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Appleby Road

B6259

Also runs asNateby Road
Plan a drive around it
© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap
5 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the B6259 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
3.3 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
22% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
741
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)96%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)4%

Runs past

  • Kirkby Stephen·town·750 m
  • Great Musgrave·village·590 m
  • Winton·village·1.1 km
  • Hartley·village·1.2 km
  • Soulby·village·1.6 km
  • Little Musgrave·hamlet·590 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Century

    Restaurant · 760 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • hours listed
    • phone
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 2 on the map:Old Forge Micropub

    Pub · 630 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Beagle's Bakes and Baguettes

    Café · 640 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 4 on the map:The Mulberry Bush

    Café · 830 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
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  • Pin 5 on the map:Black Bull Hotel

    Pub · 830 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 6 on the map:The White Hare Cafe

    Café · 840 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • hours listed
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the B6259 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the B6259

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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