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Barnet Lane

A411

Also runs asBarnet Road
  • Forest
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9 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A411 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.1 km
How curvy
Winding
16% curviness — Genuine bends along it rather than long straights.
Curvy metres
479
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 mph50%
  • 40 mph46%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)4%

Runs past

  • Borehamwood·town·810 m
  • Elstree·village·80 m
  • Barnet Gate·village·880 m
  • Rowley Green·village·1.1 km
  • Arkley·village·1.3 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Starbucks

    Café · 820 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Costa

    Café · 940 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Plough

    Pub · 90 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Nando's

    Restaurant · 830 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Brick Lane Bagel Co.

    Café · 860 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Pick & Shovel

    Pub · 960 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 A411 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A411

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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