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Blaenavon Road

B4246

Also runs asVarteg Road
  • Moorland
  • Forest
Plan a drive around it
Length
5.3 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
16% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
850
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.

  • national limit (60)100%

Runs past

  • Abergavenny·town·1.9 km
  • Blaenavon·town·880 m
  • Gilwern·village·100 m
  • Llanfoist·village·490 m
  • Govilon·village·10 m
  • Clydach·village·440 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Corn Exchange

    Pub · 400 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 2 on the map:Brewers Fayre

    Pub · 900 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 3 on the map:World Heritage Centre cafe

    Café · 910 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 4 on the map:Rehmat Spice

    Restaurant · 960 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 5 on the map:Costa

    Café · 980 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 6 on the map:The Beaufort

    Pub · 80 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B4246 yet. Plan the first one.

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