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
A606 road becomes more hilly, and it passes through Upper Broughton and its "Golden Fleece". Crossing the Dalby Brook, the road enters Leicestershire and the district of Melton. In Broughton and Old Dalby, it passes through Nether Broughton, and its "Anchor Inn" and "Red House". The road is crossed by a pylon line, and ascends Broughton Hill where the road rises 80 metres in 0.5 km. On the top of the hill, there are crossroads, which is highest point of the road at 171 metres, for a former Roman road ("Six Hills Lane") that follows the northern ridge of the wolds, where