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Watling Street

A5

Also runs asFfordd CaergybiDunstable Northern BypassLondon RoadTowcester Relief RoadEdgware RoadHints BypassFazeley-Two Gates-Wilnecote BypassAtherstone BypassHolyhead RoadWall Bypass
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328 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
137.6 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
2% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
2,908
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.

  • 40 mph9%
  • 50 mph25%
  • national limit (60)45%
  • national limit (70)18%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)3%

Runs past

  • Hinckley·town·1.5 km
  • Towcester·town·990 m
  • Stony Stratford·town·1.7 km
  • Shifnal·town·780 m
  • Fenny Stratford·town·1.6 km
  • Atherstone·town·1.1 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Canalside Restaurant

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Zaazu

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Super Sausage

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Blue Boar Inn

    Pub · 310 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Bull's Head

    Pub · 420 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • hours listed
    • 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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