{{Short description|English junction}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox road junction |country=GBR |road_type= |name=Grovehill Junction |maint= East Riding of Yorkshire Council |image= |image_caption= |location= Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire |coord= {{coord|53.8446|N|0.4078|W|dim:4000_region:GB|display=inline,title}} |roads= {{flatlist| *<span style="color:black; background:white">'''A1174'''</span> }} |type=Roundabout |const= |contractor= |opened= |height= |map= |map_alt= }}
'''Grovehill Junction''' is a junction in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. At one time, the junction was a roundabout.<ref name=OS>OS Landranger map no 107</ref><ref name="Mail 2016">{{cite news| title='Red light district': Beverley's infamous Grovehill roundabout still driving some people mad after 12 months | newspaper=Hull Daily Mail | date=3 February 2016 | url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/8216-red-light-district-8217-beverley-8217-s/story-28654996-detail/story.html | access-date=26 March 2017}}</ref> It is now a single level junction with 42 traffic lights and is considered to be the UK's craziest junction.<ref name=IND1>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/grovehill-junction-42-traffic-lights-stop-working-at-britains-craziest-junction-and-the-traffic-a6687311.html|title=Here's what happened when 42 traffic lights stopped working at Britain's craziest junction|date=9 October 2015|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Mail 2016"/> The junction is located at {{OS coord|TA 048 397}}.
==History== The earliest recorded history of the junction is that it was a 5 way roundabout.<ref name=OS/>
The roundabout was replaced with a junction having nine crossing points and 20 movements, controlled by 42 traffic lights <ref name=IND1/> in February 2015.<ref name="Mail 2016" />
Early in October 2015, the lights failed and the traffic was observed to move more freely than with the traffic lights working.<ref name=IND1/>
An audit of the junction has stated the junction has more lights than needed.<ref name=DM1/>
==Reception== The junction has been dubbed "The Red Light District".<ref name=DM1>{{cite news|url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/roundabout-transformed-traffic-lights-beverley-2227514|title=What happened when a roundabout like Toll Bar was turned into a traffic light 'jungle'|date=18 November 2018|work=Grimsby Telegraph|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>
A German TV station sent a crew to drive around the junction for the amusement of its viewers.<ref name="Mail 2016" /> Despite the concerns, East Riding of Yorkshire Council states the junction "works well".<ref name=DM1/>
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Category:Road junctions in England Category:Beverley