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west Wales and the south-west

New Barnstaple Road

B3230

  • Water
  • Forest
Plan a drive around it
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6 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B3230 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.5 km
How curvy
Relentlessly twisty
28% curviness — Among the most tightly curved roads in the database.
Curvy metres
977
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 83% of this stretch — nobody has mapped a limit on those parts of the B3230, so the national limit for the class is assumed.

Runs past

  • Ilfracombe·town·840 m
  • Berrynarbor·village·1.7 km
  • Lower Mullacott·hamlet·1.2 km
  • Hele·suburb·660 m
  • Slade·suburb·1.1 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Thatched Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:The Lime Kiln Cafe

    Café · 70 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Giovanni & Luca

    Restaurant · 450 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Admiral Collingwood

    Pub · 480 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Little Mama‘s

    Café · 880 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:George & Dragon

    Pub · 320 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B3230 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B3230

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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