A498
Snowdonia
Properly twisty· 17% curvy · 23 kmTight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Snowdonia
Hen Durnpike
B4409
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- Length
- 4.9 km
- How curvy
- Properly twisty
- 18% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
- Curvy metres
- 867
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 mph37%
- 30 mph14%
- 40 mph37%
- national limit (60)12%
Runs past
- Bethesda·town·530 m
- Tregarth·village·10 m
- Braichmelyn·village·100 m
- Glasinfryn·village·840 m
- Rachub·village·1.3 km
- Mynydd Llandygái·village·1.4 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:Tŷ Isaf
Pub · 430 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
- phone
Pin 2 on the map:Douglas Arms
Pub · 490 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
Pin 3 on the map:Cosyn Cymru
Restaurant · 220 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- phone
Pin 4 on the map:Shirin's Indian Restaurant
Restaurant · 390 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
Pin 5 on the map:Y Tryfan
Restaurant · 410 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the B4409 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the B4409
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.
Near the B4409 · Meirion · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the B4409 · John Firth · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the B4409 · Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0