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northern England

Low Road

A846

Also runs asThe Long Road
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10 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A846 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
13.4 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
1% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
127
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)99%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)1%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 100% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the A846, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Bowmore·town·240 m
  • Glenegedale·village·1.2 km
  • Ballivicar·hamlet·440 m
  • Cornabus·hamlet·620 m
  • Imeraval·hamlet·1.3 km
  • Gartnatra·hamlet·1.5 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Taj Mahal

    Restaurant · 200 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Peatzeria

    Restaurant · 230 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Golden Dragon

    Restaurant · 230 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Cottage Cafe

    Café · 150 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Islay Bakery

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Munchie Box

    Café · 20 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A846 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A846

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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