A592
Kirkstone Pass · the Lake District
Properly twisty· 23% curvy · 21 kmTight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
the Lake District
Honister Pass
B5289
- Moorland
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- Length
- 6.2 km
- How curvy
- Relentlessly twisty
- 41% curviness — Among the most tightly curved roads in the database.
- Curvy metres
- 2,536
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)96%
- Other limits (each under 5%)4%
Runs past
- Seatoller·village·10 m
- Borrowdale·village·1.3 km
- Rosthwaite·village·1.5 km
- Gatesgarth·hamlet·10 m
- Longthwaite·hamlet·1.1 km
- Seathwaite·hamlet·1.2 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:The Yew Tree Pub
Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the B5289 yet. Plan the first one.