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A592

Kirkstone Pass

Also runs asPatterdale Road
  • Water
  • Moorland
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43 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A592 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
20.7 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
23% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
4,798
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 mph7%
  • 40 mph6%
  • national limit (60)83%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)5%

Runs past

  • Patterdale·village·10 m
  • Glenridding·village·10 m
  • Troutbeck·village·980 m
  • Dockray·village·1.5 km
  • Lane Head·hamlet·10 m
  • Troutbeck Park·hamlet·10 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:White Lion Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Queen's Head Hotel

    Pub · 150 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Patterdale Hotel

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:Fellbites

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:Aira Force Tearooms

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:Fairlight Cafe & Restaurant

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

Part of 19 Twistly drives

The public ones. The rest are private to the people who planned them.

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