Red Rover

Red Rover
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Roads Joined  :	A205, A306, B306
Location  :	Barnes, South London
Junctions on the A306
Hammersmith Flyover Roehampton Lane
Junctions on the B306

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Red Rover is the junction of the A205 South Circular Road and A306 in Barnes, south-west London. The B306 terminates here, forming a rare instance of same-numbered A- and B- roads meeting each other. It is one of several strategically important junctions in this part of the city which are significantly under-developed considering their importance to traffic. In this case, the A306 from the south acts as a spur of the A3 from Portsmouth, linking places south-west of London to areas like Hammersmith west of the city.

It is a five-armed signalised junction, notable for the complex eastern side. There is an additional link between the B306 and A205, forming a one-way loop that is used to U-turn eastbound traffic bound for the A306 south. The result is that A205 eastbound to A306 westbound involves passing through the main crossroads of the junction twice from opposite directions.

The origins of its name are obscure: one would expect to find a pub here sharing the name Red Rover, but there isn't one. Perhaps there once was.

Red Rover

Junctions on the North and South Circular Roads North Circular: Chiswick Roundabout • Gunnersbury Park • Ealing Common • Hanger Lane • Park Royal • Stonebridge Park • Neasden Junction • Staples Corner • Brent Cross • Henlys Corner • Clockhouse Junction • Great Cambridge Junction • Angel Edmonton • Kenninghall • Cooks Ferry • Hall Lane • Crooked Billet Roundabout • Waterworks Corner • Woodford • Charlie Browns • Redbridge • Gallions Roundabout South Circular: Well Hall Roundabout • Yorkshire Grey • Cliftons Roundabout • Catford Gyratory • Forest Hill • The Grove • Tulse Hill • Wandsworth Gyratory • Red Rover • Milestone Green • Chalkers Corner • Kew Green • Kew Bridge • Chiswick Roundabout

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