The A20 is a two-digit major road in south-east England, carrying traffic from London to Dover in Kent. Parts of the route now followed by the modern road, particularly the first section, was opened as a turnpike in the early part of the 18th century. The line of the road throughout Kent runs closely in parallel with the M20 motorway. Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... A high-speed toll booth on SR 417 near Orlando, Florida A toll gate on the Sayama bypass (Saitama prefectural road 397) in Japan A toll gate on the Dom Pedro I Highway near the city of Itatiba, Brazil A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The M20 motorway is a major road in England. ...

Traffic leaving London at first takes the A2 road; at New Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham the A20 turns off and heads in a south-easterly direction, becoming in turn Lewisham Way and Loampit Vale. The latter road forms a large junction, where the A21 leaves for Hastings. The road now runs through Lee High Road into Eltham Road, which in early days took the A21 through Eltham. A little over 0.5 mile (1km) along Eltham Road begins the Sidcup Arterial Road, opened in 1923, and which continues as the Sidcup Bypass until, at Swanley it metamorphoses into the M20 motorway. For the expressway in Switzerland, see A2 (Switzerland). ... New Cross is a district on the north tip of the London Borough of Lewisham. ... The London Borough of Lewisham is a London borough in southeast London. ... The A21 is a major road in England running from Lewisham in southeast London to Hastings, East Sussex. ... For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation). ... Eltham, London, England Eltham, New Zealand, Taranaki, New Zealand Eltham, Victoria, Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Sidcup is a place in the London Borough of Bexley. ... An arterial road is a high-capacity road which is just below a highway level of service. ... Swanley is two separate places - a town and a village. ... The M20 motorway is a major road in England. ...

Entering Kent, it runs past Swanley and Brands Hatch before descending steeply from the North Downs escarpment into towards the county town of Maidstone, beyond which there are great views of the open hills to Ashford. Swanley is two separate places - a town and a village. ... Brands Hatch is a British motor racing circuit. ... Maidstone (pronounced maid stone) is the county town of Kent, in southeast England, about 30 miles from London. ... Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, United Kingdom. ...

The A292 takes over the former A20 through the town itself, but the road soon remerges as it heads towars Hythe, taking a sharp turn left at Newingreen - the site of the UK's first motel. Map sources for Hythe at grid reference TR158350 The small seaside resort and town of Hythe, in the District of Shepway, (derived from sheep-way, since shepherds drove their flocks across Romney Marsh and the Downs) is one of the five original Cinque Ports on the south coast of Kent...

The A20 enters Folkestone via Cheriton and forms part of the town's original bypass before taking over as the trunk route from the M20 to tunnel through the hills and descend panoramically to the docks in Dover. Map sources for Folkestone at grid reference TR2236 Folkestone is a coastal resort town in the Shepway district of Kent, England. ... Cheriton is a district of Folkestone, Kent, England, best known as the site of the Channel Tunnel terminal. ... Dock can refer to several things: Places for the transfer of people and materials to, from, or between different forms of transport or working with transport: A maritime dock. ... Map sources for Dover at grid reference TR315415 Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port town. ...

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Great Britain road numbering scheme Great Britain has many ancient roads and trackways dating back not only to the Roman occupation of southern Britain but to much earlier times, including the oldest engineered road to be discovered anywhere in the world: the Sweet Track dating from the 3800s BC. With the advent of the motor...