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B1029

Plan a drive around it
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66 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B1029 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
23.4 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
16% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
3,799
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 mph40%
  • 40 mph38%
  • national limit (60)22%

Runs past

  • Brightlingsea·town·10 m
  • Ardleigh·village·10 m
  • Frating·village·10 m
  • Great Bromley·village·20 m
  • Dedham·village·70 m
  • Stratford St Mary·village·220 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Lion Of Bengal

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

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    • hours listed
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Waterside Fish & Chips

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
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    • hours listed
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    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:The Marlborough Dedham

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

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  • Pin 4 on the map:The Sun Inn

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
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    • hours listed
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    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Boathouse

    Restaurant · 30 m from the road, approximately

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    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Essex Rose

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

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    • hours listed
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    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

Part of 1 Twistly drive

None of them are public, so there is nothing to show — but the B1029 is clearly worth a drive. Plan your own.

Near the B1029

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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