B727
northern England
Relentlessly twisty· 25% curvy · 12 kmAmong the most tightly curved roads in the database.
- Length
- 4.1 km
- How curvy
- Properly twisty
- 20% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
- Curvy metres
- 840
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)100%
Runs past
- Garton·hamlet·10 m
- Grimston·hamlet·10 m
- Fitling·hamlet·10 m
- Hilston·hamlet·420 m
- Owstwick·hamlet·560 m
- East Newton·hamlet·690 m
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the B1242 yet. Plan the first one.