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northern England

Manchester Road

A58

Also runs asHalifax RoadRochdale RoadWhitehall RoadLiverpool RoadWetherby RoadMoss Bank WayEasterly RoadCrompton WayWigan RoadBolton RoadLeeds RoadBeaumont RoadPrescot BypassBury New Road
Plan a drive around it
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13 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
3.4 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
4% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
119
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.

  • 40 mph100%

Runs past

  • Rochdale·town·340 m
  • Castleton·village·840 m
  • Sudden·suburb·10 m
  • Deeplish·suburb·680 m
  • Marland·suburb·760 m
  • Spotland Bridge·suburb·940 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Asda Café

    Café · 80 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Nando's

    Restaurant · 470 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Pizza Hut

    Restaurant · 30 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Baum

    Pub · 440 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Copper Pot

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Le Feast

    Café · 520 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 A58 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A58

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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