Baldwin Street

Baldwin Street

A house on Baldwin Street
Namesake	William Baldwin
Length	350 m (1,150 ft)
Location	North East Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand
Postal code	9010
North end	North Road
South end	Buchanan Street
Other
Known for	World's steepest residential street until 2019

A woman descends the street.

Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand was the steepest street in the world. In 1987, Guinness World Records said it was the steepest. It is in the suburb of North East Valley. It is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of Dunedin's central business district.

On 16 July 2019, Ffordd Pen Llech in Wales, became the world's steepest street. Baldwin Street's gradient is 35%, and Ffordd Pen Llech's gradient is 37.45%.

Baldwin Street Media

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  Surveyor Toby Stoff in 2021

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  The unicyclist has to lean forward to keep his centre of gravity centred over his unicycle's contact with Baldwin Street on the steeper concrete-covered portion of the street.

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  Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand. Coordinates approximate.

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  Photographed with the street level

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  Car parked at the steepest section of the street. Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Other websites

• Baldwin Street Archived 2019-10-17 at the Wayback Machine (Deutsch)
• Map of Baldwin Street (from Wises Maps)
• Baldwin Street in Google Street View