01 · Explore
Find the roads worth driving
Every road in the UK and Ireland, scored on how good it is to drive. The best light up wherever you look, from Highland passes to the lane behind the village.
Roads worth driving · UK and Ireland
Take the
long way.
Find the good roads, and the drives that link them.
The best driving roads in the UK and Ireland on one map, drives to follow from people who know them, and a planner for your own.
Get an early inviteWhat you can do
Find a road. Follow a drive. Plan your own.
02 · Drives
Follow a drive someone loved
Drives planned by people who know the roads, with every stop, every bend and the story of the day. Open one on your phone and go.
03 · Plan
Plan your own, or have it planned
Drop a few stops and we'll find the good roads between them. Or describe the day you're after, and we'll plan a drive made to measure.
Get an early invite
Planning's by invite while we're new.
The idea
Most maps are built to save you time. Ours is built to spend it well.
- The pass, not the bypass
- The café worth the detour
- The layby everyone pulls into
Starting at home: the UK and Ireland
Roads on our list: Bealach na Bà, Hardknott Pass, Black Mountain Pass, Causeway Coastal Route, Buttertubs Pass, A82 through Glencoe, Snake Pass, Wild Atlantic Way, Cat and Fiddle, Horseshoe Pass, Healy Pass, Cheddar Gorge, Llanberis Pass, North Coast 500, Atlantic Highway, Mourne Mountains
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The top of The Struggle
Kirkstone Pass
3.2 miles from Ambleside1,490 ftThe highest pass in the Lake District you can drive.
Plan
Plan it like you'd drive it.
Most route planners want the fastest way. This one wants the best one: the roads you'd pick if you knew them, and the stops that make the day.
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Finding the roads…
6.5 miles longer, 14% less on A-roads, 33 more bends, 217 ft more climbing.
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The Lakes loop
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Two stops, and the instruments come alive.
Twistiest on Honister Pass, where the hatching's thickest.
Route settingsTouring · Car
DoneRoads to look for
Gentle and scenic: steady roads, no surprises.
What you're driving
CarClassicBikeCaravan
Road book
- 1Ambleside
3.2 mi · 4m
Kirkstone Road, The Struggle, A592 Kirkstone Pass
- 2Kirkstone Pass
6.0 mi · 9m
A592 Kirkstone Pass
- 3Glenridding
16.1 mi · 20m
A592, A5091, A66
+3
- 4Keswick
9.1 mi · 17m
B5289 Honister Pass
+1
0.0Myers Street0.1Church Street0.2St John's Street0.2Derwent Street - 5Honister Pass
4.3 mi · 5m
B5289 Honister Pass
- 6Buttermere
22.2 mi · 31m
Newlands Pass, Newlands Hause, A591
+10
- 7Grasmere
3.6 mi · 6m
A591
+2
- Back to Ambleside
01
Drop your stops.
Mark where you'll start on the map, then where you're going. Or search for a place, or start from right where you are.
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It finds the real roads.
Pencil lines become roads you'd actually want to drive, inked in as they're found, while the miles, the time and the bends roll up.
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Say how you want to drive.
Touring, Spirited or Back roads. Turn the dial and the drive changes with it, then tells you how.
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Say what you're driving.
A car, a classic, a bike or a caravan in tow. Width, height and weight limits come with it, and a caravan keeps to steadier roads.
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A road book that writes itself.
Every junction that matters, drawn the way a rally navigator draws it, with the road it joins and where the signs point.
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See the road before you're on it.
How much it climbs, how steep it gets and where it twists, on a strip you can scrub along. Then press play and fly it.
Ask
Describe the day. We'll find the roads.
Tell us where you're starting, how long you've got and who's in the passenger seat. We know the roads, the views and the good lunch stops, and every route we suggest is checked against real roads before you see it.
Describe the day
Saturday from Cheltenham. Two hours, twisty but nothing silly, Mum's coming. Somewhere good for lunch.
Plan my driveExampleMade to measure
The Five Valleys Loop
39.2 mi · 1h 26m driving · 2,034 ft climbed · from Cheltenham
| Miles | Stop, and why |
|---|---|
| 17.4 | Rodborough CommonBig skies over the valleys. Worth pulling in for. |
| 19.1 | The Old LodgeLunch, as asked. Book ahead at weekends. |
| 21.1 | The W, NailsworthTight hairpins. Take them gently with a passenger. |
| 28.8 | PainswickHome through the Queen of the Cotswolds. |
Then it opens in the planner: add a stop, turn the dial or drag a road.
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The steep bit
Honister Pass
34.3 miles from Ambleside1,168 ft25% down to Buttermere. Low gear, slate everywhere.
Remember
Some roads stay with you.
Write it up, pin your photos where you took them, and your drive becomes someone else's next weekend. GT1's Jurassic Coast write-up runs to a thousand words, with the best layby for the view, the ferry and where to stop for dinner.
Chesil Beach50.669° N · 48.9 mi
Durdle Door50.619° N · 83.5 mi
Sandbanks50.687° N · 103.6 mi
“…the view opens up towards Chesil Beach and the distant Isle of Portland and it is a stunner.”
- Photos find their placePictures pin themselves to the route, right where they were taken.
- Your words, your creditYour stories stay yours, with your name on them.
- Take it with youSend the route to your phone, or export it to Apple Maps, Google or a GPX file in one tap.
Who it's for
Same direction.
Different stories.
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Sports cars
Early starters
Out by seven, home before anyone's up.
- Flowing B-roads
- Coffee at the far end
Roadsters, Caterhams and bikes
No roof
Less between you and the road, so it had better be a good one.
- Routes planned for bikes
- Back roads, all bends, no hurry
Touring
Caravans and motorhomes
Beautiful, and nothing narrower than 2.5 metres.
- Width, height and weight limits
- No single-track surprises
Learning
New drivers
Passed in March. Finally going somewhere.
- Routes graded gentle to spirited
- Build up to the good stuff
Classics
Classic owners
It's 56 years old and still does 3,000 miles a year.
- No motorways, no rough tracks
- A pub at halfway
Home hidden
Private
Supercar owners
Private by default. Nobody sees where the garage is.
- Home never shown
- Invite-only drives
Clubs
Club organisers
150 cars. One route. Nobody lost.
- A date and a meeting point
- The route on every phone
Multi-day
Tour-goers
Five days, eleven passes, one very good dinner.
- A drive for every day
- Stops worth the detour
Together
Bring your people.
Run the club. Plan the run, and everyone coming has the route and the road book on their phone, signal or not. Tickets and live convoys come later.
EventComing later
Spring Run
Sat 18 Apr · 08:00 · Ambleside
£35 · 32 of 40 places
Get tickets66.4 mi · Back in Ambleside
66.4 miles. That loop deserves a Saturday.
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