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southern England

Wiveliscombe Road

B3227

Also runs asNew Road
Plan a drive around it
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16 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B3227 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
8.6 km
How curvy
Winding
14% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
1,172
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 mph43%
  • 40 mph8%
  • national limit (60)49%

Runs past

  • Cotford St. Luke·village·500 m
  • Norton Fitzwarren·village·10 m
  • Oake·village·360 m
  • Milverton·village·600 m
  • Hillfarrance·village·840 m
  • Staplegrove·village·910 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Cross Keys

    Pub · 80 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Chapel

    Pub · 450 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:The Anchor Inn

    Pub · 810 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Ring Of Bells

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • outdoor seating
    • website
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  • Pin 5 on the map:The Allerford Inn

    Pub · 520 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 6 on the map:Chapel Grounds

    Café · 450 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B3227 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B3227

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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