Wales takes the world’s steepest street title
It has been used as the venue for a number of extreme races for runners and cyclists and tourists from around the world came to see the 350m street’s gradient of 35% shooting it to social media fame.
But the Welsh seaside town of Harlech has come forward to take the crown, with its street – Ffordd Pen Llech – officially being recorded as having a gradient of 37%.
The result comes after a campaign by residents led by entrepreneurs and architectural historian Gwyn Headley.
He had first wondered whether the street might be steep enough for the world record after his car slid down it.