B727
northern England
Relentlessly twisty· 25% curvy · 12 kmAmong the most tightly curved roads in the database.
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- Length
- 5.4 km
- How curvy
- Mostly straight
- 2% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
- Curvy metres
- 106
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.
- national limit (60)72%
- national limit (70)28%
Runs past
- Dalkeith·town·1.8 km
- Cousland·village·400 m
- Whitecraig·village·990 m
- Old Craighall·village·1.0 km
- Millerhill·village·1.2 km
- Easthouses·village·1.7 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 5 on the map:The Coffee Cabin
Café · 980 m from the road, approximately
- hours listed
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the A68 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the A68
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.
Near the A68 · Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A68 · Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A68 · M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0