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World’s steepest street: Harlech loses title to New Zealand

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Image caption Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, has snatched back its title from its rival in Wales

A Welsh street declared as the steepest on the planet has lost its title to a New Zealand rival following a rethink by Guinness World Records.

Ffordd Pen Llech in the medieval castle…

New Zealand’s Dunedin jokes about losing ‘steepest street’ title

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Media caption“Sorry New Zealand but it’s now our time to shine”

Just as New Zealand is dealing with losing the Cricket World Cup to England, it’s suffered another blow: the country no longer has the “world’s steepest street”.

For years, Dunedin’s Baldwin Street proudly held that title, and was listed in the Guinness Book of…

Could a Welsh town have the steepest street in the world?

Does a Welsh town have the steepest street in the world? Sloped road may snatch the record held by a street in New Zealand

Residents in Harlech in Gwynedd believe Ffordd Pen Llech has a 36% gradient 

Measurement of road has been sent to be reviewed by Guinness World Records

If accepted, Ffordd Pen Llech could be named as the steepest street in the world

Baldwin Street in New Zealand currently…