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Penzance Road

B3283

Plan a drive around it
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4 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B3283 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.3 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
19% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
618
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 mph9%
  • national limit (60)91%

Runs past

  • St. Buryan·village·30 m
  • Lower Drift·village·1.0 km
  • Sancreed·village·1.5 km
  • Catchall·hamlet·10 m
  • Brane·hamlet·1.2 km
  • Crows-an-wra·hamlet·1.5 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:St Buryan Inn

    Pub · 30 m from the road, approximately

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

No Twistly drives use the B3283 yet. Plan the first one.

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