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Chiswick Roundabout is a major roundabout, with flyover, in Chiswick, West London. It was opened in 1959, and is the meeting point of three roads which terminate here, the A205 South Circular, A315
Chiswick High Road Chiswick High Road is the principal shopping and dining street of Chiswick, a district in the west of London. It was part of the main Roman road running west out of London, and remained the main road until the 1950s when the A4 was built acro ...
, A406
North Circular The North Circular Road (officially the A406 and sometimes known as simply the North Circular) is a ring road around Central London in England. It runs from Chiswick in the west to Woolwich in the east via suburban North London, connecting ...
; and one road which carries on through, and interfaces with the M4 – the A4 Great West Road – therefore it is extremely busy in daytime. It is of one of Britain's first motorway junctions. The M4 runs on a temporary WNW to ESE axis on the flyover. The roundabout lies in the settled south of
Gunnersbury Gunnersbury is an area of West London, England. Toponymy The name "Gunnersbury" means "Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr", and is from an old Scandinavian personal name + Middle English -''bury'', manor or manor house. Development Gunne ...
, less than west of
Gunnersbury station Gunnersbury is a London Overground and London Underground station in Gunnersbury in London, England on the North London line. The station opened on 1 January 1869 and is served by District line trains to and from Richmond, and by Arriva Rail Lon ...
. It is also known as Gunnersbury roundabout.https://gunnersburyfriends.org/developments-around-gunnersbury-park/


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Chiswick Roundabout - geograph.org.uk - 682887.jpg, Chiswick Roundabout M4 motorway over Chiswick Roundabout - geograph.org.uk - 741515.jpg, M4 motorway over Chiswick Roundabout


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