Heartbreak Hill Explained

Heartbreak Hill may refer to:

Places

• Heartbreak Hill refers to several ascents in footraces considered difficult for the runners:
  • in the Boston Marathon, Heartbreak Hill is an ascent about 20 miles from the start
  • in Falkirk parkrun, this is the name of the incline that participants tackle 3 km into the event
  • in the City2Surf (Sydney), Heartbreak Hill is a 2 km incline on New South Head Road starting about 6 km into the race
  • a steep sand dune located at Cable Beach in Broome, Western Australia, popular with tourists and locals for walking.
• Heartbreak Hill, a set of locks more formally known as the Cheshire Locks on the Trent and Mersey Canal
• Heartbreak Hill, local name for a work program operational in Redcar and Cleveland from 1932 to 1938, officially known as the Cleveland Work Camps

Music

• Heartbreak Hill (band), a Canadian country music band
• Heartbreak Hill (album), an album by English band Strawbs (1978–1995)
• "Heartbreak Hill" (song), a song by Emmylou Harris from Bluebird (1989)
• Heartbreak Hill, an album by English guitarist Albert Lee (2003)