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northern England

Whitehall Road

A58

Also runs asHalifax RoadRochdale RoadLiverpool RoadWetherby RoadMoss Bank WayEasterly RoadCrompton WayWigan RoadBolton RoadLeeds RoadBeaumont RoadPrescot BypassManchester RoadBury New Road
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28 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
12.5 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
5% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
662
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 mph26%
  • 40 mph53%
  • 50 mph11%
  • national limit (60)10%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)2%

Runs past

  • Pudsey·town·1.9 km
  • Cleckheaton·town·1.6 km
  • Gildersome·village·10 m
  • Drighlington·village·10 m
  • Scholes·village·70 m
  • Adwalton·village·280 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Galleria

    Restaurant · 830 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Spotted Cow

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • outdoor seating
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Prashad

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Ego at The Wyke Lion

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
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  • Pin 5 on the map:The Old White Beare

    Pub · 460 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
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  • Pin 6 on the map:Sun Inn

    Pub · 530 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
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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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