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southern England

Aylesbury Road

A41

Also runs asBlack Country New RoadNew Chester RoadWarwick RoadChester RoadFinchley RoadNewport RoadWatford WayWhitchurch RoadNorth Western AvenueHendon WayRock Ferry BypassSolihull BypassWhitchurch BypassHeath RoadHolyhead RoadThe ExpresswayRing RoadLiverpool RoadAlbrighton BypassEdgware WayAkeman Road
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
27 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
11.0 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
2% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
250
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 mph20%
  • 50 mph20%
  • national limit (60)52%
  • national limit (70)8%

Runs past

  • Bicester·town·1.6 km
  • Blackthorn·village·570 m
  • Grendon Underwood·village·730 m
  • Ambrosden·village·790 m
  • Ludgershall·village·1.0 km
  • Launton·village·1.7 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 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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