Distance: 1.4km
Average Gradient: 6.3%Elevation gain: 90 metres
Category: 4
Traffic: Minimal
Terrain: Residential/Rural
Road Surface: Good
A’Beckett Road is a climb in Narre Warren North.
The climb starts to rise as you near the intersection of A'Beckett Road & Bailey’s Road and ramps up quite considerably. The next 400 metres is quite steep as you climb through the residential part of Narre Warren North.
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| Start of the climb |
The road is dead straight at this point, and little respite in sight.
As you approach Kennedy Avenue to the right side the road, the climb peaks at 13% at this stage, and you’ll see the road dip. Visually this is misleading as you can hit a lull feeling that you’re about to receive some respite, but the climb only dips down to 6%, and ramps back up to 10% shortly after.
You climb goes from residential to rural in a manner of metres, and you start to climb through farmland, and this climb can be quite dramatic in parts.
There’s a slight bend to the right of the road, and the climb hits 11% into the corner, and thankfully drops back down to 6% before the main part of the climb finishes at Pit Court. The hard part of the climb is 1.4km’s @ 6%.
Extended Climb
If you want to add some extra vertical to this climb, start the climb at the corner of Memorial Drive & Main Street, and you can cheekily get a rolling start at this climb.
I prefer starting from here as you get to ride through the Avenue of Honour which commemorates World War 1.
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| Avenue of Honour |
This section is 4% gradient for 300metres. Turn right onto A’Beckett Road (you’ll need to check for vehicles), and the road flattens out for the next couple of hundred metres.
After you finish the climb, over the next 400 metres you have a slight descent and to your left you can catch glimpses of the hills of the southern part of the Dandenong’s, and Lysterfield Lake. You can get a chance for a good photo through here. There are 300 metres left to climb, which does not go over 5%. A’Beckett Road joins onto Harkaway Road.
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| End of the road |
Unfortunately there is only a narrow ledge in parts, and there is very little shade throughout the climb. This is a challenging climb due to the constant changes in elevation.
At the base of the climb is an incredible Bakery called Pane Difiore Bakery, at the Narre Warren North Village Centre. This climb is worth doing just to visit this Bakery.
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