the course is 1475 yards (1349 metres) in length, making it the third longest course used in the british hill climb championship. it contains an unusual "downhill" section fairly early in its layout. as of june 2009, the hill record of 44.42 seconds stands to scott moran, who set the mark in the second run-off of the 13 april 2009 meeting. martin groves had previously beaten his own previous record (44.53s) with 44.46s in the first run-off.