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IS THIS BRITAIN’S SMOOTHEST ROAD?

Curbridge in Oxfordshire is a pleasant but unassuming little place. Surrounded by gently rolling green fields, there’s an austere charm to the sandy grey cottages that house the village’s 500 inhabitants, all set against the background hum of the nearby A40 Witney bypass. You wouldn’t think it but this could well be ground zero for a cycling revolution.

Main Road, which as the name suggests, runs through the centre of this tiny settlement, was resurfaced in November

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