← All great roads

southern England

Sterling Way

A406

Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
18 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
4.3 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
0% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
20
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 mph100%

Runs past

  • Tottenham·town·1.7 km
  • Bowes·suburb·330 m
  • Palmers Green·suburb·740 m
  • Edmonton·suburb·1.1 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:White Rose

    Restaurant · 650 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 2 on the map:Souter Bros.

    Café · 20 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 3 on the map:The Yard

    Café · 850 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 4 on the map:Costa

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 5 on the map:Solé

    Café · 190 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 6 on the map:The Alfred Herring

    Pub · 670 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    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.

More in southern England