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southern England

Shipbourne Road

A227

Also runs asWrotham RoadGravesend Road
  • Forest
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16 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A227 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
Mostly straight
5% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
246
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.

  • 20 mph22%
  • 30 mph23%
  • 40 mph10%
  • 50 mph45%

Runs past

  • Tonbridge·town·600 m
  • Shipbourne·village·810 m
  • Trench Wood·suburb·320 m
  • Higham Wood·suburb·690 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Humphrey Bean

    Pub · 650 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 2 on the map:Sixty Five mm Coffee

    Café · 630 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:Caffè Nero

    Café · 890 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Ivy

    Restaurant · 210 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Havet

    Restaurant · 410 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Escape Art Centre

    Café · 440 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A227 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A227

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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