Region guide
The best driving roads in the Midlands
16 hand-picked driving roads in the Midlands, every one mapped from real geometry and fact-checked, including 2 world icons.
Roads162 world icons
Combined153miles of driving
High point522metres · 1713 ft
The Midlands hides its best driving in the Peak District, where the Snake Pass, the Cat and Fiddle and Winnats squeeze real drama into the hills between the cities. These are the roads worth the trip.

Isle of Skye Road

Woodhead Pass

Winnats Pass

Mam Tor and Rushup Edge

Shropshire Hills

Lincolnshire Wolds

Cleeve Hill

The Burway over the Long Mynd

Long Hill

Congleton to Buxton

The Roaches

Holme Moss

Ashbourne to Buxton

Hope Valley

Cat and Fiddle
