Non-railway turntables

[eastworld]

I was aware that a boatyard in Victoria, BC, Canada had one of these, but is this the only example of a boat turntable in the UK?

 

https://en-gb.facebook.com/Birdham.Pool.Marina/videos/1412346292322346/

 

Stu

[Fat Controller]

32 minutes ago, eastworld said:

I was aware that a boatyard in Victoria, BC, Canada had one of these, but is this the only example of a boat turntable in the UK?

 

https://en-gb.facebook.com/Birdham.Pool.Marina/videos/1412346292322346/

 

Stu

I don't know about marine ones, but there was one for road vehicles in Dover, serving the loading bays of a parade of shops just down from the old Town Hall.

[Compound2632]

That Birdham Pool one is not strictly speaking turntable, since it is not possible to turn a boat round with it. More of a 360 degree sector plate.

[russ p]

Wasn't there a trolleybus turntable in Christchurch or somewhere. 

I've seen a car turntable in Henstridge 

[Adam88]

6 minutes ago, russ p said:

Wasn't there a trolleybus turntable in Christchurch or somewhere. 

I've seen a car turntable in Henstridge 

 

... and here:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwood_trolleybus_turntable

 

 

[D826]

There was a turntable - and rails, for moving lockgate components, at the Canal workshops at Bulbourne near Tring on the Grand Union.  They closed years ago, but I was fascinated by the wagon with lockgate components at an open day about 1995.  You can see the location of the turntable in this image here:

https://images.app.goo.gl/p4vwsggh5ZAmZxs18

 

[Wickham Green too]

3 hours ago, Adam88 said:

... and here:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwood_trolleybus_turntable

Here's the Solingen 'table in use seven years ago ....

[Bon Accord]

Most first and second generation car ferries had turntables on their decks as they had one single point of loading/discharge, e.g. drive car on normally, turn on turntable and then reverse/drive into position.

[Wickham Green too]

............. c'mon the cars stayed on the turntables - which WERE the decks ! ....

 

Ballachulish ferry ; 18/8/74

[idd15]

Waitrose has a number of lorry turntables installed at stores  were access and egress of an HGV to the yard would be difficult. Most will be in use at least 2 or 3 times a day.

 

Wallingford Turntable

Dare say other large retailers use them as well.

 

idd

[Harry Welch]

Pretty certain there is (was?) one at the rear of the M&S shop in Chester, not sure how far round it will turn though.

[Ian Smeeton]

Here's a boat turntable at Port Glasgow.

 

https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/SAR018769

 

 

Not the clearest of photos.

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

 

 

 

[Engineer]

A bus turntable in St Helier, Jersey, on site of former Jersey Eastern Railway terminus,  Had gone before I was able to visit - the bus station became car parking.

 

 

Christchurch turntable on the Bournemouth trolleybus system, previously mentioned.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/46158057181/
https://twitter.com/ephemeracity/status/1134161776310984705
https://twitter.com/thejohnfisher/status/1273857936469753857

 

Turntable in a London trolleybus depot, Edmonton, from about 40 seconds 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHnXcTGZGfk

 

[Johann Marsbar]

There was a thread on the National Preservation Forum a few months back that covered some non railway turntables...

https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/turntables.1418564/

...including lorry and car ones!

[DavidB-AU]

A whole thread on bus turntables.

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/75405-bus-turntables/

[The Lurker]

I stayed at a cottage in Cley which had a turntable for visitor parking. But the length of our car (BMW 3 series saloon) was such that it came perilously close to the wall. After the first scare we just used multi-point turns!

Edited May 19, 2021 by The Lurker

[Fat Controller]

10 minutes ago, The Lurker said:

I stayed at a cottage in Cley which had a turntable for visitor parking. But the length of our car (BMW 3 series saloon) was such that it came perilously close to the wall. After the first scare we just used multi-point turns!

I was told that at least one Oxford college has one. I have occasionally thought of having one, as we have a difficult access on to a busy minor road. Last time I looked, they were about £5000.

[Gwiwer]

A good many places have lorry turntables in loading docks as it can save space and / or awkward reversal moves.  I first came across one when the catering stores at Liverpool Street station was relocated during the rebuild from its former position off the cab-road main entrance to a back-street location off Worship Street.  It was not possible to continue the former drive-through arrangements nor was it considered safe to have large vehicles reversing into or out of the yard.  Problems arose when over-length vehicles turned up or, occasionally, a fully-laden dray which exceeded the weight limit.  

 

Bus and trolleybus turntables have been covered above.  There was one location on the outer Melbourne bus network which was described as the "turntable" but for which I have not seen evidence of such a device.  A very tight turning bay exists (or existed until recently) along the Mountain Highway used by route 755 at The Basin 688 between Croydon and Upper Ferntree Gully to facilitate short-turns / double-runs on a twisting and steep road.  It may have been an actual turntable in past times.  It's a long shot but would anyone here know more?  

 

Edited May 19, 2021 by Gwiwer
Corrected memory error

[ejstubbs]

I once noticed a car turntable in a rather cramped private underground car park.  It meant they could cram an extra one or two cars in by not having to leave space for multi-point turns.

Edited May 19, 2021 by ejstubbs

[Ponthir28]

I am pretty sure there was a car turntable on the old Aust Chepstow car ferry. Before the seven bridge.

Edited May 19, 2021 by Ponthir28

[Dave John]

A bit hard to make out, but this is the remnants of a turntable for horse drawn carriages. It is situated at the end of Hamilton Drive Lane, Glasgow. 

 

 

 

 

 

When I first saw it 30 years ago the whole circle was visible, but it now rather buried.

[kevinlms]

3 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

A good many places have lorry turntables in loading docks as it can save space and / or awkward reversal moves.  I first came across one when the catering stores at Liverpool Street station was relocated during the rebuild from its former position off the cab-road main entrance to a back-street location off Worship Street.  It was not possible to continue the former drive-through arrangements nor was it considered safe to have large vehicles reversing into or out of the yard.  Problems arose when over-length vehicles turned up or, occasionally, a fully-laden dray which exceeded the weight limit.  

 

Bus and trolleybus turntables have been covered above.  There was one location on the outer Melbourne bus network which was described as the "turntable" but for which I have not seen evidence of such a device.  A very tight turning bay exists (or existed until recently) along the mountain road used by route 688 between Croydon and Upper Ferntree Gully to facilitate short-turns / double-runs on a twisting and steep road.  It may have been an actual turntable in past times.  It's a long shot but would anyone here know more?  

 

New one on me. But Google reveals a bus stop named The Basin Turntable at The Basin on Mountain Highway. But on the 755 bus route.

[russ p]

4 hours ago, The Lurker said:

I stayed at a cottage in Cley which had a turntable for visitor parking. But the length of our car (BMW 3 series saloon) was such that it came perilously close to the wall. After the first scare we just used multi-point turns!

 

Where abouts is that? I live very close to Cley and my layout is set there maybe something I could model

[Gwiwer]

3 hours ago, kevinlms said:

The Basin Turntable at The Basin on Mountain Highway. But on the 755 bus route.

That'll be the one.  It's been a few years and I only ever made one trip up there so the memory was a little hazy.  But yes, the stop is called "Turntable" and the location is used to turn buses.  

[The Lurker]

22 hours ago, russ p said:

 

Where abouts is that? I live very close to Cley and my layout is set there maybe something I could model

If I have done this right, this is the location from google maps/street view

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9536237,1.0424329,3a,75y,330.29h,71.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEKAcgOBMIMJB1yigW1XqKw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

The cottage we stayed in was on the left hand side of the A149 next to the pub garden. The turntable is down the little lane on the left (although the gates may be shut). The satellite view is rathe grainy but you can just about make it out