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the Peak District

B5470

Macclesfield Road

Also runs asManchester Road
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
47 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B5470 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
19.3 km
How curvy
Winding
16% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
3,002
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 mph44%
  • 40 mph11%
  • 50 mph45%

Runs past

  • Chapel-en-le-Frith·town·10 m
  • Whaley Bridge·town·730 m
  • Macclesfield·town·320 m
  • Kettleshulme·village·10 m
  • Wash·village·1.2 km
  • Combs·village·1.2 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Coco Chapel

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Rems Cafe Bar & Restaurant

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Elaf

    Restaurant · 210 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Costa

    Café · 360 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Caffè Nero

    Café · 370 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Tempranillo

    Restaurant · 420 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

Part of 5 Twistly drives

The public ones. The rest are private to the people who planned them.

Near the B5470

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.

B5470 Macclesfield Road — the Peak District | Twistly