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Pexhill Road

B5392

Also runs asSalters Lane
Plan a drive around it
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4 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B5392 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
5.9 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
17% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
988
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

  • Gawsworth·village·1000 m
  • Henbury·village·10 m
  • Siddington·village·390 m
  • Marton·village·1.5 km
  • Pexhill·hamlet·10 m
  • Capesthorne·hamlet·910 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Bulls Head

    Pub · 110 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Ivy Leaf

    Pub · 520 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Pack Horse

    Pub · 40 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Blacksmiths Arms

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
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  • Pin 5 on the map:Balti Raj Restaurant & Takeaway

    Restaurant · 180 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
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  • Pin 6 on the map:The Rising Sun

    Pub · 700 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B5392 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B5392

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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