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Rye Road

A259

Also runs asDymchurch RoadBrighton RoadMarine DriveBarnhorn RoadMain RoadSeaford RoadFolkestone RoadLydd RoadHythe RoadEast Dean RoadEastbourne RoadSouth Coast RoadKingswayLittlehampton RoadChichester RoadBognor RoadRustington BypassMarsh Road
Plan a drive around it
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14 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
4.4 km
How curvy
Winding
11% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
495
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 mph25%
  • 40 mph32%
  • 50 mph43%

Runs past

  • Guestling·village·10 m
  • Guestling Green·village·100 m
  • Brookland·village·320 m
  • Three Oaks·village·620 m
  • Guestling Thorn·hamlet·10 m
  • Stock's Green·hamlet·10 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Sandwich King

    Café · 180 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:White Hart

    Restaurant · 480 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Racketeers Brewing Company

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:nawaaz

    Restaurant · 170 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Violet's Tea Room

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Old King John

    Pub · 100 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • phone
    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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