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Skipton Road

B6265

Also runs asHebden RoadBradford RoadKeighley RoadLauradale LaneBoroughbridge RoadGrassington RoadBlazefield BankLong LaneYork Road
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11 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B6265 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.4 km
How curvy
Mostly straight
4% curviness — Gentle bends at most, averaged along its length.
Curvy metres
134
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 mph85%
  • national limit (60)15%

Runs past

  • Keighley·town·1.1 km
  • Glusburn·village·1.2 km
  • Steeton·village·30 m
  • Eastburn·village·200 m
  • Crosshills·village·410 m
  • Sutton·village·1.1 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 820 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Livery Rooms

    Pub · 870 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:The Inn at Eastburn

    Pub · 260 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Balti House

    Restaurant · 870 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
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  • Pin 5 on the map:Chop Wok Express

    Restaurant · 930 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 6 on the map:The Cavendish

    Pub · 940 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    • phone
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B6265 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B6265

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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