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southern England

Ongar Road

A128

Also runs asBrentwood Road
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23 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A128 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
8.9 km
How curvy
Gently winding
8% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
715
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 mph33%
  • 40 mph29%
  • national limit (60)39%

Runs past

  • Brentwood·town·250 m
  • Chipping Ongar·town·1.9 km
  • Clapgate·village·10 m
  • Kelvedon Hatch·village·10 m
  • Pilgrims' Hatch·village·400 m
  • Coxtie Green·village·870 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Caffè Nero

    Café · 160 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Nando's

    Restaurant · 350 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Rising Sun

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Navateet

    Restaurant · 80 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 5 on the map:PizzaExpress

    Restaurant · 90 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 6 on the map:Costa

    Café · 250 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
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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.

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