Blue Ribbon Roundabout, Foleshill, Coventry
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Blue Ribbon Roundabout, Foleshill, Coventry
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 31 Jul 2021
The Blue Ribbon roundabout forms the junction between Foleshill Road, the historic main road north out of Coventry, and the A444 Jimmy Hill Way, the modern dual carriageway out of the city, which was built in the 1990s as Phoenix Way. It was renamed after the death of Jimmy Hill, the former Coventry City FC manager, in 2015. Though both are north-south roads, the S-curve of Jimmy Hill Way, which is in part built along the route of a railway, causes it to cross the straighter Foleshill Road almost at a right angle at this roundabout. The blue ribbon sculpture alludes to the silk ribbon weaving industry, the dominant trade in Coventry in the 18th and 19th centuries until around 1860. Blue dye made from woad, a plant related to indigo, was also strongly associated with Coventry, 'as true as Coventry blue'. The northern continuation of Foleshill Road can be seen to the right of the picture.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.435703
Longitude
-1.494248