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Fragile Do Not Bend Jul 2022 10:19pm, 28 Jul 2022 9,973 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend The world’s largest roundabout is in Malaysia, it’s 3.5km in diameter.
GlennR Jul 2022 10:21pm, 28 Jul 2022 64,614 posts	Quote Pin GlennR What about the M25?
Fragile Do Not Bend Jul 2022 10:25pm, 28 Jul 2022 9,974 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend I’ve no idea when a roundabout stops being a roundabout and becomes a ring road
Fitz Jul 2022 11:12pm, 28 Jul 2022 2,816 posts	Quote Pin Fitz Depends on whether there’s anything other than dead space, marshes or dragons within it. M25 is definitely a roundabout by that measure.
GregP Jul 2022 6:27am, 29 Jul 2022 137,689 posts	Quote Pin GregP Where does that leave the Shepherd and Flock in Farnham or the original Army and Navy in Chelmsford, both of which have/had pubs in the middle?
DeeGee Jul 2022 9:09am, 29 Jul 2022 22,072 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee Where does that leave the Shepherd and Flock in Farnham or the original Army and Navy in Chelmsford, both of which have/had pubs in the middle? Shepherd and Flock was the first thing I thought of too. Not just a pub on that, a bunch of houses too. Of course, the junction of Waterloo Bridge Road and the A3200 in Waterloo has contained a cinema for many years now.
Steve NordRunner Jul 2022 9:18am, 29 Jul 2022 1,745 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner Well, one distinction must be whether there is traffic flowing both ways or one way around it.
Eynsham Red Jul 2022 9:24am, 29 Jul 2022 8,883 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red On the Magic Roundabout in Swindon traffic flows in ways that simply can’t be described. Best choose your exit road, close your eyes and just drive!
chunkywizard Jul 2022 9:30am, 29 Jul 2022 14,603 posts	Quote Pin chunkywizard ER, there is a similar roundabout in Hemel Hempstead where I grew up. It's very simple, each mini roundabout has normal roundabout rules, ie give way to the right, its just you can go anti-clockwise or clockwise around the group of roundabouts depending on which turning you take. It works brilliantly for people who use it a lot but chaos ensues when someone hasn't seen it before and tries to break the rules!
DeeGee Jul 2022 9:55am, 29 Jul 2022 22,073 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee The advantage of the Plough Roundabout in Hemel over that monstrosity in Swindon is that at least Hemel's roundabout has a large green space with trees on, so it's quite easy to see as linked mini roundabouts rather than a whole roundabout in itself. I spent a lot of time in Hemel as a kid and thought nothing unusual about it. Swindon's monstrous effort, though, has a tiny concrete island slapped down onto what appears to be the carpark of the Country Ground.