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southern England

Lighthouse Road

B4239

Also runs asSt Brides RoadWentloog Road
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Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
8 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B4239 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.9 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
19% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
755
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.

  • 20 mph21%
  • 30 mph14%
  • 50 mph66%

Runs past

  • Saint Bride's Wentlooge·hamlet·150 m
  • Duffryn·suburb·60 m
  • Maesglas·suburb·170 m
  • Coedkernew·suburb·1.1 km
  • Gaer·suburb·1.1 km
  • Stelvio·suburb·1.5 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Duffryn Arms

    Pub · 400 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Wai Wai Chinese Takeaway

    Restaurant · 470 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 960 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Stonehouse

    Pub · 30 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Muffler

    Pub · 340 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Elegance’s Café

    Café · 500 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

Part of 1 Twistly drive

None of them are public, so there is nothing to show — but the B4239 is clearly worth a drive. Plan your own.

Near the B4239

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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