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the Brecon Beacons

Rhigos Road

A4061

Also runs asBwlch-y-Clawdd RoadBlackmill RoadRotary International Way
  • Moorland
Plan a drive around it
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3 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A4061 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
6.7 km
How curvy
Winding
12% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
816
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 mph82%
  • national limit (60)18%

Runs past

  • Treorchy·town·1.4 km
  • Hirwaun·village·670 m
  • Treherbert·village·10 m
  • Blaenrhondda·village·10 m
  • Blaencwm·village·10 m
  • Cwm Parc·village·1.5 km

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

Worth stopping at

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A4061 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A4061

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.