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Manchester Road

A57

Also runs asSnake RoadLiverpool RoadHyde RoadWarrington RoadWorksop RoadMosborough ParkwaySankey WaySaxilby RoadMottram RoadEast Prescot RoadCadishead WaySheffield ParkwayAston BypassSheffield Road
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88 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A57 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
27.5 km
How curvy
Gently winding
8% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
2,164
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 mph23%
  • 40 mph14%
  • 50 mph63%

Runs past

  • Warrington·town·620 m
  • Partington·town·1.4 km
  • Denton·town·70 m
  • Hyde·town·330 m
  • Audenshaw·town·1.4 km
  • Lymm·village·1.9 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Sportsman

    Pub · 70 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Punch Bowl

    Pub · 540 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Proove

    Restaurant · 40 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Frankie & Benny's

    Restaurant · 90 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:La Vaca

    Restaurant · 150 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Bon

    Café · 160 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A57 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A57

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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