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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Phoebe Jobling & Ben Summer

'I live in a block of flats in the middle of a roundabout... it's hard work and my daughter can't play out'

Many homeowners often share complaints about living next to busy roads, but there's nothing quite like living ON a roundabout. It's not often that you see a block of flats plonked in the middle of a circular junction, but for some residents in Wales, this is their reality.

Waunllwyd flats sits in the centre of a roundabout near the A465 Heads of the Valleys road in Penywaun between Aberdare and Hirwaun, joining Lawrence Avenue to the west with Arfryn to the north and south.

The building, made up of nine flats in total, makes for quite the unusual sight with paths leading down from four sections of the roundabout and two entrances to the flats at 'street level', which is directly opposite the busy main road.

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