B1029
southern England
Properly twisty· 16% curvy · 23 kmTight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
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- Length
- 7.2 km
- How curvy
- Gently winding
- 6% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
- Curvy metres
- 470
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 mph7%
- 40 mph47%
- 50 mph47%
Runs past
- Faversham·town·820 m
- Badlesmere·village·10 m
- Sheldwich·village·10 m
- Ospringe·village·1.0 km
- Selling·village·1.7 km
- Painter's Forstal·village·1.8 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:Moonlight Cafe
Café · 580 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- accessible
- hours listed
- phone
Pin 2 on the map:Leo Lounge
Restaurant · 790 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- hours listed
- website
Pin 3 on the map:The Refinery
Café · 820 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- outdoor seating
- hours listed
- website
Pin 4 on the map:The Bear Inn
Pub · 830 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- outdoor seating
- hours listed
- phone
- website
Pin 5 on the map:The Red Lion
Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
- phone
- website
Pin 6 on the map:The Leading Light
Pub · 590 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- real ale
- hours listed
- website
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the A251 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the A251
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.
Near the A251 · David Long · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A251 · David Long · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A251 · David Long · CC BY-SA 2.0