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A4086

Plan a drive around it
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8 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A4086 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.8 km
How curvy
Winding
13% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
624
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.

  • 20 mph12%
  • 40 mph36%
  • national limit (60)52%

Runs past

  • Caernarfon·town·660 m
  • Bethel·village·1.4 km
  • Llanrug·village·310 m
  • Caeathro·village·980 m
  • Rhosbodrual·hamlet·10 m
  • Pontrug·hamlet·10 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Caernarfon Tandoori

    Restaurant · 430 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Morrisons Cafe

    Café · 450 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Tafarn Y Porth

    Pub · 520 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Tafarn y Bachgen Du / The Black Boy Inn

    Pub · 600 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • real ale
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Bontà Deli

    Café · 620 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Yr Harbwr

    Restaurant · 620 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 A4086 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A4086

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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