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northern England

B1223

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34 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B1223 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
17.6 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
16% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
2,868
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 mph17%
  • national limit (60)83%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 73% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the B1223, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Selby·town·280 m
  • Wistow·village·10 m
  • Cawood·village·10 m
  • Ulleskelf·village·90 m
  • Bolton Percy·village·140 m
  • Towton·village·290 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Barco Lounge

    Restaurant · 250 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Mr. Gyros

    Restaurant · 380 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Sapori 74

    Restaurant · 210 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:Regency

    Restaurant · 270 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Black Swan

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Giant Bellflower

    Pub · 70 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B1223 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B1223

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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