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
A40 road in London last change was in 2000, when Westway lost its motorway status (A40(M)) and became the A40. Now that Westway is part of the A40, the road no longer follows its western route from the Marble Arch roundabout. To continue on the A40 from Oxford Street, turn northwards into Portman Street (A41)which continues as Gloucester Placeto join the London Inner Ring Road to the west of Baker Street Underground station. Turning left onto the A501 (Marylebone Road) links with the Marylebone Flyover and the start of Westway. Westway is a long, elevated dual carriageway section of the A40 in west London.