A SCENIC North road has been named in a list of the country's bendiest.

The B6270 between Keld and Reeth, in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, came eighth in the top ten compiled by Continental Tyres.

Ian Lamming, The Northern Echo's motoring correspondent, described the Swaledale road as "mile after mile of gloriously serpentine asphalt in one of the world's most beautiful valleys".

He said: "It is not a road for the faint-hearted, nor for those who suffer from car sickness as it also rises and falls with stomach-lurching crests.

"The surface is poor and undulating thanks to subsidence and it is not a route to be hurried -about 30mph should be fine.

"Ironically, the River Swale itself runs true; no meandering here thanks to its sheer speed. If you are in a rush in Swaledale, then you'd be better off going by boat."

Top of the bendy road league was a one-mile stretch of the B3081 between Cann Common, in Dorset, and Tollard Royal, in Wiltshire.

Tracey Hyem, from Continental Tyres, said: "At 30mph in an average family hatchback, some British roads are so bendy they exert the kind of forces you would expect on a racetrack."