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Brimstage Road

A5137

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10 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A5137 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.9 km
How curvy
Winding
15% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
729
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.

  • 30 mph35%
  • 50 mph61%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)4%

Runs past

  • Heswall·town·980 m
  • Bebington·town·1.7 km
  • Brimstage·village·10 m
  • Gayton·village·790 m
  • Thornton Hough·village·860 m
  • Barnston·village·1.0 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Prense Well

    Pub · 890 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 2 on the map:The Beer Lab

    Pub · 460 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Coast

    Restaurant · 630 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Beacon Coffee Shop

    Café · 650 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Vecino

    Restaurant · 670 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Glegg Arms

    Restaurant · 30 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A5137 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A5137

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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