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Scotland

Foss Road

C452

  • Water
  • Forest
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
9 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the C452 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
4.9 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
20% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
971
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 mph9%
  • national limit (60)91%

Runs past

  • Pitlochry·town·400 m
  • Port na Craig·village·10 m
  • Moulin·village·1.5 km
  • Kinnaird·village·1.9 km
  • Faskally·hamlet·990 m
  • Tenandry·hamlet·1.1 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Victoria's Restaurant

    Restaurant · 430 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Jessie's

    Café · 330 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Wee Choo Choo

    Restaurant · 480 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Pitlochry Boating Station

    Café · 140 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Coach House

    Pub · 490 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Auld Smiddy Inn

    Pub · 540 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the C452 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the C452

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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