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southern England

Amersham Road

A404

Also runs asHarrow RoadRickmansworth RoadMarlow HillGeorge V Avenue
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15 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A404 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
11.5 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
5% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
543
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 mph28%
  • 40 mph12%
  • 50 mph43%
  • national limit (60)17%

Runs past

  • High Wycombe·town·1.6 km
  • Winchmore Hill·village·10 m
  • Chenies·village·10 m
  • Penn Street·village·10 m
  • Hazlemere·village·60 m
  • Holmer Green·village·120 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Rucola

    Restaurant · 180 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:The Red Lion

    Pub · 140 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Artichoke

    Restaurant · 760 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Amersham House

    Restaurant · 830 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Metropolitan

    Pub · 180 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Shahin's Indian Cuisine

    Restaurant · 440 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A404 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A404

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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