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northern England

Rise Road

B1243

Plan a drive around it
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3 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B1243 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.8 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
16% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
791
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 mph8%
  • national limit (60)92%

Speed limits are inferred from road class for 92% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the B1243, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Skirlaugh·village·300 m
  • Sigglesthorne·village·190 m
  • Long Riston·village·990 m
  • Catwick·village·1.3 km
  • Rise·hamlet·10 m
  • Little Catwick·hamlet·980 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 B1243 yet. Plan the first one.

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