Built by the Romans and considered one of Britain's most "outrageous" roads, it's filled with sharp hairpin turns and is the width of a bridleway. Hardknott Pass in England's north-west Lake District is, technically, the most direct route from the central Lake District to West Cumbria, but it is so steep and difficult that outsiders are often warned to take hour-long detours to avoid braving its twisting, single-track slalom up a mountainside. It was described as one of Britain's "most outrageous roads" by The Guardian, and locals are full of tales of cars suffering brake failures, drivers freezing with the challenge and of skids and misjudgements causing cars to plunge off the narrow carriageway.
This leaves some asking: should this extraordinary 13-mile stretch between the towns of Boot and Ambleside be closed to traffic - or celebrated as a national treasure? The road becomes especially dangerous for the brakes on a couple of particularly steep turns, and it's one of the most challenging sections of road in England. It's said to be the steepest road in England with a gradient of 1 in 3
Негізгі бет Ойын-сауық Hardknott pass , Not for the faint hearted !
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