Devil's Road

Sometimes, they just write themselves.

Of course the A666 became known as the ‘Devil’s Highway’ – there was no way a road named for the number of the beast would be pleasant.

We’re surprised a road was even given the 666 number. We thought it would be like hotels with no room 13, just in case.

But the A666 definitely exists, traversing the West Pennine moors (it’s always the moors) through bleak, rugged countryside. It’s been the site of numerous reports of ‘dark shadows’ lurking at night.

The most notorious stretch – the 5.5 miles from Egerton to Darwen officially called St Peter’s Way – is a renowned accident blackspot with triple the volume of accidents to anywhere else on the road.

Whether it’s down to poor road layout or something more supernatural, we’ll leave that for you to decide.