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Akeman Road

A41

Also runs asBlack Country New RoadNew Chester RoadWarwick RoadChester RoadFinchley RoadNewport RoadWatford WayWhitchurch RoadNorth Western AvenueAylesbury RoadHendon WayRock Ferry BypassSolihull BypassWhitchurch BypassHeath RoadHolyhead RoadThe ExpresswayRing RoadLiverpool RoadAlbrighton BypassEdgware Way
Plan a drive around it
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4 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A41 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
15
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.

  • national limit (60)100%

Runs past

  • Westcott·village·10 m
  • Waddesdon·village·470 m
  • Wotton Underwood·village·2.0 km
  • Woodham·hamlet·10 m
  • Kingswood·hamlet·700 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:94 Coffee Shop

    Café · 580 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • accessible
    • phone
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Chadnis

    Restaurant · 840 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:Akeman Inn

    Restaurant · 320 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Lion

    Pub · 690 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
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  • Pin 5 on the map:The Railway Café At Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

    Café · 830 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:On Yer Bike Cafe

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A41 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A41

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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