B1029
southern England
Properly twisty· 16% curvy · 23 kmTight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
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- Length
- 6.9 km
- How curvy
- Winding
- 12% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
- Curvy metres
- 827
How these scores are measured
Curvy metres is curviness multiplied by length: how much genuine curve this road actually gives you, rather than how tight its tightest corner is. It is the number that separates a mountain pass from a housing estate.
Speed limits along it
What is on the poles along this stretch, by share of its length.
- 30 mph42%
- 40 mph28%
- national limit (60)29%
- Other limits (each under 5%)1%
Runs past
- Eight Ash Green·village·10 m
- Earls Colne·village·80 m
- Fordstreet·village·180 m
- Aldham·village·650 m
- Colne Engaine·village·1.2 km
- White Colne·village·1.3 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:Nando's
Restaurant · 520 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- hours listed
- website
Pin 2 on the map:The Drum Inn
Pub · 130 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
Pin 3 on the map:The Cricketers
Pub · 320 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
- website
Pin 4 on the map:Starbucks
Café · 440 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- website
Pin 5 on the map:Harvester
Restaurant · 540 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- website
Pin 6 on the map:The Princess Charlotte
Pub · 580 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the A1124 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the A1124
Photographs taken within about a kilometre of this stretch, from Wikimedia Commons. They are near the road — we have no evidence any of them shows it.
Near the A1124 · Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A1124 · Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A1124 · Peter Stack · CC BY-SA 2.0