Ollerton roundabout

About the scheme

We are working with Via East Midlands to deliver improvement works to the A614 / A616 Ollerton Roundabout, one of five junction upgrades along the A614/A6097 Major Road Network corridor. The programme is funded by the Department for Transport (DfT), East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) and Nottinghamshire County Council.

The scheme will deliver a major upgrade to the existing five‑arm roundabout, improving capacity, reducing delays, and enhancing safety for all road users, including pedestrians accessing the surrounding forest footpaths.

Why works are needed

Ollerton Roundabout is a key junction on the A614/A616 corridor, connecting Mansfield Road, Old Rufford Road, Worksop Road, Blythe Road and Ollerton Road. It currently experiences:

Peak‑time congestion causing long queues and slow‑moving traffic.
High traffic volumes from commuter, freight and visitor movements to Sherwood Forest and surrounding attractions.
Growth pressures from planned development in the area, increasing demand on the junction.
Limited pedestrian crossing provision, making it difficult for people to safely reach forest footpaths and local walking routes.
Safety concerns linked to the current layout, visibility constraints and turning movements.

Without intervention, modelling shows congestion and delays will continue to worsen, impacting journey reliability across the corridor.

What’s happening at Ollerton

The upgrade at Ollerton Roundabout is designed to make the junction work more smoothly for everyone who uses it, whether travelling through on the A614/A616, heading towards Mansfield, Worksop or Blyth, or simply trying to reach the forest footpaths that begin just beyond the roadside.

To achieve this, the roundabout is being reshaped to give traffic more room to move. Several of the approaches and exits are being widened, helping drivers filter into the correct lanes earlier and reducing the stop‑start conditions that currently build up at busy times. These changes will make movements around the roundabout clearer and more predictable, improving safety and reducing delays for everyday commuters, freight vehicles and visitors to the Sherwood area.

Pedestrian access is also being improved. The design introduces crossing tactiles on all five arms of the roundabout, ensuring that people can safely reach the surrounding walking routes. Two of these, on Old Rufford Road and Mansfield Road, will be fully controlled crossings, giving pedestrians a protected moment to cross. The remaining arms, Worksop Road, Blythe Road and Ollerton Road, will feature new uncontrolled tactile crossings, positioned where visibility and traffic conditions allow safe movement.

Alongside these changes, the scheme includes upgrades to lighting, signage and road markings, helping drivers navigate the junction more confidently, especially during darker months. Drainage systems are being improved to suit the revised layout, and essential utility diversions will take place to make space for the widened carriageways.