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 to the narrowness of this section of Roman Road and the market itself but do run just beyond in neighbouring Bow and Old Ford with the routes – 8, 276, 399, 488 and night route N8 all within walking distance. Roman Road is linked to the national road network by the B119 that runs the whole way along the area and is a one way street that is on the wider Roman Road and connects it to Bethnal Green. Roman Road, London Roman Road is a road in East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and lies