A20 road (Great Britain)
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A20 near Swanley heading Westbound (London bound).
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| From: | City of London (New Cross 51°28′23″N 0°01′59″W / 51.473°N 0.033°W) |
 A2 road A2210 road A2211 road A21 road A2212 road A2213 road A210 road A205 road A208 road A222 road A224 road A223 road  J1 → M20 motorway   J3 → M25 motorway  A225 road A227 road2a  J2a → M26 motorway  A25 road A228 road J5 → M20 motorway  A26 road A229 road A249 road J8 → M20 motorway  A252 road A292 road A28 road A2070 road J10 → M20 motorway  A261 road   J11-J11a-J12 → M20 motorway  A2034 road J13 → M20 motorway  A260 road A256 road A258 road A2 road
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| To: | Dover (51°07′34″N 1°19′37″E / 51.126°N 1.327°E) |
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Maidstone Ashford Folkestone |
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The A20 is a major road in south-east England, carrying traffic from London to Dover in Kent. Parts of the route date back to turnpikes established in the early part of the 18th century. The line of the road throughout Kent runs closely in parallel with the M20 motorway.
Traffic leaving London at first takes the A2 road; at New Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham the A20 begins 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 separates for Hastings. The road now runs through Lee High Road into Eltham Road, The junction with the A210 contains an unusually long 41 m yellow box junction. and continues as the Sidcup Bypass, crossing the A222 at Frognal Corner and the A224 at Crittall's Corner. Entering Kent, it runs past Swanley and flows directly onto the M20 motorway.
The A20 then passes the racing circuit at Brands Hatch before descending steeply from the North Downs escarpment past Wrotham and on to the county town of Maidstone. The route beyond Maidstone travels East, through the villages of Bearsted, Harrietsham, Lenham and Charing to Ashford.
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