The M26 motorway is a motorway in Kent, England. It is a short link between Junction 5 of the M25 at Sevenoaks and the M20 near Wrotham. Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... Sevenoaks is a town in Kent, in south-east England. ... The M20 motorway is a major road in England. ... Wrotham is a village situated on the Pilgrims Way in Kent, at the foot of the North Downs. ...
At its western end, there is no access off the motorway and all traffic must join the clockwise M25. Traffic joining the M26 from the M20 must therefore remain on motorway for 18 miles - the longest distance between motorway exits in Britain.
When the motorway was extended westwards towards London in the 1970s, it was renamed M20 and the A2020 reverted back to A20.
In the 1980s the motorway between Ashford and Folkestone (J9-13) was built, but by 1981 the M20 was in 2 pieces separated by a 14 mile gap between Junctions 8 and 9.
This closes the motorway between the two junctions and uses the area as a lorry park until the ferries and Channel Tunnel are fully running again.
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