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B6051

Plan a drive around it
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37 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B6051 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
11.6 km
How curvy
Winding
15% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
1,756
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 mph35%
  • 40 mph7%
  • 50 mph38%
  • national limit (60)19%

Runs past

  • Chesterfield·town·370 m
  • Barlow Common·village·10 m
  • Barlow·village·10 m
  • Cutthorpe·village·270 m
  • Bolehill·village·720 m
  • Holmesfield·village·1.0 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Portland Hotel

    Pub · 330 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • real ale
    • outdoor seating
    • toilets
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Peacock

    Pub · 70 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Caffè Nero

    Café · 370 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Spread Eagle

    Pub · 470 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Cafe Nellie

    Café · 940 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Moorlands

    Restaurant · 30 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

Part of 7 Twistly drives

None of them are public, so there is nothing to show — but the B6051 is clearly worth a drive. Plan your own.

Near the B6051

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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