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Denby Dale Road

A636

Also runs asWakefield Road
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39 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A636 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
12.3 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
5% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
671
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 mph29%
  • 40 mph39%
  • national limit (60)32%

Runs past

  • Wakefield·city·600 m
  • Calder Grove·village·10 m
  • Durkar·village·40 m
  • Great Cliff·village·200 m
  • West Bretton·village·270 m
  • Crigglestone·village·590 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Tea Tree Café

    Café · 620 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Grind Coffee Lounge

    Café · 670 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:Muffin Break

    Café · 700 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:Mimik Sushi

    Restaurant · 710 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Panda Mami

    Restaurant · 810 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Little Lotus

    Restaurant · 810 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A636 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A636

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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