Motoring Oddities EP1 - How Small is The Uk's Smallest Zebra Pedestrian Crossing 

An interesting thing about Raunds it that it's in a meteorological hot (or sometimes cold) spot. It has the record for the most hottest days of the year spread over the last 100 years and the third most coldest days of the year spread over the last 100 years in England.

Oh they named those striped horses after those pedestrian crossing.

Belisha Beacon. That's what those orange thingies are called.

Now do the longest continuous zebra crossing in the UK

This looks like another excellent series Jon, looking forward to the next episode.

@ 1:41,after 3 skip backs, 2 failed pause attempts.... I saw it!! Pelican too, comedic genius. Bravo!!!

Love the 'out takes'...... Shows such a genuine side to this channel

'Karen in her (range rover) evouqe carnt be trusted' And to be fair neither can I. Time to swap out zebra crossing for pelican crossings.

Missed this stunning episode. Full of the best trivia around, went past Rounds a few weeks ago. This ties up the, How does "Old Piss Hands" know about the Bozeat pronunciation debacle. Cheers

You crack me up. Hilarious!

Your views on Northamptonshire are spot on! Lived all over in the last 25 years

Just seen this and yes I have heard of Raunds as I live a couple of miles from Raunds. Didn’t realise you are from there.

Lived in Raunds in the 1980s. I crossed that crossing many times on my way to school. It was know as the smallest even then. All the best to those who left Windmill school and started the 1st year manor school in 1986. George Harrison, Carl Burton and Phillip Neal etc etc

"Raunds" and "oddities" definitely go together. Although I grew up in Rushden and in no position to talk...

Enjoying the oddities :) one for you to check out is 'Hangmans Hill' in Epping, it gives the illusion that you roll backwards up a hill, very strange illusion.

Hi Jon, You now got an avid canadian subscriber/viewer ... Me ! Love your work, absolutely adore your humor, keep it up.

I think you should check the one on Hill Street in Kirkcaldy. It might be a challenger. And, it was previously a pelican crossing!

Well done Jon :-) you must be the only and I mean ONLY person on RU-vid to visit Raunds about a motoring related show and made not a single reference to the only reason the Internet knew about Raunds until you made this film..... I mean the road...... you know the one..... you don't!? I mean I could be risking my dump account getting a ban so I will speel it phonetically.... tango Indian tango tango Yankee hotel Oscar Lane..... In fact as a early fan and one that ironicly watched nearly ALL your fascinating and genuinely entertaining content yet somehow relied solely on RU-vid analytics to view your videos as I hadn't subscribed until now! :-D now rectified! :-D lol but maybe do a series on the rude and interesting street names??

Did you buy your tape measure from Everyday Essentials?

Raunds is only just down the road from me, never knew there was a famous zebra crossing there!

Just watched this one Jon. Brilliant 👏

The one outside Ortongate in Peterborough is so small it only has 2 white stripes. Also the one on Cowgate Peterborough is pretty small. Come measure them mate!

Another great video Jon. Keep them coming mate

fabulous wicked awesome 🎉🎉

Live in Raunds….? I’m nearby in Stanwick and wonder why they haven’t widened the road at this constricted location. A council planner told me they didn’t want the traffic to go any faster at this location!

Zebra crossing off Market Square in Oldmeldrum Aberdeenshire must be close. Also 3 stripes.

Just to correct you. You said the boot factories have all gone. Not true, Solovair still manufacture boots there, as do Dr Martens.

that last outtake i swear i could see him wanting to finish the sentence with "the loudest fucking crossing in the world"

Is Bird Cage Walk in Hanley the narrowest street to have double yellow lines painted down both sides? I doubt most normal sized cars could even fit down it

there are zebra crossings which connect the pavement with bus stop (crossing the bicycle lane) on Park Lane in Liverpool. I wonder if these count as they are surely shorter than the one in Raunds

These always make me chuckle 😂

nice video

Oddities, sounds right up my street 👍🤣

If you count zebra crossings with an island Newark has one with a mere 2 white stripes.

I think one not too far away from me is smaller, although it tapers a bit so I think although the narrower end is narrower, the wider end is definitely wider if that makes any sense. It's the zebra crossing by the Church in Billericay High Street, Essex. Similar 1 way narrow lane zebra crossing.

Raunds - never been in it. Maccie Ds is the closest I've been. On the other hand, Irthlingborough..........Higham Ferrers.......Rushden..........shoeless dormitory towns with distribution centres galore...... oh wait, that's nearly everywhere now isn't it?

3:45 Mk4 Astra Saloon. Getting rare now

A B B E Y R O A D

Great stuff Jon

Gotta do the smallest pelican/puffin crossing now.

My town!

Love the content.

Do the 2 part crossings count? Cause I can think of a place in wembley( or close to wembley) with 2.8m width restriction bollards and a zebra crossing, broken with an island with those bobbly paving stones in the middle

In the USA we call these cross walks. The Markings are not a lot different. We don't mark them with lights though.

I read somewhere that the shortest dual carriageway in the UK is the A6 at Sharnbrook. No idea if that's true or not.

Ronnie hotdogs on board kid 👍👍 why not do the steepest mountain pass? I've done hard Knott in Cumbria it was great

Do zebra crossings on cycle lanes count?

I think all of our crossings are named after animals ☝️☺️🪧

I'd say that's a pretty large zebra crossing, maybe above average even

I love how they put a little lamppost next to it too lol

There are no Zebra Crossings on the moon

I lived in Raunds in 1999

I'm a motoring oddity.

How weird... A Toober from Raunds? Me too... although my channel is fairly new and only 2K subs. @silver fox hot takes This tiny town is turning into the Hollywood of RU-vid!

I live next to a town which has a pretty small zebra crossing. It is called Raunds. I always thought it was irrelevant, but after watching this video, i found out nothing. It is still pretty irrelevant

Wonder if I'm the only viewer in South Africa?????

KAREN 🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😆😆 EVOGUE😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆

Well done in showing up the brainless stupidity of road planners in the councils across England. Unneeded traffic lights are the worst offenders. How often have you wasted time at a red light when it is perfectly PERFECTLY safe to proceed?

3.5m or just inder 11½ foot. You're welcome