← All great roads

the North York Moors

Guisborough Road

A171

Also runs asScalby RoadRobin Hood's Bay RoadCargo Fleet LaneMiddlesbrough RoadGuisborough Bypass
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
5 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A171 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.8 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
1% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
56
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 mph6%
  • national limit (60)94%

Runs past

  • Whitby·town·1.6 km
  • Aislaby·village·10 m
  • Newholm·village·480 m
  • Briggswath·village·520 m
  • Sleights·village·970 m
  • Ruswarp·village·1.1 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Stables at Cross Butts

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 2 on the map:River Garden Cafe

    Café · 680 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:Victoria Farm Garden Centre Cafe

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Stables at Cross Butts

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Salmon Leap

    Pub · 610 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Stakesby Arms

    Pub · 730 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A171 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A171

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.