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Atherstone Bypass

A5

Also runs asWatling StreetFfordd CaergybiDunstable Northern BypassLondon RoadTowcester Relief RoadEdgware RoadHints BypassFazeley-Two Gates-Wilnecote BypassHolyhead RoadWall Bypass
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7 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A5 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.6 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
2% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
79
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 (70)95%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)5%

Runs past

  • Atherstone·town·10 m
  • Mancetter·village·260 m
  • Witherley·village·480 m
  • Ratcliffe Culey·village·1.0 km
  • Whittington·hamlet·840 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Oriental Chef

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Herbs & Spice

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Artigiano

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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    • hours listed
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  • Pin 4 on the map:The Blue Boar Inn

    Pub · 90 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
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    • website
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  • Pin 5 on the map:The Old Swan

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • phone
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  • Pin 6 on the map:White Horse

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A5 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A5

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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