Our verdict
Come for the view from the top rather than the road itself — the hairpins are a genuine driving curiosity but there's no pull-in right at the bends, so park carefully at Cann Common and walk up onto the open land above.
Open access land above the B3081's famous hairpin descent to Cann Common — reputedly the bendiest stretch of road in Britain, with four real hairpins dropping through Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape. The access land sits above the road on the wooded scarp, with wide views towards Shaftesbury.