The WCR and the other roads planned in the 1960s for central London had developed from early schemes prior to the Second World War through Sir Patrick Abercrombie's County of London Plan, 1943 and Greater London Plan, 1944 to a 1960s Greater London Council (GLC) scheme that would have involved the construction of many miles of motorway-standard roads across the city and demolition on a massive scale.
London | University of London | University College London | London School of Economics | County Durham | King's College London | Orange County | Tower of London | City of London | County Cork | London Underground | London Symphony Orchestra | St. Louis County, Minnesota | London, Ontario | County Galway | County Mayo | county | Montgomery County | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | London Stock Exchange | London Borough of Hackney | Lancashire County Cricket Club | Imperial College London | Jack London | Hyde Park, London | Westchester County, New York | Nassau County, New York | Great Fire of London | County Antrim | Chelsea, London |
The South Circular Road was first proposed in Sir Patrick Abercrombie's County of London Plan of 1943, as the southern half of one of a number of ring roads around the capital.