A482
west Wales and the south-west
Winding· 15% curvy · 16 kmGenuine bends along it rather than long straights.
west Wales and the south-west
Teignmouth Road
A379
- Water
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- Length
- 8.2 km
- How curvy
- Properly twisty
- 20% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
- Curvy metres
- 1,635
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 mph46%
- 40 mph28%
- national limit (60)26%
Runs past
- Dawlish·town·510 m
- Teignmouth·town·1.4 km
- Holcombe·village·140 m
- Shaldon·village·560 m
- Stokeinteignhead·village·780 m
- Ringmore·village·930 m
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:Thatched Tavern Inn
Pub · 220 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
- website
Pin 2 on the map:The Castle Inn
Pub · 280 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
Pin 3 on the map:Cafe Rio
Café · 390 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- hours listed
Pin 4 on the map:Brunswick Arms
Pub · 570 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- phone
- website
Pin 5 on the map:The Shed Sandwich Bar
Café · 700 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- food
- outdoor seating
- phone
Pin 6 on the map:Gulliver's
Café · 780 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- outdoor seating
- hours listed
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.
Near the A379 · Rob Purvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A379 · Rob Purvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A379 · Phil Sangwell from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0