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northern England

Wigan Road

A49

Also runs asTarporley RoadPreston RoadWarrington RoadWhitchurch RoadNewton RoadLudlow RoadWestwood WayWinwick RoadShrewsbury RoadWinwick Link RoadLondon RoadLudlow Bypass
Plan a drive around it
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50 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A49 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
11.8 km
How curvy
Gently winding
8% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
923
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 mph61%
  • 40 mph23%
  • 50 mph16%

Runs past

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield·town·430 m
  • Leyland·town·1.3 km
  • Standish·village·470 m
  • Euxton·village·10 m
  • Clayton-le-Woods·village·40 m
  • Bryn·village·210 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Papa Luigis

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Sir Thomas Gerard

    Pub · 140 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:Tiggis Xpress

    Restaurant · 850 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:Bath Springs

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Il Sapore

    Restaurant · 230 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Owls at Standish

    Restaurant · 600 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A49 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A49

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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