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the Peak District

Snake Road

A57

  • Moorland
  • Forest
Plan a drive around it
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21 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
18.6 km
How curvy
Winding
12% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
2,141
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.

  • 50 mph100%

Runs past

  • Glossop·town·1.8 km
  • Ashopton·hamlet·620 m
  • Yorkshire Bridge·hamlet·1.6 km
  • Shirebrook Park·suburb·1.0 km
  • Old Glossop·suburb·1.3 km
  • Whitfield·suburb·2.0 km

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

Worth stopping at

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

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

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