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Liverpool Road

A58

Also runs asHalifax RoadRochdale RoadWhitehall RoadWetherby RoadMoss Bank WayEasterly RoadCrompton WayWigan RoadBolton RoadLeeds RoadBeaumont RoadPrescot BypassManchester RoadBury New Road
Plan a drive around it
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8 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A58 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
5.7 km
How curvy
Winding
11% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
620
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 mph53%
  • 40 mph47%

Runs past

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield·town·10 m
  • Hindley·town·120 m
  • Low Green·village·10 m
  • Platt Bridge·village·250 m
  • Haydock·village·610 m
  • Blackbrook·village·620 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Sir Thomas Gerard

    Pub · 230 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Il Sapore

    Restaurant · 150 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Mahabharat Restaurant

    Restaurant · 60 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Cupcakery

    Café · 70 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Coffee Shop

    Café · 90 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Green Cardamon

    Restaurant · 260 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A58 yet. Plan the first one.

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