Your first thought upon seeing Swindon's 'magic roundabout' might be: man, the Brits have really lost the plot lately. But this thing—which is actually seven...

Apr 21, 2017 · Europe’s many traffic roundabouts are complicated enough – but this head-spinning, multi-directional traffic intersection in the UK is enough to make you walk to your destination. Located in...

The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England, is a ring junction constructed in 1972 [1] consisting of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. Located near the County Ground , home of Swindon Town F.C. , its name comes from the popular children's television series The Magic Roundabout .

Oct 29, 2024 · The town of Swindon is home to a monster of an intersection named “The Magic Roundabout,” which consists of six individual roundabouts, five small ones swirling around a …

Aug 3, 2016 · Your first thought upon seeing Swindon's 'magic roundabout' might be: man, the Brits have really lost the plot lately. But this thing—which is actually seven roundabouts in one—has been ...

Mar 12, 2024 · Swindon’s so-called Magic Roundabout combines no fewer than six rotary junctions into one confusing whole. We swirled in with an end-of-the-road Audi R8.

Sep 1, 2024 · But Swindon's most famous feature by far is an eccentric-looking piece of urban planning: The nerve-racking Magic Roundabout, one of the strangest junctions in Europe. The humble roundabout is a relatively new addition to Britain's roads, with the oldest dating back to 1909 in Letchworth in Hertfordshire.

But what's uncommon in one country is celebrated in another, and such is the case with one of the largest traffic circles in the world — the Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England. Designed by traffic engineer Frank Blackmore and built in 1972, this massive roundabout may look like chaos at first glance, but there's serious planning behind it.

Aug 3, 2016 · It is in south England, a land recently torn asunder. They call this swirl of movement the "magic roundabout". But how does such sorcery work? The roundabout in its common form is already a magic...

Swindon’s Magic Roundabout is a very complex intersection, surely one of the weirdest in the world. In fact, there is one roundabout that has five smaller roundabouts. The traffic circulating around the small inner roundabout is counterclockwise, while it is clockwise (the one by default in England) in the five micro roundabouts and in the ...