Roundabouts

[PCSB]

We visited our daughter today by car and there were a lot of roundabouts on the route. My wife commented she was glad there were no roundabouts on the canals, I did remind her there is one that we know of in brum near Gas Street Basin.

 

My question is, are there any others?

[David Mack]

There's one at Browning's Pool, Little Venice.

There's also the old swing bridge base on the Caldon summit level.

[Guest]

Read post properly stoopid.

 

(Aimed at myself).

Edited December 7, 2022 by M_JG

[MtB]

3 minutes ago, David Mack said:

There's one at Browning's Pool, Little Venice.

 

It's not round though. 

 

I'd call that one a pentagonabout. 

[David Mack]

Just now, M_JG said:

Gas Street basin,

 

Not my pic.

 

 

Old Turn Junction, and a couple of hundred yards from Gas Street Basin.

1 minute ago, MtB said:

 

It's not round though. 

 

I'd call that one a pentagonabout. 

The Birmingham one used to be larger and irregularly shaped - more of a potatoabout.

[PCSB]

10 minutes ago, David Mack said:

There's one at Browning's Pool, Little Venice.

There's also the old swing bridge base on the Caldon summit level.

Thanks for that  

[MtB]

6 minutes ago, David Mack said:

Old Turn Junction, and a couple of hundred yards from Gas Street Basin.

The Birmingham one used to be larger and irregularly shaped - more of a potatoabout.

 

King Edward or Maris Piper?

 

 

[Mike Todd]

The one on the Caldon was originally the base of a swing tramway bridge.

[Graham and Jo]

I've gone round the triangle at Braunston to turn around. Does that make it a roundabout? You can draw a circle through 3 points so that is in its favour.

 

Cheers Graham 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

9 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

The one on the Caldon was originally the base of a swing tramway bridge.

And is now more of a mini roundabout. Don't try going straight over the top of it though.

Edited December 8, 2022 by Jen-in-Wellies

[Murflynn]

13 hours ago, David Mack said:

 

Highway Code applies - keep left at roundabouts, ignore navigation rules.

[Jen-in-Wellies]

12 minutes ago, Murflynn said:

 

Highway Code applies - keep left at roundabouts, ignore navigation rules.

 

With CaRT's commitment to cycling, the Caldon, Little Venice, Birmingham and any other roundabout should be upgraded to a Dutch style roundabout to make it safer for cyclists to use.

 

By PRZ (Pierre ROUZEAU) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75491486

[George and Dragon]

6 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

 

With CaRT's commitment to cycling, the Caldon, Little Venice, Birmingham and any other roundabout should be upgraded to a Dutch style roundabout to make it safer for cyclists to use.

 

By PRZ (Pierre ROUZEAU) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75491486

Which might work. Until you introduce Deliveroo cyclists (other 'food' delivery options are available).

[TheBiscuits]

Do the various cruising rings count? 😁

[Ronaldo47]

A practical difficulty in constructing Dutch-style roundabouts in the UK  would be the large area of land they would occupy, together with the land required for the dedicated cycleways either side of the approach roads. 

Edited December 8, 2022 by Ronaldo47
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[Graham and Jo]

Is the requirement that something is in the middle or do you just have to go round? I have driven round in a circle in Tixel Wide a number of times. Cheers Graham 

[David Mack]

2 minutes ago, Graham and Jo said:

I have driven round in a circle in Tixel Wide a number of times.

Figure of eight is more exciting!

[blackrose]

Isn't there one on the paddington arm at the junction of the paddington basin? Nobody pays any attention to it though.

[alan_fincher]

41 minutes ago, blackrose said:

Isn't there one on the paddington arm at the junction of the paddington basin? Nobody pays any attention to it though.

 

See second post in this thread, (by David Mack).

[Mike Todd]

1 hour ago, Graham and Jo said:

Is the requirement that something is in the middle or do you just have to go round? I have driven round in a circle in Tixel Wide a number of times. Cheers Graham 

Ditto below County Lock, Reading - not to be recommended. I did better next time!

 

Ditto in the Knowle intermediate pounds.

Edited December 8, 2022 by Mike Todd

[ditchcrawler]

11 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

And is now more of a mini roundabout. Don't try going straight over the top of it though.

But can you go round it or just one side of it

[Jen-in-Wellies]

30 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

But can you go round it or just one side of it

Only in a very short boat. Though if a circle has only one side, or more than one side is an interesting topological question.

[Graham and Jo]

1 hour ago, Mike Todd said:

Ditto below County Lock, Reading - not to be recommended. I did better next time!

 

Ditto in the Knowle intermediate pounds.

I have been heavily aground in the Knowle pounds having been blown sideways but avoided turning round - just. Cheers Graham 

20 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Only in a very short boat. Though if a circle has only one side, or more than one side is an interesting topological question.

A straight line is a circle of infinite radius so we have all been straight on round a circle. Cheers Graham 

[restlessnomad]

13 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

 

With CaRT's commitment to cycling, the Caldon, Little Venice, Birmingham and any other roundabout should be upgraded to a Dutch style roundabout to make it safer for cyclists to use.

 

By PRZ (Pierre ROUZEAU) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75491486

I quite like american freedom roundabout