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west Wales and the south-west

Babbacombe Road

A379

Also runs asTeignmouth RoadBridge RoadExeter RoadElburton RoadBillacombe Road
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9 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A379 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.3 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
19% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
623
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 mph100%

Runs past

  • Torquay·town·10 m
  • Babbacombe·suburb·10 m
  • Wellswood·suburb·10 m
  • St Marychurch·suburb·220 m
  • Plainmoor·suburb·490 m
  • Ellacombe·suburb·490 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Zoo Cafe

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Yum Sing

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Maha-Bharat

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:East in the West

    Restaurant · 20 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Las Iguanas

    Restaurant · 810 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Buccaneer Inn

    Pub · 30 m from the road, approximately

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

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A379 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A379

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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