Old Kent Road

Old Kent Road is a major thoroughfare in South East London, England, passing through the . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tower Bridge and The Shard.

Bridge
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is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in , built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel.

Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also referred to as London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in , , that forms part of Quarter development.

School
is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school and sixth form located in the area of , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aylesbury Estate and Walworth.

Neighborhood
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The is a large housing estate located in , South East London. The contains 2,704 dwellings, spread over a number of different blocks and buildings, and was built between 1963 and 1977.

Suburb
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is a district of , England, within the . It adjoins to the south and to the north, and is 1.9 miles south-east of .

Suburb
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is a district in southeast London, part of the , England, 2+1⁄2 miles southeast of . To the west of lies , to the east and , to the south Walworth and , and to the north is across the .

Old Kent Road

Latitude
51.48827° or 51° 29′ 18″ north
Longitude
-0.07667° or 0° 4′ 36″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KNM
Open location code
9C3XFWQF+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8821142047
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7302128
Wiki­data ID
Q14820036
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Satellite Map

Discover Old Kent Road from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Old Kent Road” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “طريق كينت القديم”
  • Chinese: “舊肯特路”
  • French: “Old Kent Road”
  • Japanese: “オールド・ケント・ロード”
  • Japanese: “オールド・ケントロード”
  • Polish: “Old Kent Road”
  • Urdu: “اولڈ کینٹ روڈ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Astley Estate and Cooper’s Estate.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include PlayFit Sports Club and The Gym.

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