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Broadland Northway

A1270

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46 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A1270 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
36.3 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
2% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
778
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.

  • national limit (70)96%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)4%

Runs past

  • Beeston St Andrew·village·10 m
  • Spixworth·village·10 m
  • Rackheath·village·100 m
  • Thorpe Marriott·village·170 m
  • Horsham St Faith·village·240 m
  • Horsford·village·280 m

Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Broadland View

    Pub · 510 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Fieldfare

    Pub · 590 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:The Oaks

    Pub · 650 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Elm Farm Country House

    Pub · 40 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 5 on the map:The Black Swan Inn

    Pub · 310 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • real ale
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 6 on the map:The Brickmakers

    Pub · 460 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A1270 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A1270

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.

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