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northern England

Wakefield Road

A642

Also runs asAberford Road
Plan a drive around it
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52 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A642 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
15.7 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
4% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
699
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 mph14%
  • 40 mph41%
  • 50 mph27%
  • national limit (60)18%

Runs past

  • Garforth·town·150 m
  • Rothwell·town·1.6 km
  • Swillington·village·50 m
  • Lascelles Hall·village·140 m
  • Grange Moor·village·180 m
  • Flockton·village·200 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Miller & Carter

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:The New Masons Arms

    Pub · 360 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Two Pointers

    Pub · 830 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Midland Hotel

    Pub · 990 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Zoya

    Restaurant · 840 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:New Spice House

    Restaurant · 260 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A642 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A642

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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