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northern England

Dewsbury Road

A653

Also runs asLeeds Road
Plan a drive around it
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58 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A653 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
13.3 km
How curvy
Gently winding
7% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
894
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.

  • 20 mph5%
  • 30 mph12%
  • 40 mph54%
  • national limit (70)29%

Runs past

  • Leeds·city·880 m
  • Morley·town·1.4 km
  • Woodkirk·village·10 m
  • Tingley·village·460 m
  • Churwell·village·1.3 km
  • Beggarington Hill·hamlet·660 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 280 m from the road, approximately

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    • hours listed
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    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 2 on the map:Laynes

    Café · 640 m from the road, approximately

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    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:Pho

    Restaurant · 850 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Pizza Punks

    Restaurant · 880 m from the road, approximately

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    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Maki & Ramen

    Restaurant · 890 m from the road, approximately

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    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Olive & Rye

    Café · 990 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A653 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A653

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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