| A201 road | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Existed: | 1863 – present |
| Major junctions | |
| North end: | Kings Cross |
| South end: | Elephant and Castle |
| Road network | |
The A201 is an A road in London running from Kings Cross to the Elephant and Castle.
The route passes along Kings Cross Road, Farringdon Road, Farringdon Street, New Bridge Street, Blackfriars Bridge, Blackfriars Road, London Road to the Elephant and Castle, and finally New Kent Road where it merges with the A2 road on the Old Kent Road.
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Kings Cross Road runs south-east from Pentonville Road to the junction with Penton Rise where it turns directly south before running south-east again to Calthorpe Street where it meets Farringdon Road.
Farringdon Road is a road in Central London. It goes south-east from King's Cross Road, crossing Rosebery Avenue, then turns south crossing Clerkenwell Road before going past Farringdon station.
It finishes on the border between the City of London, the London Borough of Camden and the London Borough of Islington, at an intersection with Charterhouse Street and Farringdon Street.
Blackfriars Road is a road in Southwark, SE1. It runs between St George's Circus at the southern end and Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames at the northern end, leading to the City of London. Halfway up on the west side is Southwark tube station, on the corner with The Cut. Opposite is Palestra, the new building of the London Development Agency, at No. 197[1].
The road adjoins Stamford Street and Southwark Street at the northern end.
London Road is a road in Southwark, London, which connects St George's Circus (north-west) and the Elephant and Castle roundabout (south-east). To the east is the campus of London South Bank University including the Technopark building and the London Road building, in a triangle formed by London Road, Borough Road and Newington Causeway. At the south-eastern end is the Elephant and Castle tube station.
The road is one-way for most traffic (flowing southeast), with a buses only lane heading in the opposite direction.
New Kent Road was created in 1751 when the Turnpike Trust upgraded a local footpath.[2] The road starts at Elephant and Castle, and runs eastward for a few hundred yards to a junction with Great Dover Street and Tower Bridge Road (called the Bricklayer's Arms) before being renamed Old Kent Road (the A2).