!

I've unicycled up both Conduit and Blake St. on many occasions.

Conduit is a doddle compared to Blake Street :)

A very Good question


i would say Conduit Road in Crookes has one hell of a gradiant,

:o :D

This would get my vote :thumbsup:

Left sheffeld in 46, what is name of hill we called Jacobs Ladder,leaving Penistone rd up Burton st? very steep hill curves to the right.Very hard to stop coming down in winter,when mother said go play with the trams she meant it.

what about roslin road between crookes and crookesmoor road.

its only really short, but its definately very very steep!

plus it used to paved with stone flagstines that were lethal when it turned icey- dont know if it still is.

sophie
x

Its probably not the steepest but fairbarn road in stannington is very steep, it runs from liberty hill down to roscoe bank. its definatly first gear in the car and a nightmare to walk up!!. Its not very long but it is steep.

mike

I must confess. This is what inspired me to this post. Maxt mentioned the Blake hotel at the top of Blake Street. I was told by my old trainer that this was in actual fact the steepest hill but have never had it verified. My former trainer made me sprint up this hill many times so I can vouch for how steep it is.

Blake Street has textured paving I recall (as do steep streets in the Legal Quarter such as Silver Street), whereas Bates Street (Crookesmoor going on Walkley), where the Princess Royal is your goal, has railings to help you up the hill!

Blake Street has textured paving I recall (as do steep streets in the Legal Quarter such as Silver Street), whereas Bates Street (Crookesmoor going on Walkley), where the Princess Royal is your goal, has railings to help you up the hill!

Wellfield Road. parallel to Springvale Road, has railings to help you get up as well - but Blake Street is steeper - and steeper than Bates Street IMHO.

I think Blake Street has or had railings on the left hand side going up.

I think Blake Street has or had railings on the left hand side going up.

Indeed it does (on the left going up, on the right going down:D).

but for a long soul/leg sucking stretch...... the entirety of City Road from Pond Forge (which is technically I suppose Duke Street) to Manor Top....
used to cycle up that on a flatland bmx smoking a fag, I kid you not
as for steep the road that connects albert road to shirebrook road is very steep and the one in town cobbled hill next to paaradise sq is evil to cycle up without gears

has to be west hill, just has to be

has to be west hill, just has to be

But that's in Rotherham ;)

How about Botanical Road just off Ecclesall Road. Thats a bit of a beast!

How about Botanical Road just off Ecclesall Road. Thats a bit of a beast!

Judging by the amount of scraping on the road surface, it's a destructive beast too.

Rutland Road?

A Contender To Blake Street Is Its Cuzun Up Crookesmoore Road Located At Wellfield Close. I Strongly Recomend You To Visit It As The View At The Top Is Worth It.
U Can See Rotherham

The one that links up with Burns Road flats at the top? That is a monster! Like Blake Street, it has textured paving as well.

after having been on most of the roads on the poll i would have said blake street,but in thinking,i believe the road from lower bradfield to high bradfield could hold its own against any of the other contenders

after having been on most of the roads on the poll i would have said blake street,but in thinking,i believe the road from lower bradfield to high bradfield could hold its own against any of the other contenders
If you look at the ordnance survey map you will see that the hill from lower to higher Bradfield has two chevrons on it indicating a very steep hill while Blake Street, Jenkin Road, Kent Road, Lodge Lane, Hagg Hill, Conduit Road have either one chevron or none at all meaning they aren't as steep, but would you say Bradfield is in Sheffield, because historically it never has been?

If you look at the ordnance survey map you will see that the hill from lower to higher Bradfield has two chevrons on it indicating a very steep hill while Blake Street, Jenkin Road, Kent Road, Lodge Lane, Hagg Hill, Conduit Road have either one chevron or none at all meaning they aren't as steep, but would you say Bradfield is in Sheffield, because historically it never has been?
wouldnt like to argue,does it have a sheff post code or phone number ?its a poser,i recall never bieng charged extra on the bus as is usual when crossing over into derbyshire,and im sure the police car has a sheffield code phone number,and my mate had to face the magistrates in sheffield when caught drunk driving out that way, couldnt be 100% sure though, looks like a google moment coming on :hihi:just googled this
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=high+bradfield%2Csheffield+yorkshire&meta= looks like it is classed as bieng in sheffield after all

wouldnt like to argue,does it have a sheff post code or phone number ?its a poser,i recall never bieng charged extra on the bus as is usual when crossing over into derbyshire,and im sure the police car has a sheffield code phone number,and my mate had to face the magistrates in sheffield when caught drunk driving out that way, couldnt be 100% sure though, looks like a google moment coming on :hihi:just googled this
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=high+bradfield%2Csheffield+yorkshire&meta= looks like it is classed as bieng in sheffield after all
I was thinking historically. :) You are right in as much as Sheffield has extended it’s boundary to take in Bradfield, but until about thirty years ago approximately Bradfield came under Wortly Rural Council. Then under the boundary changes Wortley was done away with and it all became South Yorkshire.

Prior to that Sheffield was in West Yorkshire but Ecclesfield and Bradfield were in Wortly. The boundary was the River Rivelin. One side was Sheffield and the other side was Wortley.

I admit I am working from memory and I tried to phone the archivist for Bradfield council but he isn’t home. Anyway you are correct; it is in Sheffield now, even though Bradfield still manages its own parish affairs.

Cheers :thumbsup:

I was thinking historically. :) You are right in as much as Sheffield has extended it’s boundary to take in Bradfield, but until about thirty years ago approximately Bradfield came under Wortly Rural Council. Then under the boundary changes Wortley was done away with and it all became South Yorkshire.

Prior to that Sheffield was in West Yorkshire but Ecclesfield and Bradfield were in Wortly. The boundary was the River Rivelin. One side was Sheffield and the other side was Wortley.

I admit I am working from memory and I tried to phone the archivist for Bradfield council but he isn’t home. Anyway you are correct; it is in Sheffield now, even though Bradfield still manages its own parish affairs.

Cheers :thumbsup:thanks grahame,looks like we were both correct,depending on which era you want to look in :thumbsup:

Just a little story I was told last week by someone who works for Street Force about a manager they used to have and he wanted to put steps all the way up Blake Street, in fact whenever he saw a steep hill or bank he always wanted to put steps there. So much so it earned him the nickname “steps.” He’s passed away though now.

One road thats been missed on this thread so far

waller road at walkley

it drops down from the bolehills to rivelin valley road oppersite the holly bush

seriously steep especially the bottom section.
On hot days the tar melts and flow down like lava from a volcano

One road thats been missed on this thread so far

waller road at walkley

it drops down from the bolehills to rivelin valley road oppersite the holly bush

seriously steep especially the bottom section.
On hot days the tar melts and flow down like lava from a volcano

I agree and to be honest I nearly posted it. I will count the contour lines sometime. It has to be a very strong contender.

Just done the measurements.

On Blake Street there is a contour line at the bottom followed by two contour lines as you go up and a fourth line at the top.giving a rise of 30 meters. (Each contour line is 10 meters)

Then I marked the length of Blake Street on a piece of paper and placed it on on Bole Hill Road. Going down from Bole Hill Road to Rivelin Valley Road is a clutch of roads that go down the hillside at an angle, otherwise if they went straight down they would be too steep. (Blake Street goes straight down the hillside without contouring) Over the same distance as Blake street there are either 5 or 6 contour lines for the same distance, making Waller Road steeper than Blake Street. Perhaps someone will check it out please?

From experience I'd say Blake Street is about half the length of Waller Road - plus the last steep bit down to the junction opposite the Holly Bush isn't Waller Road - Rivelin Road?

Yes you are right and Rivelin Road is exceptionally steep. It is difficult to see the contour lines on Rivelin Road so I can't say for sure, all I can say is that the hillside from Rivelin Valley Road to Bole Hill Road is much steeper than the hill from Danial Hill Street to Upperthorpe going down Blake Street. Personally I think Rivelin Road beats Blake Street for steepness, but that is only by looking at them and I wonder what other people think?

all I can say is that the hillside from Rivelin Valley Road to Bole Hill Road is much steeper than the hill from Danial Hill Street to Upperthorpe going down Blake Street.

You're quite right on that Grahame - the thing is as I think you stated in an earlier post is that Blake Street goes straight up the hill. Rivelin Road goes at a tangent to the main gradient - you simply couldn't have a road that steep - then does a sharp (and exceptionally steep) turn onto Waller - the bottom end of which again goes at a tangent to the main slope.

Have driven all these fairly regularly - the frightening thing about Blake Street is that the top bit is almost convex, so going down the hill you can't see the lower half of the road!

Have driven all these fairly regularly - the frightening thing about Blake Street is that the top bit is almost convex, so going down the hill you can't see the lower half of the road!


TBH I've no problem with Blake St, except for the double parking (especially @ the top):D.

There's a really steep hill in Wincobank, begins with J. Can't remember the name offhand.

Sheffield is like Rome and Prague - built on seven hills.

jenkin hill :hihi: i would saay hagg hill is the steepest