Charter Way provides an exit from the eastbound A406 towards the A598 and is separated from the rest of the junction by Charter Green.
Charter Way nowadays runs for just a couple of hundred metres. It was once wider and much more important. It was the eastern terminus of the North Circular Road.
The first phase of the North Circular ran from Stonebridge Park to here. At its eastern end, it curved north to merge with Regent’s Park Road - today’s Charter Way. The original plan had been for the North Circular to use a section of Regent’s Park Road northwards before branching off to the east. When the North Circular was finally extended, plans had changed and it was taken directly eastwards, leaving Charter Way stranded.
At its northern end, where it meets Regent’s Park Road, is a bronze statue officially called La Délivrance. The statue was so positioned to mark the end of the North Circular Road. The statue demonstrates Charter Way’s former width - its garden fence still marks the original boundary of the road. Like other of London’s arterial roads, it was a round number: 70 feet - ample for three lanes of traffic.
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Charter Way provides an exit from the eastbound A406 towards the A598 and is separated from the rest of the junction by Charter Green.
