Motorbike roads in the Lake District

The bendiest is Hardknott Pass: 79 bends in 4.6 km. 20 stretches below, best first, each with a GPX track.

  4. No. 4B5285, North Lonsdale Road

    B road, between Coniston and Windermere and Bowness

    Length
    11.4 km
    Bends
    77 (6.8 per km)
    In the park
    100%

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  5. No. 5B5343, Rossett Bridge

    B road, between Ambleside and Grasmere

    Length
    7.9 km
    Bends
    68 (8.6 per km)
    In the park
    100%

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  7. No. 7A593, Hollow West

    A road, between Ambleside and Coniston

    Length
    25.2 km
    Bends
    153 (6.1 per km)
    In the park
    100%

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  10. No. 10Underbarrow Road

    Minor road, near Windermere and Bowness

    Length
    4.1 km
    Bends
    29 (7.1 per km)
    In the park
    100%

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  11. No. 11A591, Rydal Road

    A road (trunk), between Grasmere and Ambleside

    Length
    4.2 km
    Bends
    28 (6.7 per km)
    In the park
    100%

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  13. No. 13A5074, Lyth Valley Road

    A road, near Windermere and Bowness

    Length
    13.9 km
    Bends
    58 (4.2 per km)
    In the park
    98%

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  15. No. 15A592, Kirkstone Pass

    A road, between Windermere and Bowness and Glenridding

    Length
    35.8 km
    Bends
    162 (4.5 per km)
    In the park
    100%

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  17. No. 17A684, Singleton Park Road

    A road (trunk), near Windermere and Bowness

    Length
    6 km
    Bends
    33 (5.5 per km)
    In the park
    0%

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How the roads are ranked

Only the road's shape and class count, the same rule for every road and park. Each bend is measured by its radius in OpenStreetMap: under 30 m a hairpin, then tight, a bend, gentle; wider than 175 m is a straight. Streets signed 30 mph or less earn nothing. The stretch is cut where the bends stop coming. It is ranked on how bendy it is (55%), the class of road (20%: A and B roads in full, minor roads 70%, lanes 35%), how long it runs, up to 12 km (15%), and how much of it is inside the park (10%). One-way roads and roundabouts are left out. Nobody picks the roads by hand.

Roads: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), read 29 October 2026. Check closures and conditions before you ride; single-track passes have steep gradients and passing places.