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Marine Drive

A259

Also runs asDymchurch RoadBrighton RoadRye RoadBarnhorn RoadMain RoadSeaford RoadFolkestone RoadLydd RoadHythe RoadEast Dean RoadEastbourne RoadSouth Coast RoadKingswayLittlehampton RoadChichester RoadBognor RoadRustington BypassMarsh Road
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41 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A259 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
6.1 km
How curvy
Gently winding
8% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
487
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 mph44%
  • 40 mph10%
  • 50 mph46%

Runs past

  • Rottingdean·village·10 m
  • Roedean·village·180 m
  • Ovingdean·village·470 m
  • Brighton Marina Village·suburb·110 m
  • Saltdean·suburb·530 m
  • Kemptown·suburb·1.1 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Cafe Zio

    Café · 100 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Busby and Wilds

    Restaurant · 330 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Café Salt

    Café · 580 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:V.I.P. Pizza

    Restaurant · 620 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Suriya's Thai Kitchen

    Restaurant · 760 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Nanima Asian Kitchen & Café

    Restaurant · 1000 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A259 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A259

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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