There are some places that are 15% (Saltbox Hill, Tandridge Hill Lane and Spout Hill, to name a few) though they're not as long as Anerley Hill.

On a clear day you can see as far as the Just a short walk from the Horniman Museum, there is a residential road with a 10 percent average gradient and one of the most impressive vistas anywhere in London!

Start crushing 5 min intervals.The climbs I am looking at doing at short / medium but tend to have spikes of 20% or so in them. Sign up now at Email already exists.

Club rides generally start at Herne Hill Velodrome or in Crystal Palace. The climbs here: I live in South London and know the climbs you’re talking about very well. There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts With a gradient of Probably/on the verge of definitely. Location Essex. There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Andy Elliott This is the kind of everyday local London that rarely gets photographed and I hope you’ll enjoy seeing a different side to the city.You can be sure that any list of awesome places in south east London I put together will feature There are also some beautiful buildings dotted around the gardens like the stunning grade II listed Victorian conservatory and a charming bijou bandstand. A few years later, they now hold no fear for me, my Strava positions are respectable, and I even enter the Bec CC and Catford CC hill climbs, though I’m still some way off worrying the podium.And if I was to give my most honest advice on how you can improve going up them, I’m afraid it’s simply this: get fitter.Unless you’re planning to drive to the climb, go up it, then drive back, you’re always going to be partly fatigued before you begin the segment. Yet after turning left at the roundabout from Herbert Road in SE18 and trying to turn on the afterburners, I got bogged down and literally said out loud: “No way this is 0.6km!”Apart from seriously needing to improve my self-banter, I was wrong. Where are you based in South London.

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The following is likely obvious, but worth mentioning:Look at your need first, then pick according to that.Cadence is another matter. This part of the city is full of hills and breathtaking views! As Nick Cochrane observes, don't go there around school start/finish time as you'll be blocked by Chelsea tractors, but it's a very short, sharp climb and well worth a visit.Oh and before I forget again, I was reminded that I'd missed out on another bevvy of beauties by the London Cycling Facebook group's Theresa Lewis, Jane Davis and Chris Townsend that I'd omitted Denmark, Knight's, Forest and Sydenham Hills from consideration. Just imagine owning a house there and waking up to that view every day!Do you have a dream location in your hometown where you’d love your house to be if money was no object?

Do I give a monkey’s? But then it gives you a smack in the chops as you take a slight left, maxing out at a phlegm-inducing 26%. The London to Brighton Bike Ride is happening on Sunday 18 June. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when These are the prettiest locations and the best city skyline views in south east London by a local.

It is indeed 0.6km. It really is the “best of both worlds” approach and is the plan I suggest whenever people want to do a mix of events and efforts.