The UK's bendiest road so stomach-churning it's like going on a rollercoaster

Located in Shaftesbury in Dorset, Zig Zag Hill is the UK's dizziest road with a whopping four hairpin bends one after the other.

By Casey Cooper-Fiske, News Reporter

Zig Zag Hill has four hairpin bends on it (Image: Google Maps)

Hairpin bends are rare on UK roads, but with four all within a mile, this street has been named the UK's bendiest.

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Zig Zag Hill in the Dorset village of Shaftesbury, which is part of the B3081, gives British motorists a taste of Alpine driving on the Col de Turini.

The road, which is located to the west of Salisbury on the border with Wiltshire, is very steep hitting a maximum gradient of 13 percent on some of its ramps.

It starts in the village of Cann Common and quickly climbs upwards via narrow bends and the much-feared hairpin bends.

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The road is also very scenic with autumn leaves and green mounds of grass surrounding drivers.

Zig Zag Hill has been named as one of Britain's best driving roads (Image: Google Maps)

The road was recently resurfaced in 2019 and is often named one of Britain's best driving roads.

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LeaseCar UK described the road as a "rollercoaster" in a new list of British roads drivers may wish to avoid, but a local driving instructor replied to the suggestion it was a tricky road to negate calling the description "extreme".

James Orgar of 2nd2None Driving School told the This Is Alfred podcast: "I think that's a little bit extreme to be honest, it's got a few hairpin bends on it, but as long as you're a sensible driver you'll be ok.

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"I mean the speed limit there is about 60mph but there's no way you can do that.

"Probably the most you can do is 10mph to 15mph around those bends, so any sensible driver should handle it fine really."

Mr Orgar told the podcast he sometimes took his students up there to practice adding that they "certainly enjoyed it".

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