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Cheltenham Road

A46

Also runs asBath RoadPainswick RoadLincoln RoadNewark BypassLaceby RoadCoventry Eastern BypassStroud RoadGrimsby RoadShurdington RoadAlcester RoadMarket Rasen RoadAshchurch RoadWelton RoadEvesham BypassCaistor RoadFosse WayStratford RoadKenilworth BypassWarwick BypassLeicester Western Bypass
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
11 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A46 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.1 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
5% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
188
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.

  • 20 mph6%
  • 30 mph5%
  • 40 mph40%
  • 50 mph25%
  • national limit (60)24%

Runs past

  • Painswick·town·150 m
  • Pitchcombe·village·120 m
  • Little Beckford·village·200 m
  • Beckford·village·380 m
  • Hinton on the Green·village·540 m
  • Great Washbourne·village·890 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Oak

    Pub · 100 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Arts Cafe

    Café · 60 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:The Beckford Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • accessible
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  • Pin 4 on the map:The Patchwork Mouse

    Café · 60 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
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  • Pin 5 on the map:Juniper

    Café · 150 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
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  • Pin 6 on the map:The Old Post Office

    Café · 320 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A46 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A46

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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