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the north-west Highlands

C1091

  • Water
  • Forest
Plan a drive around it
Length
15.3 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
21% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
3,257
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

  • Shieldaig·village·20 m
  • Diabaig·village·10 m
  • Inveralligin·village·1.1 km
  • Fearnbeag·hamlet·10 m
  • Kenmore·hamlet·10 m
  • Ardheslaig·hamlet·10 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Nanny's

    Café · 90 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • accessible
    • hours listed
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  • Pin 2 on the map:Shieldaig Bar and Coastal Kitchen

    Pub · 30 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • phone
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  • Pin 3 on the map:Viewpoint

    10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
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  • Pin 4 on the map:Gille Brighde

    Restaurant · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 5 on the map:Bealach na Gaoithe Viewpoint

    Viewpoint · 10 m from the road, approximately

    Open in Google Maps ↗
  • Pin 6 on the map:Loch Diabaigas Airde Viewpoint

    Viewpoint · 10 m from the road, approximately

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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the C1091 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the C1091

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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