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Holyhead Road

A41

Also runs asBlack Country New RoadNew Chester RoadWarwick RoadChester RoadFinchley RoadNewport RoadWatford WayWhitchurch RoadNorth Western AvenueAylesbury RoadHendon WayRock Ferry BypassSolihull BypassWhitchurch BypassHeath RoadThe ExpresswayRing RoadLiverpool RoadAlbrighton BypassEdgware WayAkeman Road
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15 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
4.0 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
3% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
106
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.

  • 30 mph34%
  • 50 mph24%
  • national limit (60)42%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 42% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the A41, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Smethwick·town·1.7 km
  • Codsall·village·700 m
  • Bilbrook·village·1.7 km
  • Oaken·hamlet·10 m
  • Kingswood·hamlet·1.2 km
  • Little Harriot's Hayes·hamlet·1.7 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 520 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Oaken Arms

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Moreish

    Restaurant · 140 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
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  • Pin 4 on the map:The Bentlands

    Pub · 620 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
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  • Pin 5 on the map:Divine African & Caribbean Restaurant

    Restaurant · 170 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
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  • Pin 6 on the map:The Pear and Partridge

    Pub · 790 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
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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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