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the North York Moors

Newton Road

A173

Also runs asSkelton Ellers
Plan a drive around it
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8 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A173 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.6 km
How curvy
Gently winding
9% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
400
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 mph12%
  • 40 mph53%
  • national limit (60)35%

Runs past

  • Great Ayton·village·1.1 km
  • Newton Under Roseberry·village·10 m
  • Hutton Village·village·1.8 km
  • Pinchinthorpe·hamlet·10 m
  • Little Ayton·hamlet·1.6 km

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 A173 yet. Plan the first one.