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the Peak District

Monyash Road

B5055

Plan a drive around it
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5 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B5055 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
5.0 km
How curvy
Winding
15% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
752
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 mph7%
  • national limit (60)93%

Runs past

  • Bakewell·town·390 m
  • Over Haddon·village·10 m
  • Ashford in the Water·village·660 m
  • Youlgrave·village·1.8 km
  • Sheldon·hamlet·120 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Manners

    Pub · 390 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Gallery Cafe

    Café · 410 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Lathkil Hotel

    Pub · 140 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Lavendar Tea Rooms

    Café · 300 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Eastern Court

    Restaurant · 430 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Wheatsheaf

    Pub · 440 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B5055 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B5055

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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