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Patterdale Road

A592

Also runs asKirkstone Pass
  • Forest
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
15 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A592 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.7 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
18% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
872
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 mph52%
  • 40 mph48%

Runs past

  • Windermere·town·880 m
  • Troutbeck·village·20 m
  • Troutbeck Bridge·village·110 m
  • The Common·hamlet·1.2 km
  • High Borrans·hamlet·1.7 km
  • Troutbeck Park·hamlet·2.0 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Treasure Mountain

    Restaurant · 880 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Queen's Head Hotel

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Sun Inn

    Pub · 80 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Elleray

    Pub · 890 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Pie & Pint

    Pub · 900 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Crafty Baa

    Pub · 900 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

Part of 1 Twistly drive

None of them are public, so there is nothing to show — but the A592 is clearly worth a drive. Plan your own.

Near the A592

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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