B5289
the Lake District
Relentlessly twisty· 29% curvy · 30 kmAmong the most tightly curved roads in the database.
the Lake District
Whinlatter Pass
B5292
- Moorland
- Forest
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- Length
- 5.5 km
- How curvy
- Properly twisty
- 19% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
- Curvy metres
- 1,025
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)100%
Runs past
- Braithwaite·village·60 m
- Thornthwaite·village·610 m
- Portinscale·village·1.7 km
- Little Braithwaite·hamlet·840 m
- Ullock·hamlet·1.3 km
- Powter How·hamlet·1.4 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:The Cottage in the Wood
Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
- website
Pin 2 on the map:Middle Ruddings
Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- phone
Pin 3 on the map:Coledale Inn
Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
- website
Pin 4 on the map:Cafe Ambio
Café · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- accessible
- hours listed
Pin 5 on the map:Jasper's
Café · 90 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
Pin 6 on the map:Tea Shop
Café · 480 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
- website
The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
No Twistly drives use the B5292 yet. Plan the first one.
Near the B5292
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 B5292 · DM McAtamney · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the B5292 · Harold Potts · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the B5292 · Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0