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rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Bloody cyclists, riding down the middle of the road.

Me, recklessly cycling on the 50mph A12 Eastern Avenue East this morning, looking at the #GallowsCorner works.

(zero motor access on this bit).
July 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Raio adverts for the forthcoming closure of #GallowsCorner by @london.gov.uk completely ignore walking, wheeling and cycling as alternatives during the work.

#Motonormitivity
June 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Anyway. When the works at #GallowsCorner have been fully completed (they have massively overrun), I will be doing a proper review of the junction so we can all wallow in my moaning.
August 13, 2026 at 6:28 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
On the bus and now that #GallowsCorner is partially open for drivers, the old traffic jam into #Romford is back and the bus is stuck in it.

#BusinessAsUsual
July 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
I wish he'd go and look at TfL's project at #GallowsCorner
July 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Amazing, the press have picked up how far the #TfL works at #GallowsCorner force people to walk and wheel around the diversion.

www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/news/2549458...
I walked the pedestrian routes around Gallows Corner - this is how long it took
Our reporter Charlotte Anderson walked along the pedestrian diversion around the Gallows Corner closure in Romford - here's how long it took her.
www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Meanwhile at Transport for London's £65m + #GallowsCorner project, no expense is being spared improving life for those walking, wheeling and cycling.
A very narrow path waiting for the surface course. There is a low wall on the right side and guardrail on the other. A large black bicycle with red pannier bags is in the middle of the path for scale.
April 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
It's worth noting that @cyclehavering.bsky.social have been campaigning for this for ages and it's good to see it appearing.

Mind you, the flyover and junction at #GallowsCorner is undergoing a £67m rebuild and the walking, wheeling and cycling provision should have been there from day one.
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · Feb 21
Pleased to report that despite my concerns about the dropped kerbs, the crossing I was going on about the other day on the Straight Road arm of #GallowsCorner is a toucan.
A view of a worksite of a toucan crossing being built. The crossing is barriered off and the traffic signals are bagged. A close up of the signals which will have a red man over a green man, green bike to the left and a countdown unit to the right.
February 21, 2026 at 1:15 PM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
And of course I was going to cross the A127 toucan at #GallowsCorner, but it's closed and with the little map telling me to all the way round the entire thing.
A crossing is barriered off with high fencing and there is a crossing not in used sign. A large 5 arm roundabout map showing a crossing closed in red with a yellow line all the way round as a diversion.
June 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Transport for London: every journey matters.

@london.gov.uk

#GallowsCorner
A black bicycle with red pannier bags is sideways across a path with a very wide road to the right. The back wheel is against guardrail to the right and the front overhanging the grass of a verge to the left. The path is marked with a sign on a lamp column as shared use. There is a large green directional sign straddling that path with posts within handlebar striking range. The sign is for Gallows Corner.
June 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Work ongoing at #GallowsCorner which has a new flyover which hilariously looks like the old one (but a bit chunkier).
The underside of a steel framed and beamed flyover. A wide shot of the flyover from a roundabout below.
December 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
By February this year, @london.gov.uk's TfL had spent £66.5m replacing the #GallowsCorner flyover and re-aligning the traffic lanes below.

This should have been a once in a generation opportunity to future-proof the junction for walking, wheeling and cycling.

Instead, it's a failure.
A black bicycle with red pannier bags is sideways across a path with a very wide road to the right. The back wheel is against guardrail to the right and the front overhanging the grass of a verge to the left. The path is marked with a sign on a lamp column as shared use. There is a large green directional sign straddling that path with posts within handlebar striking range. The sign is for Gallows Corner.
August 13, 2026 at 6:18 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
The only thing going on which vaguely supports walking, wheeling and cycling is the #GallowsCorner project which has given us two very long overdue toucan crossings, but the new road layout has squeezed active travel space.

tfl.gov.uk/info-for/bor...
tfl.gov.uk
August 12, 2026 at 6:21 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Well #GallowsCorner is partially open including the eastbound direction on the flyover.

The Colchester Road bus gate is still in place, but sadly its days are numbered.
A wide road approaching a roundabout with the left 2 of 3 lanes coned off. There is a flyover in the distance across the roundabout.
May 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Meanwhile at #GallowsCorner, a new a new signalised crossing is going. I'm guessing two stage for traffic flow, but not staggered. 4m wide so probably a toucan, but council papers don't say.

Of course, none of the dropped kerbs are actually flush.
A two stage crossing being built with red tactile paving and a wide central island. Close view of a road surface looking at a dropped kerb that should be flush but isn't.
February 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Pleased to report that despite my concerns about the dropped kerbs, the crossing I was going on about the other day on the Straight Road arm of #GallowsCorner is a toucan.
A view of a worksite of a toucan crossing being built. The crossing is barriered off and the traffic signals are bagged. A close up of the signals which will have a red man over a green man, green bike to the left and a countdown unit to the right.
February 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
shivajishivalaw.bsky.social
#FFS #CarBrain #GallowsCorner
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · Jun 21
And of course I was going to cross the A127 toucan at #GallowsCorner, but it's closed and with the little map telling me to all the way round the entire thing.
A crossing is barriered off with high fencing and there is a crossing not in used sign. A large 5 arm roundabout map showing a crossing closed in red with a yellow line all the way round as a diversion.
July 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
zakkarii.bsky.social
It's REVOLUTION TIME over on @hime.vtubers.social 's channel!

www.twitch.tv/himeutsugi

#GallowsCorner #ttrpg
Himeutsugi - Twitch
will these peasants start a revolution??? ❦ GALLOWS CORNER ❦ !discord !rpg
www.twitch.tv
March 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
So pleased to see that for Monday's closure of #GallowsCorner, @london.gov.uk has made sure that the flood of temporary diversion signs are not in any way going to impact those of us who walk, wheel and cycle on the #A12 shared-use path. It's lovely to get close to the 50mph traffic.
A metal A-frame held down with sand bags awaiting a sign face blocks half the path forcing people to the road side. A metal A-frame held down with sand bags awaiting a sign face blocks half the path forcing people to the road side with a yellow diversion sign just beyond that making a chicane. A metal A-frame held down with sand bags awaiting a sign face blocks just under half the path forcing people to the road side.
June 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
aefact.bsky.social
M'lords, if it please the crown…
I have seen the promised (and promptly delivered) PDF for #GallowsCorner – A Peasants' Revolt RPG.
And, it's f--king beautiful.

Kudos @threesailsstudios.bsky.social
April 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
aefact.bsky.social
I backed #GallowsCorner from @threesailsstudios.bsky.social. Ask your feudal lord if "A Peasants' Revolt" (RPG) might be right for you... ? Or, maybe just decide for yourself! ;P

www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...
Gallows Corner - A Peasants' Revolt RPG
Rise up, ye pitiful commons! Throw off your shackles and take up the call: there is a brighter future beyond the noose!
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:03 PM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Here's #GallowsCorner without a flyover. A view not seen for 55 years.

Of course we're putting another one back because we need to drive everywhere.
View from Colchester Road over to Main Road. Three lanes of road on the left of a splitter island joins a grassed roundabout with trees on it. A view across three traffic lanes from the road of the roundabout back towards the Colchester Road. The grassed roundabout island is just to the right of shot. A view across the middle of the grassed roundabout island over a tarmac maintenance strip. Towards the A127.
July 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
On the planned and advertised summer closure of #GallowsCorner in #Havering where yes, I am a petty troll who is going to very much enjoy the coming weeks.
Person to me "we will all park our cars before the roundabout get our bicycles out the boot and cycle the rest of the way to our destinations. Or walk if it’s close enough 🤣" Me to person "you can do what you need to do, my comment was very clearly in general. So many people drive *very* short journeys through Gallows Corner." Person to me "I don’t. I come from Canvey to Rainham/Dagenham. I know the A13 won’t be affected as such but it will be much, much busier. It’s bad enough as it is." me to person: "that's the price of commuting I'm afraid, sometimes infrastructure needs to be repaired; people would be upset if it had to be closed because of an emergency collapse. It's a pity there are no trains from where you are to where you're going that you could use for a few weeks."
June 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
I'm really enjoying the responses to a local paper's story about #GallowsCorner closing to general traffic next month for major works. So many experts, so much car-brain.

Here's what TfL is doing

tfl.gov.uk/status-updat...
This is a disaster for commuters, businesses and locals. Direction from North Essex and South Essex blocked off! Where will people be diverted through? This is the stupidity of Khan and an absolute attack and disregard for motorist. Local residents in the surrounding areas are going to be much inconvenienced. I can see all areas to the North and centre of Havering gridlocked.I can see the A13 being affected too. An absolute disaster. Should have done all the work during COVID May as well be in another lock down...won't go out unless absolutely necessary !! I don't come from the area but drive over the flyover twice a day I go from stanford le hope to gants hill and back again ... M25 and A13 are not options ... anyone know a diversion that won't add hours I keep looking at maps and can't figure it out
May 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
rantyhighwayman.bsky.social
Had a wander to look at progress at #GallowsCorner this morning. The A127 ramp is well underway and the trusses to support the crossing of the roundabout are up.

Had to chuckle at the fact the new flyover will look very similar (if chunkier) than the old one.
A steel beam bridge ramp ends at a truss just before a road. The area is barriered off and a lowered crane sits waiting to start work. A bridge support truss which is two columns and X bracing.
October 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM