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southern England

Glastonbury Road

A39

Also runs asAtlantic HighwayWatersmeet RoadShirwell RoadBath RoadCannington RoadStation RoadMinehead Road
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4 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A39 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
Mostly straight
4% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
176
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.

  • national limit (60)100%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 63% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the A39, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Wells·city·750 m
  • Coxley·village·460 m
  • Haybridge·village·500 m
  • Wookey·village·1.3 km
  • Woodford·hamlet·10 m
  • Coxley Wick·hamlet·10 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Fosso Lounge

    Restaurant · 570 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Caffè Nero

    Café · 610 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Quarter Jack

    Pub · 230 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Goodearth

    Café · 390 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Long Story Bistro

    Café · 440 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Coffee#1

    Café · 540 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A39 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A39

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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