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The cockerel In roundabout setting With gold medal during the 2012 London Olympics With knitwear. The Dorking Cockerel is a sculpture on Deepdene roundabout in Dorking, Surrey, England. It depicts a male Dorking chicken, which were historically an important part of the town's economy. The 3-metre (10 ft) tall cockerel was sculpted by Peter ...
The sculpture of two cyclists at the Pixham End roundabout was unveiled in July 2012, less than two weeks before the Olympic road race events were routed through Dorking. The installation was designed by the artist Heather Burrell, and just over half of the cost was donated by members of the public, each of whom is represented by an oak leaf on ...
The Dorking is among the oldest British chicken breeds. It has sometimes been suggested that it derives from five-toed (rather than the usual four-toed) chickens brought to Britain by the Romans in the first century AD, [9] [10] but it is not known whether the Romans brought poultry with them, nor if they found five-toed poultry when they arrived. [4]
Following the death of Henry Howard, 15th Earl of Arundel in 1652, the manor of Dorking (including the Deepdene) passed to his fourth son, Charles. [2] Charles Howard planted a formal garden on the land, which was later visited by John Evelyn and John Aubrey. The first known habitable building, a farmhouse, is thought to have been constructed ...
The Hotel Indonesia Roundabout in Jakarta, Indonesia A magic roundabout in Kent, UK, on the A13 road near Sadlers Farm. A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.
Roundabout, rotary, or traffic circle A type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic flows almost continuously in one direction around a central island. [10] Route marker. See highway shield. Route number, road number, or route identifier A combination of letters and/or numbers that serve to identify a particular road.
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Dorking J9 Leatherhead A243 Dorking (A24) October 1985 42.6 43.2 68.6 69.5 Cobham services: Services Cobham services: September 2012 45.0 72.4 Portsmouth, Guildford, London (SW & C) A3: J10 London (SW), Kingston, Guildford, Portsmouth A3: October 1985 (eastbound) December 1983 (westbound) 49.8 80.2 Woking A320 Chertsey A317: J11 Chertsey A317 ...