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southern England

Malmesbury Road

A350

Also runs asWest Cepen WayHoles Bay RoadBournemouth RoadBlandford RoadPoole RoadWarminster RoadUpton BypassYarnbrook Road
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24 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A350 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
7.8 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
1% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
106
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.

  • 50 mph30%
  • national limit (70)70%

Runs past

  • Kington Langley·village·90 m
  • Kington St Michael·village·100 m
  • Stanton St Quintin·village·960 m
  • Langley Burrell·village·1.9 km
  • Upper Draycot·hamlet·420 m
  • Garden Cottages·hamlet·640 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Cepen Park

    Pub · 130 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Morrisons Cafe

    Café · 230 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Chippenham Pit Stop

    Restaurant · 760 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Tale of Spice

    Restaurant · 820 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
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  • Pin 5 on the map:The Plough

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
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  • Pin 6 on the map:Kington Cafe

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • food
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A350 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A350

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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