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A498

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  • Forest
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52 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A498 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
23.1 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
17% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
3,847
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 mph5%
  • national limit (60)92%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)3%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 41% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the A498, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Porthmadog·town·1.6 km
  • Beddgelert·village·10 m
  • Prenteg·village·10 m
  • Tremadog·village·10 m
  • Nantmor·village·20 m
  • Penmorfa·village·990 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Golden Fleece Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Y Beudy

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Y Bistro yn yr Hebog

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Saracens Head

    Pub · 30 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Sygun Fawr

    Restaurant · 30 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Caffi Pen-y-Pass

    Café · 940 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A498 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A498

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.

A498 — Snowdonia | Twistly