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A399

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37 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A399 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
12.6 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
21% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
2,666
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 mph38%
  • national limit (60)57%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)5%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 31% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the A399, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Ilfracombe·town·220 m
  • Combe Martin·village·10 m
  • Berrynarbor·village·190 m
  • Kentisbury·hamlet·620 m
  • Stonecombe·hamlet·960 m
  • Dean·hamlet·1.2 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Thatched Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Sawmills

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Lime Kiln Cafe

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Giovanni & Luca

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Admiral Collingwood

    Pub · 20 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Little Mama‘s

    Café · 340 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 A399 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A399

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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