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southern England

Avening Road

B4014

  • Forest
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5 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B4014 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.7 km
How curvy
Relentlessly twisty
26% curviness — Among the most tightly curved roads in the database.
Curvy metres
967
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 mph6%
  • 40 mph17%
  • national limit (60)78%

Runs past

  • Minchinhampton·town·970 m
  • Nailsworth·town·140 m
  • Avening·village·460 m
  • Box·village·490 m
  • Amberley·village·1.5 km
  • Inchbrook·village·1.6 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Williams Kitchen

    Restaurant · 140 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Waterside Cafe

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Canteen

    Café · 130 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:Balti Nailsworth

    Restaurant · 140 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Amalfi

    Restaurant · 140 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Passage To India

    Restaurant · 200 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B4014 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B4014

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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