Training in London no.2

Swain's Lane - this is apparently one of the few steep hills in the capital and as such is regularly climbed (Strava shows 14,000 climbs by 10,000 cyclists - segment link).

It's sort of round the back of Highgate West Hill (which is itself a good London hill) and can be reached by turning right of this round-a-bout:

Highgate West is straight on (towards the left).  Swains Lane is a left trurning about
400m off the righthand road of this round-a-bout



So far as I can recall this first bit was about 8% average grade



And then it gets much steeper from here on, the second half - may be 12%

This is the last bit - whole hill just under 1km and a good

 test of strength/ideal for hill repeats - and relatively car

free (important when you are going for it).