Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead) a New Town the roads met in a simple junction which was then replaced by a standard roundabout. Constructed in 1973, the "Magic Roundabout" in Hemel Hempstead was voted the UK's second-worst roundabout in a 2005 poll held by an insurance company (the winner being its Swindon counterpart). In 2011 the roundabout was voted the best in Britain by motorists in a competition organised by a car leasing service. The original magic roundabout had six exits in total, with the British Petroleum building spanning "Marlowes", the road leading to the town centre, in the approximate position of the earlier railway
Road transport in Peterborough who live in those areas. The road passes a couple of roundabouts which allow for local access, and also Ferry Meadows before reaching an industrial estate and Business park, where it meets a spur of the A1139. The road than passes another small roundabout before reaching the A1. To reach the Peterborough to Elton section of this road you must follow the A1139 spur until the junction with the main A1139 then take a right at the roundabout and follow the signs for the A1/A1(M)/A605 Northampton/Oundle The A605 leaves its junction with the A1(M)/A1/A1139 as a major single carriageway by