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the Scottish Borders

Yieldshields Road

B7056

Also runs asBraidwood Road
  • Moorland
Plan a drive around it
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7 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B7056 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape.
Length
6.7 km
How curvy
Winding
12% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
834
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 mph13%
  • 40 mph8%
  • national limit (60)79%

Runs past

  • Carluke·town·2.0 km
  • Yieldshields·village·10 m
  • Kilncadzow·village·1.1 km
  • Lee Meadow·hamlet·1.9 km
  • Roadmeetings·suburb·30 m
  • Crawforddyke·suburb·1.4 km

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

No Twistly drives use the B7056 yet. Plan the first one.

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