B5470
Macclesfield Road · the Peak District
Winding· 16% curvy · 19 kmGenuine bends along it rather than long straights.
the Peak District
Long Hill
A5004
- Moorland
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- Length
- 8.2 km
- How curvy
- Properly twisty
- 19% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
- Curvy metres
- 1,539
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 mph13%
- 50 mph87%
Runs past
- Whaley Bridge·town·1.6 km
- Buxton·town·1.4 km
- Combs·village·420 m
- Burbage·village·900 m
- Kettleshulme·village·1.8 km
- Fernilee·hamlet·10 m
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:The Shady Oak Country Inn
Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
- website
Pin 2 on the map:Drum and Monkey
Pub · 630 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- real ale
- outdoor seating
Pin 3 on the map:The Beehive Inn
Pub · 390 m from the road, approximately
- parking
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
Part of 1 Twistly drive
None of them are public, so there is nothing to show — but the A5004 is clearly worth a drive. Plan your own.
Near the A5004
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.
Near the A5004 · Mel Stevens · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A5004 · Mel Stevens · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A5004 · Chris Wimbush · CC BY-SA 2.0