B727
northern England
Relentlessly twisty· 25% curvy · 12 kmAmong the most tightly curved roads in the database.
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- Length
- 4.3 km
- How curvy
- Mostly straight
- 5% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
- Curvy metres
- 220
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 mph100%
Runs past
- Haslingden·town·140 m
- Accrington·town·520 m
- Rawtenstall·town·2.0 km
- Baxenden·village·10 m
- Rising Bridge·village·530 m
- Green Haworth·village·780 m
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:The Commercial Hotel
Pub · 340 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- accessible
- hours listed
- website
Pin 2 on the map:Abdullah's
Restaurant · 440 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- website
Pin 3 on the map:Avo Coffee
Café · 110 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- website
Pin 5 on the map:The Warners Arms
Pub · 280 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- accessible
Pin 6 on the map:The Creative Cactus
Café · 300 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- website
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the A680 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the A680
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 A680 · Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A680 · Paul Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A680 · Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0