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B6480

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38 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B6480 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
13.1 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
18% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
2,297
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 mph25%
  • 40 mph7%
  • 50 mph10%
  • national limit (60)58%

Runs past

  • High Bentham·town·10 m
  • Wennington·village·10 m
  • Low Bentham·village·40 m
  • Wray·village·80 m
  • Hornby·village·390 m
  • Melling·village·1.6 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Bridge House Farm Tearooms

    Café · 320 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
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  • Pin 2 on the map:G & Mo's

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Coach House Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Pizza @ 21

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
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  • Pin 5 on the map:Horse and Farrier

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
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  • Pin 6 on the map:Sun Dial Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B6480 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B6480

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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