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the North York Moors

Middlesbrough Road

A171

Also runs asScalby RoadRobin Hood's Bay RoadCargo Fleet LaneGuisborough RoadGuisborough Bypass
Plan a drive around it
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26 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
10.6 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
1% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
136
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.

  • 50 mph21%
  • national limit (70)79%

Runs past

  • Guisborough·town·1.7 km
  • Hutton Village·village·1.6 km
  • Newton Under Roseberry·village·1.9 km
  • Pinchinthorpe·hamlet·160 m
  • Nunthorpe·suburb·950 m

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

Worth stopping at

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.