The A406 or the North Circular Road is a trunk-road linking west and east London via north London. It, together with the South Circular Road, forms a ring road through the inner part of Outer London. Image File history File links UK_road_A406. ... Chiswick (IPA pronunciation: ) is an extensive district of West London, covering the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow and the south eastern corner of the London Borough of Ealing. ... The M4 motorway is a motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. ... East Ham is a place in the London Borough of Newham. ... The A13 is a trunk road in England linking the City of London with East London and south Essex. ... The A205 or South Circular Road is a roughly semicircular trunk road that joins west London to east London via south London. ... The M4 motorway is a motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. ... The A40 is a trunk road in England and Wales, connecting London to Fishguard. ... The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ... Sign at Junction 1 of the A1(M) at South Mimms in Hertfordshire The A1 is the longest numbered road in the UK at 409 miles (658 km) long. ... The A10 is a major road in England. ... This page is about the M11 motorway in England. ... The A12 is a major road in England, a trunk road for most of its length, running from London to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. ... The A13 is a trunk road in England linking the City of London with East London and south Essex. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The A205 or South Circular Road is a roughly semicircular trunk road that joins west London to east London via south London. ... Outer London is the name for the group of London Boroughs that do not form part of Inner London, but form a ring around it. ...

Route

In the west, it starts at junction 1 of the M4 motorway at Gunnersbury, where it also meets the South Circular Road. The road runs north as Gunnersbury Avenue, crossing Uxbridge Road (A4020) at Ealing Common. As Hanger Hill, the A406 continues north to the Hanger Lane Gyratory System where it crosses Western Avenue (A40) and turns north-east. Now under the name North Circular Road, the A406 continues past Stonebridge Park station, and passes under Harrow Road (A404) before continuing through Neasden past Welsh Harp Reservoir. After an interchange with Edgware Road (A5) it meets junction 1 of the M1 motorway at Staples Corner. The M4 motorway is a motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. ... Gunnersbury is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5. ... Ealing Common is a station on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly Line, and on the Ealing Broadway branch of the District Line, in Travelcard Zone 3. ... The Hanger Lane Gyratory System is a vast complex roundabout system off the A40 road and the A406 in west London. ... Western Avenue, some 10 miles (16 km) in length, is one of the major roads leading out of London, England. ... The A40 is a trunk road in England and Wales, connecting London to Fishguard. ... Stonebridge Park station is both a London Underground station and a railway station. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5. ... Neasden Neasden is a place in the London Borough of Brent. ... The Brent Reservoir (popularly called the Welsh Harp) is a reservoir which straddles the boundary between the London Boroughs of Brent and Barnet and takes its informal name from the Welsh Harp, a pub first recorded in 1751 that stood near the site beside the Edgware Road that runs north... Edgware Road is a road in London. ... The A5 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ... The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ... Staples Corner is a road junction in London, United Kingdom, with two linked roundabouts, which connects the North Circular Road with the start of the M1 motorway. ...

It then passes the Brent Cross Shopping Centre and Brent Cross Interchange (A41), and travels between Golders Green and Hendon. It shares carriageways with the A1 for a short distance at Finchley, forming the boundary between Finchley Central and East Finchley. It then passes north of St Pancras and Islington Cemetery where at Friern Barnet it becomes Pinkham Way with a short single lane section. Subsequently turning right into Bowes Road it becomes the North Circular Road again at Green Lanes. At its most northern point, the A406 interchanges with Great Cambridge Road (A10) and becomes Sterling Way. After it crosses Fore Street it becomes Angel Road which leads into the Lea Valley Viaduct as it crosses the River Lea. Brent Cross in London is best known as the first shopping centre of its kind to be built in the UK. Situated on the North Circular between the southern terminus of the M1 motorway and the Brent Cross Flyover in the London Borough of Barnet and taking its name from... The A41 is a major trunk road in England, United Kingdom that links London and Birkenhead. ... Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. ... For other places with the same name, see Hendon (disambiguation). ... Sign at Junction 1 of the A1(M) at South Mimms in Hertfordshire The A1 is the longest numbered road in the UK at 409 miles (658 km) long. ... Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. ... Finchley Central is a popular name for the area called Church End Finchley ... East Finchley is an area in the London Borough of Barnet. ... Friern Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. ... The A10 is a major road in England. ... The A406 or the North Circular Road is a trunk-road linking west and east London via north London. ... This article is not about the River Lee that flows through Cork, in the Republic of Ireland; see River Lee (Ireland). ...

It becomes Southend Road and passes north of Walthamstow, having a junction at the Crooked Billet and then crosses the Woodford New Road at the Waterworks Corner, a section of road completed in the early 1990s. Walthamstow is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, northeast London. ...

East from the Waterworks, the Southend Road enters a cutting, completed in the 1970s, and travels under the old A11 at Gates Corner (previously there were traffic lights at a crossroads here). The North Circular leaves the Southend Road at an elevated junction with the M11 motorway above Charlie Brown's Roundabout, it turns south, passing Eastern Avenue (A12) on a flyover at Redbridge Interchange. It passes Romford Road to the west of Ilford, then crosses Barking Road in Barking, and ends at an interchange with the A13 Newham Way in Beckton. The road then links, via the free Woolwich Ferry across the River Thames, with the eastern end of the South Circular Road on the other side of the river. The junction with the A13 has been built to enable the North Circular to be continued across the junction to the Thames Gateway Bridge when it is built. The A11 is a major road in England. ... This page is about the M11 motorway in England. ... Eastern Avenue is a stretch of the A12 in the London Borough of Redbridge. ... The A12 is a major road in England, a trunk road for most of its length, running from London to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. ... Redbridge is a place in the London Borough of Redbridge. ... Ilford is a district of the London Borough of Redbridge in east London, England. ... Barking is the principal town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ... The A13 is a trunk road in England linking the City of London with East London and south Essex. ... Beckton is a place in the London Borough of Newham, located 8 miles (12. ... The Woolwich Ferry is a service across the River Thames linking Woolwich in the London Borough of Greenwich with North Woolwich in the London Borough of Newham. ... Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames... The Thames Gateway Bridge is a proposed new crossing of the River Thames in East London. ...

The section east of Waterworks Corner is relatively recent. Before it was built, the North Circular Road went to Gants Hill. This old stretch (Southend Road and Woodford Avenue) has been re-numbered the A1400. Gants Hill is a place in the London Borough of Redbridge in East London through which runs the A12 (Eastern Avenue). ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 1 in Great Britain beginning north of the Thames, east of the A1. ...

A406 near Brent Cross Shopping Centre and Brent Cross tube station.

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Ringway 2

In the late 1960s the Greater London Council developed the London Ringways Plan to construct a series of circular and radial motorways throughout London to ease traffic congestion in the central area. Under this plan the North Circular Road was designated as the northern section of Ringway 2 and was scheduled to be upgraded to a motorway designated as the M15. Most of the Ringway Plans were cancelled in the early 1970s and the North Circular Road was never upgraded to full motorway standard, although much of it is now grade separated dual carriageway. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Arms of the Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. ... The London Ringways were a series of four ring roads planned in the 1960s to circle London at various distances from the city centre. ... The M15 motorway was the designation planned in the late 1960s and early 1970s for use on the North Circular Road (A406) after it had been upgraded to motorway standard. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, In the Western world, the focus shifted from the social activism of the sixties to social activities for ones own pleasure, save for environmentalism, which continued in a very visible way. ... An example of a four-level stack interchange in the Netherlands. ... This early German Autobahn uses a dual carriageway design. ...

The section of the North Circular south of M11 junction 4 (the "South Woodford to Barking Relief Road") was constructed on the alignment planned for the unrealised motorway plans and the section between the M11 and A12 junctions was originally opened as part of the M11 with the interchange at Redbridge designated as M11 junction 3. The intention was to rename this section as M15 once the A406 upgrade to motorway standard had proceeded further but this never happened and the road was eventually downgraded from motorway to A road keeping the existing A406 designation. South Woodford is a suburb of north-east London in the London Borough of Redbridge, situated 8. ... Barking is the principal town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ...

Name

Although the route has alternative names at some points, it is generally referred to as the North Circular throughout for route planning purposes. The route is mostly grade separated dual carriageway from the A40 to the A13 except for the Drury Way/Brentfield Road junction, the Golders Green Road/Brent Street junction, Henlys Corner and Bounds Green - Green Lanes. This early German Autobahn uses a dual carriageway design. ... The A40 is a trunk road in England and Wales, connecting London to Fishguard. ... The A13 is a trunk road in England linking the City of London with East London and south Essex. ...

Future

In 2004, Mayor of London Ken Livingstone promised limited improvements to the road, but he has received criticism for not approving earlier plans for widening the often heavily congested road at critical sections. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) is an English politician who became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000. ...

London's successful bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics has increased speculation that the road will be upgraded to provide for adequate traffic during the Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, will be held in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. ...

External links

• Flash Wilson's guide to the A406