B1070
central Britain
Properly twisty· 19% curvy · 16 kmTight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
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- Length
- 3.6 km
- How curvy
- Gently winding
- 7% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
- Curvy metres
- 262
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 mph53%
- national limit (60)47%
Runs past
- Sutton Coldfield·town·920 m
- Little Sutton·village·820 m
- Mere Green·village·1.3 km
- Four Oaks·village·1.6 km
- Wheatmore·hamlet·10 m
- Roughley·hamlet·420 m
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:White Horse
Pub · 430 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- real ale
- hours listed
- phone
- website
Pin 2 on the map:The Station
Pub · 650 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- real ale
- hours listed
- phone
- website
Pin 3 on the map:Caffè Nero
Café · 950 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- hours listed
- website
Pin 4 on the map:Three Tuns Hotel
Pub · 520 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- real ale
- outdoor seating
- phone
- website
Pin 5 on the map:Ego Mere Green
Restaurant · 940 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- phone
- website
Pin 6 on the map:Bassetts Pole
Restaurant · 160 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- website
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the A453 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the A453
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 A453 · Pat Gumbley · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A453 · Whatlep · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A453 · Whatlep · CC BY-SA 2.0