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Main Road

A361

Also runs asBanbury RoadHigh StreetBadby Road WestNorth Devon Link RoadFrome RoadBurford RoadFrome BypassMarston RoadLechlade RoadBraunton Road
Plan a drive around it
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9 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
3.9 km
How curvy
Gently winding
9% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
349
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 mph5%
  • 30 mph23%
  • 40 mph15%
  • 50 mph52%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)4%

Runs past

  • East Lyng·village·10 m
  • Burrowbridge·village·20 m
  • Othery·village·570 m
  • Middlezoy·village·1.7 km
  • North Curry·village·1.7 km
  • Knapp·village·2.0 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Kitchen at Somerset Boat Centre

    Café · 660 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Maunsel Lock Tea Rooms

    Café · 940 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:The King Alfred

    Pub · 50 m from the road, approximately

    • accessible
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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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