Watling Street

 Watling Street Watling Street 1b Canterbury to Rochester 1a Dover to Canterbury 1d Marble Arch to St Albans 1h Wall to Wroxeter 1e St Albans to Towcester 1f Towcester to High Cross 1g High Cross to Wall 10 Richborough to Canterbury

Watling Street is in Roman Roads.

Watling Street is number 1 in 'Roman Roads of Britain' by Ivan D Margary.

Watling Street was a major Roman Road that travels from the Kent ports broadly north-west through London and St Albans, Hertfordshire [Map] to Viroconium Cornoviorum [Map]. Significant parts of Watling Street remain now being known as the A5.

Dow Bridge [Map] is where Watling Street crossed the Warwickshire River Avon.

In the Roman Period High Cross [Map] was known as Venonae. It was an important settlement being the crossing point of two major Roman Roads Watling Street and the Fosse Way.

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street

Watling Street. From Durobrivae [Map] the road continues through Park Pale, Kent [Map], Vagniacis [Map], Dartford, Kent [Map], Noviomagus [Map], Bexley, Kent [Map], down Shooter's Hill, Greenwich [Map] past Eltham Common, Kent [Map] to Greenwich Park [Map] where the road either (or both):

1. went along the Old Kent Road [Map] and crossed the River Thames at either the London Bridge [Map] or a ford near Westminster Bridge [Map] after which it continued north past St Mary-le-Bow Church, Cheapside [Map], Newgate Gate [Map], Ludgate Hill [Map] and over the River Fleet at Fleet Bridge [Map] to Marble Arch [Map].

2. continued north-west through Camberwell, Surrey [Map] crossing the River Thames near Vauxhall Bridge [Map] after which it continued north to Marble Arch [Map].

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street 1b Canterbury to Rochester

Watling Street 1b Canterbury to Rochester. From Durovernum [Map] the road continues in a north-east direction through Upper Harbledown, Kent [Map], Boughton Street, Kent [Map], Durolevo [Map], Key Street, Kent [Map], Gillingham, Kent [Map] to Durobrivae [Map] where it crosses the River Medway.

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street 1a Dover to Canterbury

Watling Street 1a Dover to Canterbury. From the main Roman port of Portus Dubris [Map] to Durovernum [Map] via Kearnsey, Kent [Map], Lydden Hill, Kent [Map], Bridge, Kent [Map], and Renville, Kent [Map].

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street 1d Marble Arch to St Albans

Watling Street 1d Marble Arch to St Albans. From Marble Arch [Map] Watling Street continues north-west along the Edgeware Road, Maida Vale [Map], Cricklewood [Map], Sulloniacis [Map], Radlett, Hertfordshire [Map], Park Street, Hertfordshire [Map] to Verulamium, Hertfordshire [Map] aka St Albans.

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street 1h Wall to Wroxeter

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street 1e St Albans to Towcester

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street 1f Towcester to High Cross

Watling Street 1f Towcester to High Cross. From Lactodorum [Map] Watling Street continues north-west through Weedon, Northamptonshire [Map], Bannaventa [Map], Watford Gap, Northamptonshire [Map], Dunsmore Hill [Map], Tripontium [Map] to Venonae [Map].

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street 1g High Cross to Wall

Culture, England, Roman Roads, Watling Street 10 Richborough to Canterbury

Watling Street 10 Richborough to Canterbury. Rutupiae [Map], Reculver, Kent [Map], Portus Lemanis [Map] to Durovernum [Map]. This route wasn't included in Margery's scheme for Watling Street.