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
Roman Road, London new market off Roman Road. It met the same kind of resistance as the earlier attempt to promote Columbia Market. The Roman Road Market was designated a Conservation Area in 1989, and extended in 2008 in recognition of its historic significance and special character as a traditional East End market. There is no London Underground stations in Roman Road however Bow Road station for District and Hammersmith & City lines in neighbourIng Bow is within walking distance, as is the Docklands Light Railway Stratford branch at Bow Church DLR station. No London Buses routes serve the Roman Road market due