The London Ringways were a series of four ring roads planned in the 1960s to circle London at various distances from the city centre. They were part of a comprehensive scheme developed by the Greater London Council (GLC) to alleviate traffic congestion on the city's road system by providing high-speed motorway-standard roads within the capital, linking a series of radial roads taking traffic into and out of the city.
There had been plans to construct new roads around London to help traffic since at least the 17th century. Several were built in the early 20th century such as the North Circular Road, Western Avenue and Eastern Avenue, and further plans were put forward in 1937 with The Highway Development Survey, followed by the County of London Plan in 1943. The Ringways originated from these earlier plans, and consisted of the main four ring roads and other developments. Certain sections were upgrades of existing earlier projects such as the North Circular, but much of it was new-build. Construction began on some sections in the 1960s in response to increasing concern about car ownership and traffic.
The Ringway plans attracted vociferous opposition towards the end of the decade over the demolition of properties and noise pollution the roads would cause. Local newspapers published the intended routes, which caused an outcry among local residents living on or near them who would have their lives irreversibly disrupted. Following an increasing series of protests, the scheme was cancelled in 1973, at which point only three sections had been built. Some traffic routes originally planned for the Ringways were re-used for other road schemes in the 1980s and 1990s, most significantly the M25, which was created out of two different sections of Ringways joined together. The project caused an increase in road protesting and an eventual agreement that new road construction in London was not generally possible without huge disruption. Since 2000, Transport for London has promoted public transport and discouraged road use.
The LondonRingways were a series of four ring roads planned in the 1960s to circle London at various distances from the city centre. They were part of...
two projects, Ringway 3 to the north and Ringway 4 to the south. By the time the first sections opened in 1975, it was decided the ringways would be combined...
almost all of Greater London Proposed roads: LondonRingways, a series of four ring roads planned in the 1960s to circle London at various distances from...
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become a motorway as part of the controversial and ultimately cancelled LondonRingways scheme. In the early 1990s, the road was extended to bypass Barking...
and the LondonRingways was proposed, the GLC, which was not in favour of increasing traffic into central London, had control of the inner London roads...
early 1970s for use on Ringway 3, a new motorway planned as part of the LondonRingways Plan to run a circular route around London. Construction of the...
London Ringways and is built as a three lane dual carriageway between Wandsworth Roundabout and Dorlcote Road. The route runs through the London Borough...
innermost circuit of the LondonRingways network – a complex and comprehensive plan for a network of high-speed roads circling central London. Designed to manage...
formed in London in 1970 to oppose plans to construct a system of four interlinked concentric motorways through and around London, known as Ringways. The name...
into the planned Ringways took place between 1970 and 1972. It concluded that construction should begin on the controversial Ringway One to relieve congestion...
the same time as the LondonRingways, a series of four orbital motorways around and within London including Ringway 1 (the London Motorway Box) leading...
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in south London and was originally intended to terminate in Streatham Vale at a junction with the controversial LondonRingways Plan's Ringway 2 (the intended...
due to be a major interchange of the South Cross Route, part of the LondonRingways plan, which was cancelled in the 1970s. Three people who have lived...
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Route, the designation for the southern section of Ringway 1, the innermost circuit of the LondonRingways network St Columb Road railway station (National...
1960s and 1970s the A214 was to be part of the LondonRingways project. The A214 was to become Ringway 2 and it would have passed through much of Anerley...
services to London. Hoddesdon contains a small part of Ringway 4, part of the 1960s LondonRingways scheme and the only part built north of London further...
originally built in accordance with those plans, although most of the LondonRingways Plan had been cancelled by 1973. Around the same time, the section...
North Cross Route section of the London Motorway Box (Ringway 1) at an elevated Y-shaped junction. Most of the Ringways Plan including the North Cross Route...
Park roundabout. See LondonRingways for a detailed history The WCR and the other roads planned in the 1960s for central London had developed from early...
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