North Circular (A406) Facts
- The North Circular Road is 26.2 miles long - exactly the length of
a Marathon.
- At its busiest point, the A406 has a daily average of over 100,000
vehicles passing through.
- North Circular is the name of Middlesex
University's magazine
- It is the UK's noisiest road according to
The UK Noise Association
- The Bevis Frond brought out an album,
North Circular,
in 1999
- Books on the subject include an out of print guide by the AA, and several booklets from the Stationery Office, such as the fascinating
The London North Circular Trunk Road (A406) (East of Finchley High Road, Barnet) (Prohibition of Use of Gap in Central Reserve) Order 1997: Road Traffic (Statutory Instruments: 1997: 2023). You can search for these documents
here.
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