Robin Hood Roundabout (Kingston-upon-Thames)

Locality
Coordinate	51.435857, -0.256023
Adm. div.	Surrey, now Greater London
Vicinity	On the A3, opposite Robin Hood Gate into Richmond Park
Type	Thoroughfare
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1927
A.k.a.	Robin Hood Gyratory

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Robin Hood Roundabout, Kingston-upon-Thames

Robin Hood Roundabout, Kingston-upon-Thames / Nigel Cox, 30 jan. 2008, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-23. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

The Robin Hood Roundabout on the A3 opposite Robin Hood Gate into Richmond Park was established in 1927.

Since 1995 it is no longer possible to drive round it. It is now set in what is simply the junction between the A3 and the A308 (Kingston Vale).

Gazetteers

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.

Maps

• 6" O.S. map Middlesex XXI (1873; surveyed 1865-66)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII (1874; surveyed 1865)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1899; rev. 1893-95)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1920; rev. 1911)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1933; rev. 1911)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (1936; rev. 1932-33)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1944; rev. 1938)
• 6" O.S. map Surrey VII.SW (c. 1946; rev. 1938).
• 6" O.S. map London X.SW (1894-96; rev. 1893-95)
• 25" O.S. map London (1869; surveyed 1865-67)
• 25" O.S. map Surrey VII.9 (1897; rev. 1894) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map London (1915- Numbered sheets) VIII.14 (1916; rev. 1913) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map London (1916; rev. 1913).

Brief mention

• Sabre: Robin Hood (Kingston).

Also see

• Kingston Vale place-name cluster.

Notes

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  Robin Hood Roundabout, Kingston-upon-Thames / Nigel Cox, 30 jan. 2008, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  A3, Robin Hood Roundabout / N. Chadwick, 7 May 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood Roundabout / N. Chadwick, 7 May 2011, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood Roundabout / David Howard 28 Sep. 2014, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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