FORGET Brands Hatch and Silverstone, motorists in Dorset are sometimes faced with the same G-force as on a race track, thanks to the bendiest road in Britain.

A one-mile stretch of the B3081 between Cann Common and Tollard Royal in Wiltshire, has claimed the title following a survey by Continental Tyres.

Experts said driving at a steady 30mph on the road - near to the home of Madonna - exerted the same lateral forces as a car would experience on a racetrack like Brands Hatch.

One particular stretch of the road is called Zig Zag Hill.

Tracey Hyem, of 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."

Shaftesbury town councillor Lester Dibben said he was not surprised the stretch of road had been named as Britain's bendiest.

He said: "It's very bendy - you can't get a coach along there. It's a main road, it's got two lanes, but it's very steep and very bendy.

"I can't think of anywhere I've been where there is a bendier road. There's about four or five 180-degree bends along there.

"Most people avoid the road if they can, but some people drive it because it's an interesting drive - it's something that draws people to that hill."

The UK top ten bendy roads

B3081 between Cann Common and Tollard Royal, Dorset/Wiltshire

A686 between Penrith and Melmerby in Cumbria

A537 between Macclesfield and Buxton in Cheshire/Derbyshire

A466 between Monmouth and Staunton in Monmouth

A4061 between Pricetown and Treorchy in Rhondda, South Wales

A157 between Louth and Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire

B2130 between Godalming and Cranleigh in Surrey

B6270 between Keld and Reeth in North Yorkshire

A39 between Bridgwater and Minehead in Somerset

B797 between Mennock and Warnlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway.

First published: February 6, 2006