Kingswood Roundabouts

Following the completion of several new housing developments in the area over the past few years, Hull City Council has confirmed two schemes will take place in 2026 to increase the highway capacity of the roundabouts at Ennerdale Leisure Centre and Wawne Road/Bude Road.

In addition, the schemes will also -

  • improve cycle and pedestrian facilities to support people to walk and ride more
  • provide new signalised cycle and pedestrian crossing points to improve safety
  • see the management of trees in the area, some of which are proposed to be taken up and replanted

Where this cannot be accommodated, twice as many replacement trees will be planted to improve the local landscape.

The multi-million-pound investment has been funded through the council’s capital programme as well as an allocation of funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

The council has appointed CR Reynolds Ltd, a Hessle-based construction company, to deliver two roundabout improvement schemes in Kingswood.

Works are programmed to start in early March, with the council and its contractor taking a phased approach to minimise disruption. Both sites will also be worked on simultaneously to shorten the overall length of construction.

It is anticipated that the improvements will be completed by the end of the year.

Ennerdale Leisure Centre

Wawne Road/Bude Road Roundabout

 

Kingswood Roundabouts Phase 1

three men stood in front of a roundabout

What you need to know about the current works

Work has started at both the Wawne Road/Bude Road roundabout and the Ennerdale Leisure Centre roundabouts, initially focussing on -

  • preparation for utility diversions
  • removal of all existing splitter islands.

To ensure the safety of the council’s contractor, traffic management is in place, as follows -

  • narrow lanes on Holwell Road and Bude Road
  • a northbound closure on Wawne Road, between the roundabout and the entrance to Kingswood Academy, until the end of April
  • narrow lanes on Thomas Clarkson Way (southbound) and Ennerdale (north)
  • a northbound lane closure on A1033 Ennerdale, between Sutton Road and the roundabout, until early October.

To support buses and local journeys, traffic will be diverted around the Wawne Road closure, via the emergency access road from Bude Road through Foredyke Nature Reserve. 

For the safety of all motorists as well as local residents and school children, drivers are reminded that the speed limit is 10mph and overtaking is prohibited.

In addition, to ensure the safety of pupils at Kingswood Academy, manned stop/go signs will be put in place on the emergency access road at 7.30-9am, 11.30am-1pm and 3-4pm.

HGVs will need to follow an alternative diversion route via Wawne Road, Diversity Drive, Richmond Lane, Grosvenor Road, Richmond Way, Barnes Way, Raich Carter Way, John Newton Way and Bude Road.

The start of the main schemes follows initial work to remove and replant a number of trees on council-owned land located near to the roundabouts. This was required to allow access to utilities and provide additional space to expand the roundabouts.

Where it hasn’t been possible to accommodate replanting, twice as many replacement trees will be planted to improve the local landscape.

You can view the works and traffic management arrangements within the attached scheme plans.