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Banbury Road

A361

Also runs asHigh StreetBadby Road WestNorth Devon Link RoadMain RoadFrome RoadBurford RoadFrome BypassMarston RoadLechlade RoadBraunton Road
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24 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A361 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
18.1 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
5% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
875
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 mph9%
  • 50 mph42%
  • national limit (60)45%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)4%

Runs past

  • Chipping Norton·town·1.9 km
  • Great Tew·village·10 m
  • Hook Norton·village·10 m
  • Aston le Walls·village·10 m
  • Heythrop·village·10 m
  • Little Tew·village·10 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Costa

    Café · 470 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Costa

    Café · 180 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Miller & Carter

    Restaurant · 480 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:Anh

    Restaurant · 890 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Quince and Clover at Great Tew

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Falkland Arms

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • real ale
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A361 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A361

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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