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Chester Road

A41

Also runs asBlack Country New RoadNew Chester RoadWarwick RoadFinchley RoadNewport RoadWatford WayWhitchurch RoadNorth Western AvenueAylesbury RoadHendon WayRock Ferry BypassSolihull BypassWhitchurch BypassHeath RoadHolyhead RoadThe ExpresswayRing RoadLiverpool RoadAlbrighton BypassEdgware WayAkeman Road
Plan a drive around it
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39 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
20.9 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
2% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
498
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 mph30%
  • national limit (60)67%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)3%

Runs past

  • Whitchurch·town·1.8 km
  • Wistanswick·village·10 m
  • Stoke Heath·village·10 m
  • Grindley Brook·village·10 m
  • Howle·village·60 m
  • Tern Hill·village·190 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Chimneys

    Pub · 140 m from the road, approximately

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    • food
    • hours listed
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 800 m from the road, approximately

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  • Pin 3 on the map:Old Wirral Hundred

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

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  • Pin 4 on the map:The Olde Red Lion

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

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    • outdoor seating
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  • Pin 5 on the map:The Straw Hat

    Pub · 370 m from the road, approximately

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  • Pin 6 on the map:The Woodland

    Pub · 990 m from the road, approximately

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    • food
    • phone
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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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