For the past year it had looked as if Dunedin's famous Baldwin Street had lost the crown of being the world's steepest street. According to Stuff, the Guinness World Records has changed its mind:

Dunedin's Baldwin St has reclaimed the title of the world's steepest street.

Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech, Wales took over the record in June last year. But on Wednesday, Guinness World Records reversed its decision, saying its measuring method was wrong.

Guinness World Records said on its website the decision to reinstate was reached after an "extensive review" of an appeal, brought by representatives of Baldwin St.

The key to the appeal was deciding the fairest way to measure the steepness of a street is along the road's centreline, rather than an arbitrarily chosen steepest edge of the crown. The Guardian explores the issue more deeply, with comments from both sides of the fence....or shall we say, road. The 'Segway angle' to this story is that Kevin Hey from Segway On Q was the first in the world to ride a first-generation Segway Personal Transport (PT) up the world's steepest street in 2007. He made a video of it, which can be viewed on YouTube here. Some years later Philip Bendall from Segway New Zealand followed suit on a second-generation Segway PT. And shortly after that, he claimed Auckland's steepest - Liverpool Street - on a miniPRO (and knocked off a few volcanos as well).