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northern England

Scalby Road

A171

Also runs asRobin Hood's Bay RoadCargo Fleet LaneMiddlesbrough RoadGuisborough RoadGuisborough Bypass
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17 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
6.3 km
How curvy
Winding
12% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
781
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 mph80%
  • national limit (60)17%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)3%

Runs past

  • Scarborough·town·1.1 km
  • Scalby·village·10 m
  • Newby·village·10 m
  • Burniston·village·380 m
  • Cloughton·village·1.6 km
  • Falsgrave·suburb·120 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:97 Falsgrave

    Café · 240 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 2 on the map:Belly Rub

    Café · 670 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:Pumpkin

    Café · 800 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Lord Rosebery

    Pub · 890 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Gianni's Italian Restaurant

    Restaurant · 940 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Embers

    Restaurant · 650 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
    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.

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