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Barnet Road

A411

Also runs asBarnet Lane
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
8 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A411 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.1 km
How curvy
Winding
10% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
316
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 mph52%
  • 40 mph46%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)2%

Runs past

  • Chipping Barnet·town·1.2 km
  • Arkley·village·10 m
  • Barnet Gate·village·10 m
  • Rowley Green·village·190 m
  • Hadley·village·1.7 km
  • High Barnet·suburb·1.2 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 A411 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A411

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.

  • Photograph taken near the A411: Its all a hoax (50011633116).jpg
    Near the A411 · Matt Brown from London, England · CC BY 2.0
  • Photograph taken near the A411: Scratchwood covered in litter during coronavirus crisis (50011633146).jpg
    Near the A411 · Matt Brown from London, England · CC BY 2.0
  • Photograph taken near the A411: Erm, I think you'll find... (50011633191).jpg
    Near the A411 · Matt Brown from London, England · CC BY 2.0

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