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the Scottish Borders

A72

Lanark Road

Also runs asBiggar Road
  • Water
  • Forest
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61 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A72 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
23.0 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
19% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
4,470
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 mph41%
  • 40 mph38%
  • 50 mph21%

Runs past

  • Hamilton·town·180 m
  • Wishaw·town·2.0 km
  • Larkhall·town·760 m
  • Lanark·town·740 m
  • Kirkfieldbank·village·10 m
  • Dalserf·village·10 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Mushtaq's

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Asda Café

    Café · 40 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Costa

    Café · 830 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 30 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Oruam

    Restaurant · 200 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Stonehouse

    Pub · 230 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A72 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A72

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.