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southern England

North Circular Road

A406

Also runs asGunnersbury AvenueSterling Way
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
159 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A406 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
49.6 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
2% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
775
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.

  • 40 mph34%
  • 50 mph66%

Runs past

  • Ilford·town·200 m
  • Wembley·town·1.6 km
  • Barking·town·590 m
  • East Ham·town·840 m
  • East Finchley·town·1.1 km
  • Willesden·town·1.4 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Parampara - The Art of Indian Dining

    Restaurant · 240 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Izgara Finchley

    Restaurant · 680 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:King of Prussia

    Pub · 730 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Wagamama

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Great Wall

    Restaurant · 40 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:GG

    Restaurant · 40 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A406 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A406

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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