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Styal Road

B5166

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22 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B5166 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
6.3 km
How curvy
Gently winding
10% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
620
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 mph55%
  • 40 mph45%

Runs past

  • Cheadle·town·1.4 km
  • Wilmslow·town·600 m
  • Wythenshawe·town·770 m
  • Styal·village·260 m
  • Heald Green·village·390 m
  • Gatley·village·470 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Caffè Nero

    Café · 530 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Zumuku Sushi

    Restaurant · 550 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Unico Lounge

    Restaurant · 600 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Petit Delice

    Café · 600 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 610 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Costa

    Café · 660 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B5166 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B5166

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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