H6 Childs Way

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The H6 Childs Way is a major local road in the new town of Milton Keynes. It runs for 10 kilometres from the wstern boundary of Milton Keynes to a point just short of Junction 14 of the M1 Motorway. The formal name of the road is simply Childs Way; the H6 is a number that signifies that the road is the sixth east-west road in the Milton Keynes grid system.

[edit] Route

The H6 starts as a 30mph local distributor road between the districts of Kingsmead and Whitney. After crossing Whitney Roundabout the road becomes 60mph but remains a single carriageway. After bridging Powis Lane in between Westcroft and Oxley Park the road becomes a dual carriageway at Shenley Roundabout. It then passes very close to the Grove Independent School and subsequently bridges both the A5 and the West Coast Main Line. The road then crosses the V6 Grafton Street and runs along the southern edge of Central Milton Keynes and Campbell Park before passing Willen Lake. After this it passes the original Milton Keynes village and then curves up to meet the A509, briefly becoming the A4146.

[edit] Junctions

Due to its nature as a Milton Keynes grid road, Childs Way has an unusual number of roundabouts (by the standards of other towns) along its short route. For clarity their names and the roads they cross are listed below from west to east:

Roundabout Name	Intersection
Unnamed mini roundabout	Harlow Crescent, Saltwood Avenue
Whitney Roundabout	V1 Snelshall Street
Oxley Park Roundabout	V2 Tattenhoe Street
Shenley Roundabout	V3 Fulmer Street
Knowlhill Roundabout	V4 Watling Street
South Grafton Roundabout	V6 Grafton Street / Gate
South Witan Roundabout	Witan Gate, Evans Gate
South Saxon Roundabout	V7 Saxon Street / Gate
South Secklow Roundabout	Secklow Gate, Pentewan Gate
Springfield Roundabout	V8 Marlborough Street
South Enmore Roundabout	Enmore Gate, Kenwood Gate
South Overgate Roundabout	V9 Overgate
Woolstone Roundabout	V10 Brickhill Street
Fox Milne Roundabout	V11 Tongwell Street
Northfield Roundabout	H5 Portway and A5130

• See also: List of road junctions in the United Kingdom