A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been unearthed under Old Kent Road in south-east London. Known ...
It is part of an important 2,000-year-old road known as Roman Watling Street, built shortly after the Roman invasion of ...
The road was found while work was being done to expand Southwark ’s low-carbon heat network by Southwark Council and Veolia.
"Old Kent Road is one of London’s oldest thoroughfares that embodies much of what makes today’s London special”.
Roman road surfaces have been discovered around here before, notably at the Cantium Retail Park a little to the north-west. That discovery was slightly south of the course of the modern Old Kent Road, ...
A well-preserved section of the 2,000-year-old road, known as Watling Street, was unearthed under Old Kent Road in Southwark ...
Archaeologists have discovered a "remarkable" section of one of Britain's most important Roman roads in southeast London.
Because “Roman roads are characteristically straight,” archaeologists thought they knew where the London section of road ...
“I’ve lived in this area my whole life. I’m 45 years old,” said Adam Kent, who works along Winchester Road. “I’ve traveled ...
It is believed that a DAF GeoAmey prison transport vehicle collided with two pedestrians, South Yorkshire Police said.