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Scotland

Gallanach Road

C34

  • Water
  • Moorland
Plan a drive around it
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4 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the C34 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.6 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
23% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
825
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.

  • 20 mph5%
  • 30 mph19%
  • national limit (60)76%

Runs past

  • Oban·town·520 m
  • Balliemore·hamlet·10 m
  • Lag-na-Keil·hamlet·1.9 km
  • Kilbride·hamlet·2.0 km
  • Glenshellach·suburb·70 m
  • Pulpit Hill·suburb·140 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Corryvreckan

    Pub · 420 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Oban Chocolate Company

    Café · 710 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • accessible
    • hours listed
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Coast

    Restaurant · 700 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Taj Mahal

    Restaurant · 810 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Waterfront Fishouse Restaurant

    Restaurant · 380 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:Costa

    Café · 490 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the C34 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the C34

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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