Old Kent Road Old Kent Road Old Kent Road is a major thoroughfare in South East London, England, passing through the London Borough of Southwark. It was originally part of an ancient trackway that was paved by the Romans and used by the Anglo-Saxons who named it Wæcelinga Stræt (Watling Street). It is now part of the A2, a major road from London to Dover. The road was important in Roman times linking London to the coast at Richborough and Dover via Canterbury. It was a route for pilgrims in the Middle Ages as portrayed in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, when Old Kent Road
A201 road lane heading in the opposite direction. New Kent Road was created in 1751 when the Turnpike Trust upgraded a local footpath. The road starts at Elephant and Castle, and runs eastward for a few hundred yards to a junction (called the Bricklayers' Arms) with Great Dover Street and Tower Bridge Road before becoming Old Kent Road (the A2). A201 road The A201 is an A road in London running from Kings Cross to Elephant and Castle. The route passes along Kings Cross Road, Farringdon Road, Farringdon Street, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars Bridge, Blackfriars Road, London Road to the Elephant and