New! After eight years of waiting, they're online! See London's unbuilt motorways as even their planners never could in our amazing, immersive Ringways Map, hosted by the amazing SABRE Maps. It *might* be the best thing we've ever done. #ringways
The Ringways Map is here
The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.
www.roads.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New! After eight years of waiting, they're online! See London's unbuilt motorways as even their planners never could in our amazing, immersive Ringways Map, hosted by the amazing SABRE Maps. It *might* be the best thing we've ever done. #ringways
London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
Arriving this week, after an eight year wait... the Ringways Map. Our Ringways pages will finally be joined by a high resolution map showing the entire city with its urban motorway network. Stand by for fireworks! In the meantime you can revisit our Ringways pages here: www.roads.org.uk/ringways
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Arriving this week, after an eight year wait... the Ringways Map. Our Ringways pages will finally be joined by a high resolution map showing the entire city with its urban motorway network. Stand by for fireworks! In the meantime you can revisit our Ringways pages here: www.roads.org.uk/ringways
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Singapore >>
Airbus 350 9V-SMN is ready for departure at EGCC Ringways.
© Andy Crossley
#singapore #airbus #a350 #manchester #ringways #aeroandy #photography #canon #canonphotography #civil #avgeeks #myview
Airbus 350 9V-SMN is ready for departure at EGCC Ringways.
© Andy Crossley
#singapore #airbus #a350 #manchester #ringways #aeroandy #photography #canon #canonphotography #civil #avgeeks #myview
January 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Singapore >>
Airbus 350 9V-SMN is ready for departure at EGCC Ringways.
© Andy Crossley
#singapore #airbus #a350 #manchester #ringways #aeroandy #photography #canon #canonphotography #civil #avgeeks #myview
Airbus 350 9V-SMN is ready for departure at EGCC Ringways.
© Andy Crossley
#singapore #airbus #a350 #manchester #ringways #aeroandy #photography #canon #canonphotography #civil #avgeeks #myview
My essay on the London we lost when the Ringways were cancelled… with acknowledgements to J.G. Ballard, Martin Amis, Robert Caro and… Anne Hidalgo? www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...
Lewis Baston: What if the London Ringways had been built?
Few regret plans for blasting circular motorways through the capital being abandoned, but the counterfactual is well worth pondering
www.onlondon.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My essay on the London we lost when the Ringways were cancelled… with acknowledgements to J.G. Ballard, Martin Amis, Robert Caro and… Anne Hidalgo? www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...
‼️ He's doing the Ringways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6mV...
Secrets Of LONDON'S LOST MOTORWAYS - M41 A40M A102M
YouTube video by Auto Shenanigans
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February 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
‼️ He's doing the Ringways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6mV...
The map accompanies the history of the Ringways project, covering the story of London's motorway dreams from the start of the twentieth century to the point, in the 1960s, where a system of concentric motorway rings came within moments of being built. You can read it at www.roads.org.uk/ringways/
Ringways
The story of an incredible plan to reshape London into a city of motorways, with the history from creation to cancellation and details on every unbuilt road.
www.roads.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The map accompanies the history of the Ringways project, covering the story of London's motorway dreams from the start of the twentieth century to the point, in the 1960s, where a system of concentric motorway rings came within moments of being built. You can read it at www.roads.org.uk/ringways/
If you liked the Ringways Map, this is for you 👇🏻
Well, we promised a follow-up for #MapMonday to the fascinating London Ringways #Map for another major city in Great Britain, so here it is...
The Greater Glasgow Transportation Study from 1968.
The Greater Glasgow Transportation Study from 1968.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you liked the Ringways Map, this is for you 👇🏻
Emirates departure Manchester Airport
© Andy Crossley
#emirates #uae #airbus #a380 #manchester #ringways #aviation #aviationdaily #avgeeks #aeroandy #photography #digital #aircraft #uk #aviationphotography
© Andy Crossley
#emirates #uae #airbus #a380 #manchester #ringways #aviation #aviationdaily #avgeeks #aeroandy #photography #digital #aircraft #uk #aviationphotography
February 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Emirates departure Manchester Airport
© Andy Crossley
#emirates #uae #airbus #a380 #manchester #ringways #aviation #aviationdaily #avgeeks #aeroandy #photography #digital #aircraft #uk #aviationphotography
© Andy Crossley
#emirates #uae #airbus #a380 #manchester #ringways #aviation #aviationdaily #avgeeks #aeroandy #photography #digital #aircraft #uk #aviationphotography
Jon Shinnanigant’s latest video is excellent, but it’s also at Ringways Manchester levels of “someone’s going to complain about this!”
Watch it before the Men From The Ministry do… 🫣
Watch it before the Men From The Ministry do… 🫣
September 20, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Jon Shinnanigant’s latest video is excellent, but it’s also at Ringways Manchester levels of “someone’s going to complain about this!”
Watch it before the Men From The Ministry do… 🫣
Watch it before the Men From The Ministry do… 🫣
If you've just arrived via the Ringways Map, hello! 👋 You might like this podcast I recorded for Radio 4 a few years ago, telling the Ringways story and how I came to be writing about it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Sounds - The Boring Talks, #32 - Roads That Don't Exist
Chris Marshall loves roads... even those that don't actually exist.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you've just arrived via the Ringways Map, hello! 👋 You might like this podcast I recorded for Radio 4 a few years ago, telling the Ringways story and how I came to be writing about it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
What if London's Ringways had been built? A @lewisbaston.bsky.social special feature for OnLondon: www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston... #london #transport
Lewis Baston: What if the London Ringways had been built?
Few regret plans for blasting circular motorways through the capital being abandoned, but the counterfactual is well worth pondering
www.onlondon.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What if London's Ringways had been built? A @lewisbaston.bsky.social special feature for OnLondon: www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston... #london #transport
An essay I wrote about the idea of building motorways in London. It is - I am not joking - nuanced. That’s my brand. I hope www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...
Lewis Baston: What if the London Ringways had been built?
Few regret plans for blasting circular motorways through the capital being abandoned, but the counterfactual is well worth pondering
www.onlondon.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
An essay I wrote about the idea of building motorways in London. It is - I am not joking - nuanced. That’s my brand. I hope www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston...
Earlier today we published the Ringways Map, in collaboration with @maps.sabre-roads.org.uk. We are beyond excited to finally put it online - below is a thread explaining why it's so special, but to see it for yourself just follow the link: www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/index.p... 🧵
www.sabre-roads.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Earlier today we published the Ringways Map, in collaboration with @maps.sabre-roads.org.uk. We are beyond excited to finally put it online - below is a thread explaining why it's so special, but to see it for yourself just follow the link: www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/index.p... 🧵
Anyway, some escapism from political and judicial irritation can be found in the history of the unbuilt London Ringways, itself a wonderful story of political and judicial irritation.
Discover the story of East London's missing river crossing. Explore the motorway to Thamesmead that was almost built in the early 1970s, and fifty years of attempts to fill the gap it left behind. #thamesmead #ringways #beckton www.roads.org.uk/ringways/rin...
Ringway 2 Eastern Section
The east side of Ringway 2, one of London's planned orbital motorways, is a road of two halves: one still discussed today, too important to cancel and yet impossible to build, the other so…
www.roads.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Anyway, some escapism from political and judicial irritation can be found in the history of the unbuilt London Ringways, itself a wonderful story of political and judicial irritation.
This is all part of our epic series on the Ringways, London's unbuilt urban motorway network. You can check out the story of the whole thing here. www.roads.org.uk/ringways
Ringways
The story of an incredible plan to reshape London into a city of motorways, with the history from creation to cancellation and details on every unbuilt road.
www.roads.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is all part of our epic series on the Ringways, London's unbuilt urban motorway network. You can check out the story of the whole thing here. www.roads.org.uk/ringways
This sounds amazing. I’ve long been intrigued by the Ringways and their ghostly presence, in fragments or disguise or even in fiction. There would have been a fiendishly complex junction right near me, just north of the middle of Camden Town. I’d like to write about them sometime. I have… views.
London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This sounds amazing. I’ve long been intrigued by the Ringways and their ghostly presence, in fragments or disguise or even in fiction. There would have been a fiendishly complex junction right near me, just north of the middle of Camden Town. I’d like to write about them sometime. I have… views.
reading about the london ringways plans, incredible caption on what's already an awful drawing https://www.roads.org.uk/ringways/ringway1/south-cross-route apparently there were big plans to totally reconstruct brixton
August 19, 2023 at 2:30 PM
reading about the london ringways plans, incredible caption on what's already an awful drawing https://www.roads.org.uk/ringways/ringway1/south-cross-route apparently there were big plans to totally reconstruct brixton
Well, we promised a follow-up for #MapMonday to the fascinating London Ringways #Map for another major city in Great Britain, so here it is...
The Greater Glasgow Transportation Study from 1968.
The Greater Glasgow Transportation Study from 1968.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Well, we promised a follow-up for #MapMonday to the fascinating London Ringways #Map for another major city in Great Britain, so here it is...
The Greater Glasgow Transportation Study from 1968.
The Greater Glasgow Transportation Study from 1968.
After yesterday's excitement with the Ringways #Map, we'd like to remind people that you can literally layer any other map of London in our collection on top of it via the Map Fader.
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
After yesterday's excitement with the Ringways #Map, we'd like to remind people that you can literally layer any other map of London in our collection on top of it via the Map Fader.
More details on our just-published Ringways map from our friends at SABRE who are hosting it ⬇️
London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
More details on our just-published Ringways map from our friends at SABRE who are hosting it ⬇️
For those that haven't read it already, then our good friend at @roads.org.uk has the definitive article: www.roads.org.uk/ringways
Ringways
The story of an incredible plan to reshape London into a city of motorways, with the history from creation to cancellation and details on every unbuilt road.
www.roads.org.uk
February 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
For those that haven't read it already, then our good friend at @roads.org.uk has the definitive article: www.roads.org.uk/ringways
You can drive London's North Circular today, but it would have been a different road if sixties planners had their way. Take a look at the plans that would have fitted it in to a city-wide network of motorways. #northcircular www.roads.org.uk/ringways/rin...
North Circular Road
1960s plans to upgrade the North Circular Road to form one of London's motorway "Ringways" would have seen it change out of all recognition.
www.roads.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
You can drive London's North Circular today, but it would have been a different road if sixties planners had their way. Take a look at the plans that would have fitted it in to a city-wide network of motorways. #northcircular www.roads.org.uk/ringways/rin...