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the Peak District

Manchester Road

B5470

Also runs asMacclesfield Road
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6 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B5470 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
Gently winding
8% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
242
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 mph36%
  • 50 mph24%

Runs past

  • Chapel-en-le-Frith·town·420 m
  • Whaley Bridge·town·1.6 km
  • Combs·village·1.2 km
  • Buxworth·village·1.5 km
  • Whitehough·village·1.6 km
  • Wash·village·1.7 km

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Rems Cafe Bar & Restaurant

    Restaurant · 470 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 2 on the map:Coco Chapel

    Restaurant · 470 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 3 on the map:Deacon's Bank

    Restaurant · 370 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 4 on the map:Golden Dragon

    Restaurant · 630 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 5 on the map:The Mustard Seed

    Café · 860 m from the road, approximately

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

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Royal Oak

    Pub · 380 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B5470 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B5470

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.