Roads at the bottom of Lower Canute Road in Hastings could do with a roundabout

I see that the local estate agents now refer to our area of town as The Saxons.

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Although some of our thoroughfares are indeed named after Saxon kings (Edmund, Athelstan, Alfred, of course Harold - and presumably the town planners ran out of imagination when it was time to name Saxon Road), it should not be forgotten that dear old Canute who, not content with being King of England also bagged the Norwegian throne, was as Danish as stjerneskud. Which brings me to the thrust of my letter – my friend Dr Clive Tring, the noted Sussex antiquarian, and I were recently discussing the problematic traffic situation at the confluence of roads at the bottom of Lower Canute Road, at the compound junction with Athelstan, Edmund and Alfred roads. Honestly, sometimes it's worse than Los Angeles!

Fortunately, Dr Tring and I have the solution - a mini-roundabout. Any readers who have visited London's vibrant Covent Garden district will have marveled at the junction at Seven Dials. We propose something similar, incorporating at the centre of the junction a multifaceted plinth bearing a statue of Britannia, with each face of the plinth carrying a likeness of the king after whom the road opposite it is named. What better way to celebrate our wonderful town's Scandinavian heritage whilst also preventing traffic snarl-ups?

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