Roundabout constructed in 1972 in Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, designed by Frank Blackmore, inventor of the mini-roundabout. The roundabout joins five roads and consists of a two-way road around the central island, with five mini-roundabouts meeting the incoming roads. The name derives from the popular children's television series, "The Magic Roundabout", and is considered "magic" because traffic flows in both clockwise and anticlockwise directions. This is achieved by surrounding the main island with one smaller roundabout per entry/exit street. This pattern directs traffic in the usual clockwise (in LHT installations) or counter-clockwise (in RHD installations) manner around each mini-roundabout. Exiting the
Haudagain roundabout Haudagain roundabout The Haudagain Roundabout is a roundabout in Aberdeen that bisects the A90 and A96. As all traffic going northbound to Inverness via the A96 or southbound to Dundee via the A90 must pass through this roundabout it is a notoriously busy and hazardous junction with large queues approaching all directions to the roundabout, especially during rush hour. It has been referred to as 'Scotland's worst roundabout'. In May 2011 it was crowned Britain's worst roundabout in Roundabout Idol 2011. The Magic Roundabout was voted top. The construction of Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is aimed at reducing the congestion