A family who refuses to move from their house in the middle of a roundabout has stated that it ‘does get crowded at times’.

If you travel along the A525, you may observe that the roundabout near the Denbigh bypass looks to be in better condition than other roundabouts in the UK.

Let’s avoid rating roundabouts like we do service stations, especially since the correct answer is either Gloucester or Tebay. The reason this roundabout looks so nice is because there is always someone there to maintain it.

64 years ago, David John and Eirian Howatson moved into a cottage without a roundabout, but that would change over the following few decades.

The bypass was constructed, and in the late 1970s, designs for a roundabout were filed; however, because the family refused to leave their home, it was simply built around them, which was completed in 1980.

Years later, the Howatsons still own the property on the roundabout, and Clwyd Howatson, 64, spoke of having lived there for the majority of his life.

He explained: “We don’t have any neighbors to worry about, although life on the circle may be hectic at times, especially when the grandchildren visit.

“I’ve lived on the roundabout for over 40 years, and it’s pretty much all I know. We had also resided here for 20 years prior to its construction, indicating that it had been a family property for a significant period.

Living on a roundabout naturally leads to a plethora of practical questions, and Clwyd noted that the most common one is ‘How do you get to your house?’ He asserted that the answer is ‘pretty self-explanatory with the drive at the bottom’.
“The second question is always, ‘Is it noisy?,’ which it isn’t,” the roundabout resident explained.

“I’d say it’s like living beside any road, but it’s not too horrible; we have double glazing, so it doesn’t bother us, and the road only becomes extremely busy at peak hours, which are just a few times a day.

“Getting off the roundabout, on the other hand, can be challenging. When people are on a roundabout, they don’t anticipate someone to emerge from the roundabout itself, so we get a few double takes.

“It can be a bit awkward as well if someone lets you go because someone could be coming up on the other lane, but we don’t really have any issues with it; we just tend to wait until it’s a bit quieter, which is most of the time.”

Delivering items to the house can be challenging because many drivers are unaware that the destination is on the roundabout itself and their SatNav isn’t functioning properly.

Delivery drivers may end up visiting other nearby residences if they haven’t been around previously before Clwyd alerts them that they are “on” the roundabout.

The family has been lucky to avoid serious accidents on roundabouts, which can collide with homes. However, during the initial creation of the roundabout, some automobiles were able to navigate in the opposite direction.

The family planned to stay in the house for the foreseeable future.