About This Camera
Camera Location & Hazard Overview
If you're not sure which lane you need, sort it out well before you reach this camera. The Hammersmith gyratory is where the A4, A219 and a handful of local roads all converge beneath the flyover near the bus and tube stations, and last-minute lane changes are a major cause of the congestion here, more so than the sheer volume of traffic itself. This real-time feed covers A4 directly, useful if you're checking for accidents or hold-ups before you travel.
Traffic Pattern & Congestion Trends
Congested for most of the day given how many routes feed directly into it, with particularly heavy queuing during both commuter peaks as traffic funnels through on the way to and from central London. Even outside the main rush hours, this junction rarely feels genuinely quiet given the sheer scale of it. That congestion rarely eases significantly even outside the strict peak windows, given how many routes rely on this single junction. The gyratory's complexity makes it a known spot for minor collisions, and road traffic accident solicitors in Hammersmith report a steady stream of car crash claim enquiries originating from exactly this junction.
Traffic Fines & Camera Enforcement
Extensive bus lane, box junction and ULEZ camera coverage runs throughout the gyratory, reflecting the sheer volume of bus and general traffic passing through here daily. Enforcement here is about as strict as anywhere in the borough, given how easily this junction can seize up entirely without active management.
Road Closures & Alternative Routes
There's little practical way to bypass the gyratory itself — the surrounding roads all feed back into the same system regardless of which approach you take. Timing your journey outside peaks usually beats trying to route around it, since there's genuinely no shortcut that avoids this junction completely. Experienced local drivers tend to treat the gyratory as unavoidable and simply factor the delay into their journey rather than hunting for an escape route.
Driver Safety & Local Tips
Get in the correct lane well before the gyratory. Last-minute changes here cause more of the congestion than the volume of traffic itself does, and drivers who wait too long to commit often end up blocking others unnecessarily in the process.
ULEZ & Emissions
Hammersmith and Fulham is fully inside the expanded ULEZ, running 24/7 — £12.50 a day for non-compliant vehicles. The borough's eastern edge brushes the Congestion Charge boundary too, so check tfl.gov.uk if you're heading towards central London.
Parking near Hammersmith Bway/Shepherds Bush Rd, Putney and Mortlake
The Hammersmith gyratory itself has no on-street parking whatsoever, given the sheer volume and complexity of traffic passing through it. For genuine parking, you need to head into the residential streets well away from the junction, which fall within H&F's standard emissions-based CPZ, RingGo pay-by-phone or permit only, generally free outside controlled hours and on Sundays. Hammersmith Broadway's shopping centre operates its own multi-storey car park, pay-on-exit, genuinely the most sensible option if you're heading into the town centre rather than hunting for street parking near the gyratory. Given this junction's complexity, most locals treat it purely as a road to pass through rather than anywhere to stop, and head straight for the shopping centre car park instead.
If on-street parking is hard to find, apps like JustPark and YourParkingSpace let you pre-book a private driveway or car park nearby — typically from around £2–£6 per hour or £10–£25 per day depending on how central the location is.
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