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 burn the Roman Empire in Londinium (modern City of London) and is one of the oldest known trade route in Britain while there has been a market for at least over 150 years. There are many shop names that people remember with affection from the Roman Road: Woolworths, Prestos, and smaller shops such as Sid Short’s Oil and Paint Shop, Millett and Cohen the tailors. There are many stallholders who made their mark such as the Banana Man. Here is a selection of those shops still in business. Number 526 Roman Road has been a Pie and Mash shop since