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High Street

A361

Also runs asBanbury RoadBadby Road WestNorth Devon Link RoadMain RoadFrome RoadBurford RoadFrome BypassMarston RoadLechlade RoadBraunton Road
Plan a drive around it
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12 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
4.4 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
18% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
780
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.

  • 20 mph44%
  • 30 mph39%
  • national limit (60)16%

Runs past

  • Burford·town·10 m
  • Ilfracombe·town·10 m
  • Lechlade·town·40 m
  • Seend·village·10 m
  • Shipton-under-Wychwood·village·10 m
  • Byfield·village·80 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Spice lounge

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Little Mama‘s

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Khushi Fine Bangladeshi Dining

    Restaurant · 30 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Monica's Plaice

    Restaurant · 60 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Admiral Collingwood

    Pub · 280 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Giovanni & Luca

    Restaurant · 320 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • 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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