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C70

Also runs asGlen Fruin RoadCranfield Road
Plan a drive around it
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30 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the C70 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
13.3 km
How curvy
Properly twisty
16% curviness — Tight, sustained bends — well above the average road.
Curvy metres
2,175
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 mph28%
  • 40 mph23%
  • national limit (60)47%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)2%

Runs past

  • Woburn Sands·town·630 m
  • Cranfield·village·10 m
  • Upper Shelton·village·10 m
  • Salford·village·10 m
  • Aspley Guise·village·370 m
  • Lower Shelton·village·500 m

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

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:Deep Blue

    Restaurant · 370 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 2 on the map:The Blue Orchid

    Restaurant · 410 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 3 on the map:The Swan

    Pub · 760 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • phone
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  • Pin 4 on the map:CSA Bar

    Pub · 920 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • hours listed
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  • Pin 5 on the map:The Red Lion Hotel

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • phone
    • website
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  • Pin 6 on the map:The Swan Salford

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • website
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The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

Part of 3 Twistly drives

None of them are public, so there is nothing to show — but the C70 is clearly worth a drive. Plan your own.

Near the C70

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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