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A388

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31 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A388 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
10.9 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
19% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
2,118
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 mph50%
  • national limit (60)50%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 35% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the A388, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Launceston·town·50 m
  • Liftondown·village·10 m
  • St Stephens·village·360 m
  • Lifton·village·1.2 km
  • Daw's House·village·1.2 km
  • Lawhitton·village·1.8 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Panda House

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Liberty Coffee

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Costa

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Barn

    Restaurant · 180 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Costa

    Café · 370 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Bell Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A388 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A388

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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