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Crook Road

B5284

  • Forest
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5 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B5284 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
5.7 km
How curvy
Winding
15% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
837
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.

  • 40 mph100%

Runs past

  • Bowness on Windermere·town·950 m
  • Burneside·village·1.1 km
  • Winster·village·850 m
  • Crook·village·940 m
  • Bowston·village·1.3 km
  • Crosthwaite Green·village·2.0 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Villa Positano

    Restaurant · 880 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:The Village Inn

    Pub · 870 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Mela

    Restaurant · 920 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:The Hole in t' Wall

    Pub · 1000 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Mizumi

    Restaurant · 520 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Costa

    Café · 920 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B5284 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B5284

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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