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A2 road (England)

Index A2 road (England)

The A2 is a major road in southern England, connecting London with the English Channel port of Dover in Kent. [1]

99 relations: A roads in Zone 2 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A20 road (England), A249 road, A256 road, A278 road, A28 road, A3 road, Ancient trackway, Anglo-Saxons, Antonine Itinerary, Automatic number-plate recognition, Bexley, Bexleyheath, Blackheath, London, Blackwall Tunnel, Bluewater (shopping centre), Borough of Dartford, Bridge, Kent, Canterbury, Celts, Channel Tunnel, Chatham, Kent, Cobham, Kent, Continental Europe, Controlled-access highway, Crayford, Cyclopark, Dartford, Dartford Crossing, Dartford Heath, Deptford, Dover, Dual carriageway, Dubris, Dunkirk, Kent, Ebbsfleet International railway station, Edward VIII, Eltham, English Channel, Falconwood, Faversham, Folkestone, Gillingham, Kent, Gravesend, Great Britain road numbering scheme, Greater London, Greenwich, Greenwich Park, Harbledown, Henry III of England, ..., High Speed 1, Kent, Kidbrooke, London, London Bridge, London congestion charge, London Inner Ring Road, London Ringways, London, Chatham and Dover Railway, Lower Thames Crossing, Lympne, M16 motorway, M2 motorway (Great Britain), M20 motorway, M25 motorway, Maison Dieu, Faversham, Medway, New Cross, Newington, Swale, Northfleet, Old Kent Road, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Portus Lemanis, Post–World War I recession, Rainham, Kent, Ramsgate, Richborough, Richborough Castle, River Cray, River Darent, River Medway, River Thames, Rochester Bridge, Rochester, Kent, Roman Britain, Rotherhithe Tunnel, Sandwich, Kent, Shooter's Hill, Shoulder (road), Sittingbourne, South Circular Road, London, Southwark, Spiral bridge, Springhead, Kent, St George the Martyr, Southwark, Strood, Tower Bridge, Turnpike trusts, Watling Street. Expand index (49 more) »

A roads in Zone 2 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames and east of the A3 (roads beginning with 2).

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A20 road (England)

The A20 is a major road in south-east England, carrying traffic from London to Dover in Kent.

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A249 road

The A249 is a road in Kent, England, running from Maidstone to Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey.

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A256 road

The A256 is a key road running north-south through East Kent which connects the Thanet towns to Dover.

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A278 road

The A278 (Hoath way) is a road running north-south in north Kent, England.

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A28 road

The A28 is a trunk road in southern England.

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A3 road

The A3, known as the Portsmouth Road or London Road in sections, is a major road connecting London and Portsmouth passing close to Kingston upon Thames, Guildford, Haslemere and Petersfield.

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Ancient trackway

Ancient trackway can refer to any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Antonine Itinerary

The Antonine Itinerary (Itinerarium Antonini Augusti, "The Itinerary of the Emperor Antoninus") is a famous itinerarium, a register of the stations and distances along various roads.

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Automatic number-plate recognition

Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR; see also other names below) is a technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates to create vehicle location data.

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Bexley

Bexley is an area of south-east London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley.

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Bexleyheath

Bexleyheath is a town in the London Borough of Bexley, England, southeast of Charing Cross.

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Blackheath, London

Blackheath is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Blackwall Tunnel

The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, England linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road.

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Bluewater (shopping centre)

Bluewater Shopping Centre (commonly referred to as Bluewater) is an out-of-town shopping centre in Stone (postally Greenhithe), Kent, England, outside the M25 Orbital motorway, east south-east of London's centre.

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Borough of Dartford

The Borough of Dartford is a local government district in the north-west of the county of Kent, England.

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Bridge, Kent

Bridge is a village and civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.

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Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation of ''Celt'' for different usages) were an Indo-European people in Iron Age and Medieval Europe who spoke Celtic languages and had cultural similarities, although the relationship between ethnic, linguistic and cultural factors in the Celtic world remains uncertain and controversial.

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Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel (Le tunnel sous la Manche; also nicknamed the Chunnel) is a rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom, with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France, beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.

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Chatham, Kent

Chatham is one of the Medway towns located within the Medway unitary authority, in North Kent, in South East England.

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Cobham, Kent

Cobham is a village and civil parish in the Gravesham District of Kent, England.

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Continental Europe

Continental or mainland Europe is the continuous continent of Europe excluding its surrounding islands.

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Controlled-access highway

A controlled-access highway is a type of highway which has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated.

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Crayford

Crayford is a town and electoral ward located in south-east London, England within the London Borough of Bexley.

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Cyclopark

Cyclopark is a purpose-built facility for cycling and other outdoor activities, located on the south side of Gravesend, north Kent in south-east England, adjacent to the A2 dual carriageway.

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Dartford

Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England.

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Dartford Crossing

The Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent to the south with Thurrock in Essex to the north.

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Dartford Heath

Dartford Heath Common is an area of open heathland situated to the south-west of Dartford, Kent, England, covering around of open space.

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Deptford

Deptford is a district of south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England.

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Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway (British English) or divided highway (American English) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation.

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Dubris

Dubris, also known as Portus Dubris and Dubrae, was a port in Roman Britain on the site of present-day Dover, Kent, England.

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Dunkirk, Kent

Dunkirk is a village and civil parish between Faversham and Canterbury in southeast England.

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Ebbsfleet International railway station

Ebbsfleet International railway station is a railway station in Ebbsfleet Valley, in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, outside the eastern boundary of Greater London, England.

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Edward VIII

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year, after which he became the Duke of Windsor.

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Eltham

Eltham is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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English Channel

The English Channel (la Manche, "The Sleeve"; Ärmelkanal, "Sleeve Channel"; Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; Mor Bretannek, "Sea of Brittany"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Falconwood

Falconwood is an area of south east London within both the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich.

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Faversham

Faversham is a market town and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England.

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Folkestone

Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England.

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Gillingham, Kent

Gillingham is a town in the county of Kent in South East England.

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Gravesend

Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the south bank of the Thames Estuary and opposite Tilbury in Essex.

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Great Britain road numbering scheme

The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a numbering scheme used to classify and identify all roads in Great Britain.

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Greater London

Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.

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Greenwich

Greenwich is an area of south east London, England, located east-southeast of Charing Cross.

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Greenwich Park

Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London.

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Harbledown

Harbledown is the village and clustered settlement immediately west of Canterbury, Kent, in England, contiguous with the city, at least at the lowest level of local government a separate village: it has the mainstay of homes in the civil parish of Harbledown and Rough Common.

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Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death.

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High Speed 1

High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway between London and the United Kingdom end of the Channel Tunnel.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Kidbrooke

Kidbrooke is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Bridge

Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London.

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London congestion charge

The London congestion charge is a fee charged on most motor vehicles operating within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) in Central London between 07:00 and 18:00 Mondays to Fridays.

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London Inner Ring Road

The London Inner Ring Road, or Ring Road as signposted, is a route formed from a number of major roads that encircle Central London.

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London Ringways

The London Ringways were a series of four ring roads planned in the 1960s to circle London at various distances from the city centre.

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London, Chatham and Dover Railway

The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given Parliamentary approval to change its name.

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Lower Thames Crossing

The Lower Thames Crossing, or Third Thames Crossing, is a proposed new crossing of the Thames estuary linking the county of Kent with the county of Essex through Thurrock.

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Lympne

Lympne, formerly also Lymne, is a village on the former shallow-gradient sea cliffs above the expansive agricultural plain of Romney Marsh in Kent.

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M16 motorway

The M16 motorway was the designation planned in the late 1960s and early 1970s for use on Ringway 3, a new motorway planned as part of the London Ringways Plan to run a circular route around London.

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M2 motorway (Great Britain)

The M2 is a motorway in Kent, England.

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M20 motorway

The M20 is a motorway in Kent, England.

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M25 motorway

The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a motorway that encircles almost all of Greater London, England (with the exception of North Ockendon), in the United Kingdom.

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Maison Dieu, Faversham

Maison Dieu ('House of God') is a hospital, monastery, hostel, retirement home and royal lodge commissioned by Henry III in 1234.

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Medway

Medway is a conurbation and unitary authority in Kent in the region of South East England.

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New Cross

New Cross is an area of south east London, England, south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the SE14 postcode district.

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Newington, Swale

Newington is a village and civil parish in the Swale district of Kent, England.

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Northfleet

Northfleet is a town in the Gravesham Borough of Kent.

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Old Kent Road

Old Kent Road is a major thoroughfare in South East London, England, passing through the London Borough of Southwark.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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Portus Lemanis

Portus Lemanis, also known as Lemanae, was the Latin name of an ancient Roman fort, settlement and port in southern Kent.

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Post–World War I recession

The post–World War I recession was an economic recession that hit much of the world in the aftermath of World War I. In many nations, especially in North America, this growth continued during World War I as nations mobilized their economies to fight the war in Europe.

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Rainham, Kent

The town of Rainham is a part of the Medway Towns conurbation, under the unitary authority of Medway, in South East England, and part of the ceremonial county of Kent.

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Ramsgate

Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England.

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Richborough

Richborough is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England.

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Richborough Castle

Richborough Castle contains the ruins of a Roman Saxon Shore fort, collectively known as Richborough Fort or Richborough Roman Fort.

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River Cray

The River Cray is a tributary of the River Darent in southern England, rising in Priory Gardens Orpington (London Borough of Bromley), where rainwater permeates the chalk bedrock and forms a pond at the boundary between the chalk and impermeable clay.

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River Darent

The Darent is a Kentish tributary of the River Thames and takes the waters of the River Cray as a tributary in the tidal portion of the Darent near Crayford, as illustrated by the adjacent photograph, snapped at high tide.

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River Medway

The River Medway is a river in South East England.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Rochester Bridge

Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England.

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Rochester, Kent

Rochester is a town and was a historic city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain (Britannia or, later, Britanniae, "the Britains") was the area of the island of Great Britain that was governed by the Roman Empire, from 43 to 410 AD.

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Rotherhithe Tunnel

The Rotherhithe Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Thames in East London, connecting Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets north of the river to Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark south of the river, designated the A101.

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Sandwich, Kent

Sandwich is a historic town and civil parish on the River Stour in the non-metropolitan district of Dover, within the ceremonial county of Kent, south-east England.

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Shooter's Hill

Shooter's Hill (or Shooters Hill) is a district in South East London within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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Shoulder (road)

A shoulder, or hard shoulder is an emergency stopping lane by the verge of a road or motorway, on the right in countries which drive on the right, or on the left side in India, Japan, the UK, Australia, and other left-side driving countries.

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Sittingbourne

Sittingbourne is an industrial town situated in the Swale district of Kent in south east England, from Canterbury and from London.

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South Circular Road, London

The South Circular Road (formally the A205 and often simply called the South Circular) in south London, England, is a major road that runs from the Woolwich Ferry in the east to the Chiswick Flyover in the west via Catford, Dulwich, Clapham Common, Wandsworth and Kew Bridge.

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Southwark

Southwark is a district of Central London and part of the London Borough of Southwark.

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Spiral bridge

A spiral bridge, loop bridge, or pigtail bridge is a road bridge which loops over its own road, allowing the road to climb rapidly.

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Springhead, Kent

Springhead lies at the source of the River Ebbsfleet, just southwest of the Gravesend suburban conurbations.

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St George the Martyr, Southwark

St George the Martyr is a church in the historic Borough district of south London.

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Strood

Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England.

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Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built between 1886 and 1894.

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Turnpike trusts

Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Watling Street

Watling Street is a route in England and Wales that began as an ancient trackway first used by the Britons, mainly between the areas of modern Canterbury and using a natural ford near Westminster.

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A2 road (Great Britain), Great Dover Road, Shooters Hill Road.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A2_road_(England)

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