B1029
southern England
Properly twisty· 16% curvy · 23 kmTight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
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- Length
- 10.3 km
- How curvy
- Gently winding
- 6% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
- Curvy metres
- 638
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 mph24%
- 50 mph64%
- national limit (60)10%
- Other limits (each under 5%)1%
Runs past
- Brentwood·town·1.9 km
- Chipping Ongar·town·890 m
- Ingrave·village·10 m
- Herongate·village·10 m
- Bulphan·village·700 m
- West Horndon·village·720 m
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:Cafe Sartoria
Café · 100 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
- website
Pin 2 on the map:The Olde Dog Inn
Pub · 690 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
- phone
- website
Pin 3 on the map:The Kings Head
Pub · 740 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
- phone
- website
Pin 4 on the map:Orsett Hall
Restaurant · 150 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
- website
Pin 5 on the map:The Stag
Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- toilets
- website
Pin 6 on the map:Fratelli Bites & Coffee
Café · 310 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- website
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the A128 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the A128
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 A128 · Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A128 · Derek Voller · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A128 · Trevor Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0