Redmoor Roundabout, Bletchley
Redmoor Roundabout — 4th exit for Central Bletchley
Central Bletchley is the fourth exit at the Redmoor Roundabout. It is a big roundabout with a lot of lanes, and the exit is easy to miscount — so the positioning has to be sorted early, and there is a good reason not to move over to the left too soon.
Read the sign
- The map sign on the approach lists Ashland, Netherfield and Tinkers Bridge; the A5; Redmoor, Beanhill, Bleak Hall and West Bletchley; and Granby, Denbigh and Central Bletchley.
- Granby, Denbigh and Central Bletchley is the fourth exit — that is the one we want.
Get the positioning sorted early
Because it is the fourth exit, we need to be in the right-hand lane. Plan this one before you get there rather than reacting to the lane markings at the last second.
On the roundabout
Hold your lane and don't let the car drift out of it, and keep counting the exits as you pass them. This is a large roundabout and it is easy to take the wrong one.
Why you stay in the right-hand lane
Moving over to the left feels like the right thing to do, but look at the marking in our lane: there is a straight-ahead arrow, and that is the one that serves the fourth exit. It also turns for the fifth, because the lane serves both directions.
There is a second reason to stay put. Further round, the two lanes become one, and a lane merges into ours. Finishing where we are means other traffic fits in around us, instead of us making a last-minute lane change.
Coming off
- Signal as you come off the roundabout so other road users know exactly what you are doing.
- Check your left mirror — the lanes are merging and vehicles will be coming from your left.
- If someone needs to fit in, ease off and let them in rather than cutting across.
Skills this covers
Part of the structured SAR syllabus your instructor tracks each lesson.
Filmed by a SAR Driving School instructor. Road layouts, signs and markings change — always drive to what you can see on the day. No road is guaranteed to appear on a driving test.
