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northern England

Main Road

B1242

Also runs asAldbrough RoadHornsea Road
  • Water
Plan a drive around it
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2 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B1242 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.2 km
How curvy
Gently winding
6% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
191
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%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 100% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the B1242, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Aldbrough·village·1.5 km
  • Cowden·hamlet·10 m
  • Mappleton·hamlet·1.3 km

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.

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