B5289
the Lake District
Relentlessly twisty· 29% curvy · 30 kmAmong the most tightly curved roads in the database.
the Lake District
Park Brow
A5091
- Moorland
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- Length
- 3.0 km
- How curvy
- Properly twisty
- 24% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
- Curvy metres
- 727
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 (60)95%
- Other limits (each under 5%)5%
Runs past
- Dockray·village·10 m
- Matterdale End·village·1.0 km
- Ulcat Row·hamlet·920 m
- Dowthwaitehead·hamlet·1.9 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:The Royal Hotel
Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- website
Pin 2 on the map:Aira Force Tearooms
Café · 20 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the A5091 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the A5091
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 A5091 · Douglas Gemmell · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A5091 · Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A5091 · Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0