13 Dec 2024

Dunedin regains world's steepest street title

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 13 December 2024

Dunedin's Baldwin Street has regained its long-held title of world's steepest street.

The title was taken away in 2019 by a village in the north of Wales called Harlech who claimed the title for their street Ffordd Pen Llech.

But not all was lost. Dunedin had a secret weapon in the form of surveyor Toby Stoff who smelt a rat and set out to prove Baldwin was steeper, and claim the title back for his home city

That quest was ultimately successful and now Toby's efforts have been marked with an official plaque at the very top of the street which was unveiled this week.

He joins Emile Donovan.

Dunedin surveyor Toby Stoff at Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech.

In 2019, Toby travelled to Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech to check out the competition. Photo: Supplied