A379
west Wales and the south-west
Properly twisty· 17% curvy · 18 kmTight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
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- Length
- 5.1 km
- How curvy
- Gently winding
- 9% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
- Curvy metres
- 442
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.
- 50 mph98%
- Other limits (each under 5%)2%
Runs past
- Port Talbot·town·630 m
- Baglan·village·1.3 km
- Aberavon·suburb·100 m
- Sandfields·suburb·180 m
- Baglan Moors·suburb·410 m
- Velindre·suburb·1.1 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:Blanco's Restaurant
Restaurant · 250 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- phone
- website
Pin 2 on the map:The Lord Caradoc
Pub · 640 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- real ale
- hours listed
- website
Pin 3 on the map:Forge Tavern
Pub · 650 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
- phone
Pin 4 on the map:Pig Iron Tavern
Pub · 680 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- accessible
- hours listed
- phone
Pin 5 on the map:Railway Club
Pub · 730 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
- phone
Pin 6 on the map:Afan Ales and Fine Wines
Pub · 730 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
- phone
- website
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the A4241 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the A4241
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.
Near the A4241 · Ian Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A4241 · Ian Medcalf · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A4241 · Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0