THE NATIONAL ROUNDABOUT REGISTER

Subject on the Register

Thorns Close

Greater Manchester · 53°35′53.8″N · 2°26′41.0″W

Thorns CloseN075 m53°35′53.8″N · 2°26′41.0″WSurvey data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Certified valuation

Every subject on the Register carries a certified valuation, assessed by deterministic survey. The Register prices constituency, not concrete: a modest mini-roundabout at the heart of a town outranks the mightiest gyratory on a lonely A-road. The assessment is itemised below and is not open to negotiation.

Base schedule valuation, all registered subjects+£2.99
Situated in Sharples+£0.30
Formally named+£0.00
On the school run: Thornleigh Salesian College+£0.20
Assessed by survey£3.49
Certified value · Class VI£2.99

The subject, surveyed

Nearest public house
Crofters Arms · 370 m
Nearest chip shop
Whiteside's · 400 m
Approaches
1
Circumference
28 m — 2.6 double-decker buses end to end
Laps to walk off an Eccles cake
113
Departure from a true circle
4% — very nearly a true circle
Rival roundabouts within a mile
4
County
Greater Manchester — 14th most roundabout-rich in the kingdom
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