Hogarth Roundabout
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The Hogarth Roundabout is one of London's best known road junctions. It is situated at the junction of the A316 Great Chertsey Road and the A4 Great West Road
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The Hogarth Roundabout is named after William Hogarth
who lived in nearby Hogarth's House
. It is also the location of the Griffin Brewery of Fuller, Smith and Turner
, where beer has been brewed since 1654, the George and Devonshire pub, built in 1790, and the newly developed Hogarth Modern showroom and offices. The roundabout is noteworthy for the single lane flyover built, using the Bridgway format devised and offered to local authorities by well-connected construction firm Marples Ridgeway Ltd, as temporary measure in 1969 which carries eastbound traffic from the A316 on to the A4.
Great West Road
The Great West Road may refer to:*A4 road from London to Bath and Bristol, England*The Golden Mile in West London, part of the above*Great West Road, Zambia...
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The Hogarth Roundabout is named after William Hogarth
William Hogarth
William Hogarth was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects"...
who lived in nearby Hogarth's House
Hogarth's House
Hogarth's House is the former country home of the 18th century English artist William Hogarth in Chiswick. The House now belongs to the London Borough of Hounslow and is open to visitors free of charge...
. It is also the location of the Griffin Brewery of Fuller, Smith and Turner
Fuller, Smith and Turner
Fuller's Brewery is a regional brewery founded in 1845 at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, West London.It has an estate of over three hundred public houses.-History:...
, where beer has been brewed since 1654, the George and Devonshire pub, built in 1790, and the newly developed Hogarth Modern showroom and offices. The roundabout is noteworthy for the single lane flyover built, using the Bridgway format devised and offered to local authorities by well-connected construction firm Marples Ridgeway Ltd, as temporary measure in 1969 which carries eastbound traffic from the A316 on to the A4.