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Fox Hollies Road

A4040

Also runs asBromford Lane
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15 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A4040 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.3 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
4% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
181
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 mph100%

Runs past

  • Fox Hollies·village·10 m
  • Hall Green·village·10 m
  • Tyseley·village·580 m
  • Hay Mills·village·1.2 km
  • Yardley Wood·village·1.3 km
  • Kineton Green·village·1.5 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Arabella Lebanese Restaurant

    Restaurant · 320 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Abdul's Cafe and Diner

    Café · 410 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Indian Eatery

    Restaurant · 790 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Spread Eagle

    Pub · 670 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Karahi King Village

    Restaurant · 760 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Dessert Village

    Restaurant · 770 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 A4040 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A4040

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.

  • Photograph taken near the A4040: Church of the Ascension Hall Green.jpg
    Near the A4040 · Oosoom · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Photograph taken near the A4040: Olympic Torch Relay - Stratford Road, Hall Green - sign - Birmingham City Council (7419360882).jpg
    Near the A4040 · Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
  • Photograph taken near the A4040: IPod bus on the 6 - Stratford Road, Hall Green (8391535783).jpg
    Near the A4040 · Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

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