"Leeds gyratory".

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Tue 12 Aug 2008 08:45
"Leeds gyratory". - L'escargot
When I worked near Leeds (but never ventured into Leeds itself) I frequently heard the term "Leeds gyratory" mentioned on traffic reports on the radio. What exactly is the "Leeds gyratory"?
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Tue 12 Aug 2008 09:22
Leeds gyratory - daveyjp
The Armley Gyratory - it's the main roundabout just off the city centre. If you enter or leave by the M621 you will use it. Find the A643 on Mapslive (or search for "Bruce Lawn", Leeds) - it leaves the M621 at junction 2 then heads north. The large roundabout at the northern end is the Armley gyratory. A problem here gridlocks the whole of Leeds.

We also have the Leeds Loop - a very complicated inner city one way system - miss your junction and its 5 miles to get back to where you started!

Edited by daveyjp on 12/08/2008 at 09:23

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Tue 12 Aug 2008 09:49
Leeds gyratory - L'escargot
The Armley Gyratory - it's the main roundabout just off the city centre.


Is that it's official name, or just what it's called locally?
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Tue 12 Aug 2008 09:31
"Leeds gyratory". - skorpio
It's a night club dance move innit?
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Tue 12 Aug 2008 10:28
"Leeds gyratory". - ifithelps
That's not the Armley Gyratory, it's the Legless Gyratory.
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Tue 12 Aug 2008 10:54
"Leeds gyratory". - Nsar
It's Yorkshire isn't it. They get so excited by new fangled things like roundabouts they have to come up with fancy names.

Can you imagine the commotion when they get things like electricity and carpets.
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Tue 12 Aug 2008 12:33
"Leeds gyratory". - martint123
tinyurl.com/58danb (google maps)
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Tue 12 Aug 2008 12:38
"Leeds gyratory". - L'escargot
tinyurl.com/58danb (google maps)


If we had that in our town we'd call it the outer ring road!
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Tue 12 Aug 2008 13:11
"Leeds gyratory". - Optimist
IIRC on the road from Lewes into Brighton there's a large roundabout (in effect) referred to as a "gyratory" locally.

I've always assumed it was because it's so large (it has shops and whatever in the central area) that it's called this and not a roundabout.


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Tue 12 Aug 2008 21:19
"Leeds gyratory". - Avant
The Hanger Lane gyratory (A40 / A406 west of London) has been called that for years, but any resemblance between traffic speeds and anything gyrating is pure coincidence.
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