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Market Rasen Road

A46

Also runs asBath RoadPainswick RoadLincoln RoadNewark BypassLaceby RoadCoventry Eastern BypassStroud RoadGrimsby RoadShurdington RoadAlcester RoadCheltenham RoadAshchurch RoadWelton RoadEvesham BypassCaistor RoadFosse WayStratford RoadKenilworth BypassWarwick BypassLeicester Western Bypass
Plan a drive around it
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6 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
194
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.

  • national limit (60)98%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)2%

Runs past

  • Faldingworth·village·530 m
  • Wickenby·village·1.5 km
  • Snarford·hamlet·10 m
  • Friesthorpe·hamlet·10 m
  • Swinthorpe·hamlet·660 m
  • Cold Hanworth·hamlet·1.0 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Seven Districts Coffee House

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • website
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

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

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