Lakeland Waters via A592 and A5074
65 km
46%Curvy share
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- Length
- 7.3 km
- How curvy
- Properly twisty
- 23% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
- Curvy metres
- 1,688
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.
- national limit (60)100%
Runs past
- Hartsop·hamlet·140 m
- Troutbeck Park·hamlet·1.0 km
- Bridgend·hamlet·1.4 km
- Lane Head·hamlet·1.5 km
Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.
Worth stopping at
Pin 1 on the map:Kirkstone Pass Inn
Pub · 20 m from the road, approximately
- parking
- outdoor seating
Pin 2 on the map:Brotherswater Inn
Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately
- parking
Pin 5 on the map:Myers Head Lead Mine
Viewpoint · 670 m from the road, approximately
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.
Part of 11 Twistly drives
The public ones. The rest are private to the people who planned them.
Near the A592
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 A592 · Michael Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A592 · David Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0 
Near the A592 · mattbuck ( category ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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