A roads in Zone 2 of the Great Britain numbering scheme: Difference between revisions

George Inn, Meopham, on the A227

Alexandra pub, Chatham, on the A230

The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain

List of A roads in zone 2 in Great Britain starting south of the River Thames and east of the A3 (roads beginning with 2).

Single- and double-digit roads

Road	From	To	Notes
A2	The Borough, Central London	Dover	The section between Three Crutches (east of Gravesend) and Brenley Corner (near Faversham) has mostly been replaced by the M2 Motorway for long-distance traffic
A20	New Cross, South East London	Dover
A21	Lewisham, South East London	Hastings	The section from Badgers Mount (south east of Croydon) to Chipstead (north west of Sevenoaks) has mostly been replaced by the M25 Motorway to complete the belt around London.
A22	Purley	Eastbourne
A23	County Hall, Central London	Brighton	Formerly included part of Westminster Bridge Road (now part of A302).
A24	Clapham	Worthing
A25	Wrotham Heath, Sevenoaks, Borough Green	Guildford
A26	Maidstone	Newhaven
A27	Pevensey	Whiteparish
A28	Margate	Baldslow
A29	Capel	Bognor Regis

Triple-digit roads

Road	From	To	Notes
A200	London Bridge	Greenwich
A201	King's Cross, Central London	Bricklayers Arms, Central London	Part of the London Inner Ring Road
A202	Victoria Station, Central London	New Cross Gate, South East London	Part of the London Inner Ring Road where it crosses the Thames at Vauxhall Bridge.
A203	Vauxhall	Brixton
A204	Brixton	Tulse Hill
A205	Woolwich	Chiswick	London's South Circular Road. The section from Woolwich to Clapham is former A208, A212, A2212, B226, A2216 and B228. The western end was originally at Holland Park, this section (former B308, A3206, B310, B315 and B407) was renumbered to A3220 in the late 1950s and the A205 was rerouted to Chiswick along former A3, A305, B356, A307 and A315 to form a continuous North and South Circular Road.
A206	Greenwich	Greenhithe
A207	Charlton	Dartford	The section of the A207 east of Welling Way is the former A2 before it was bypassed to the south.
A208	Eltham	Orpington
A209	Plumstead	Falconwood
A210	Eltham	Blendon
A211	Eltham	Ruxley
A212	Catford	Forestdale
A213	Sydenham	Broad Green
A214	Wandsworth	West Wickham
A215	Elephant and Castle	Shirley
A216	Streatham	Mitcham
A217	Fulham	Horley
A218	Wandsworth	South Wimbledon
A219	Harlesden	South Wimbledon
A220	Erith	Bexleyheath
A221	Bexleyheath	Albany Park
A222	Croydon	Old Bexley
A223	Foots Cray	Crayford
A224	Foots Cray	Sevenoaks	Previously terminated at a junction with the then A21 at Badgers Mount, south of Orpington; extended to Sevenoaks along the route of the old A21 and A2028.
A225	Dartford	Sevenoaks
A226	Crayford	Rochester, Gravesend
A227	Gravesend	Shipbourne, Tonbridge
A228	Tunbridge Wells	Lower Stoke	Maidstone
A229	Rochester	Hurst Green	Originally followed what is now the B2097 in Chatham. Originally ended in Baldslow. Truncated to Sedlescombe when the A21 was rerouted, and rerouted to its current route in the 1990s; the old route is now the B2244.
A230	Horsted	Chatham	A230 in Sussex is not listed so may have been superseded by the A275
A231	Chatham	Chatham
A232	Ewell	Orpington
A233	Bromley Common	Westerham
A234	Crystal Palace	Beckenham
A235	Purley	Thornton Heath Pond	In two sections north and south of Croydon town centre, the middle part having formed the main shopping street of Croydon (North End), which is now pedestrianised.
A236	South Croydon	Mitcham
A237	Mitcham Common	Coulsdon
A238	Kingston upon Thames	Colliers Wood	The section between Lower Downs Road and Raynes Park Railway Station has a designated cycle lane
A239	Morden Park	Mitcham Common	Originally assigned to the Kingston upon Thames bypass but when construction began, this became the A3 instead, while the old route of the A3 became the A3063 (A239 was not used as it was out of zone); the southern section is now part of the A309. The current road was assigned as an upgrade to the B273, B274 and B275.
A240	Burgh Heath	Kingston upon Thames
A241	Unused		Was a road between Epsom and Banstead; downgraded to an extension of the B284 by 1985.
A242	Reigate	Merstham
A243	Leatherhead	Surbiton
A244	Leatherhead	Hounslow
A245	Leatherhead	Horsell
A246	Leatherhead	Guildford
A247	Woking	Clandon Park
A248	Shere	Peasmarsh
A249	Maidstone	Sheerness
A250	Sheerness	Queenborough
A251	Faversham	Ashford
A252	Charing	Chilham
A253	Sarre	Ramsgate
A254	Margate	Ramsgate	Inland route via Westwood
A255	Margate	Ramsgate	via Broadstairs
A256	Whitfield	St Peter's
A257	Canterbury	Sandwich
A258	Dover	Sandwich
A259	Folkestone	Emsworth	Runs along the southern coastline for over 40 miles.
A260	Barham	Folkestone
A261	Lympne	Hythe
A262	Tenterden	Lamberhurst
A263	Unused		Was a road between Pembury and Royal Tunbridge Wells (now A228 (from old A21), A264, and Calverley Road).
A264	Tunbridge Wells	Horsham
A265	Hurst Green	Heathfield	Significant portion is now B2102 and B2192 from Heathfield to Ringmer. Until the 1990s, continued to what is now the B2244 (then part of the A229) in Hawkhurst via what is now part of the A229.
A266	Unused		Was a road between Frant and Hurst Green. Downgraded to the B2099 between 1968 and 1972.
A267	Tunbridge Wells	Lower Dicker
A268	Flimwell	Rye	Previously allocated to a road in Cross In Hand from A265 (now B2102) to A267. This became a spur of the A267 when the current A268 was created, and is now a spur of the B2102. For a short time continued west to the then A266 in Ticehurst. Originally followed what is now the B2088 in Four Oaks.
A269	Bexhill	Ninfield
A270	Southwick	Coldean	Lewes Road. Formerly part of the A27 before a bypass was constructed around Brighton in the early 1990s. Original alignment went from Sidley Green to Glyne Gap, and was renumbered the A2036 to discourage through traffic.
A271	Hailsham	Battle
A272	Heathfield	Chilcomb	The road now takes a different route around Haywards Heath and not through the town as before (the old road is now the B2272). Original westerly end was at Stockbridge; this section became the B3049 when the road was rerouted along the middle section of the B3420. Originally followed what is now the B2102 to the then-A265 (now the B2192) in Blackboys; swapped routes when the A265 was downgraded west of the A267.
A273	Haywards Heath	Pyecombe	Previously allocated to a road between Ringmer and Golden Cross (now the B2124). The road number was reused on the current route (an upgrade of part of the B2028 and B2036, though was later rerouted around Burgess Hill) around the same time.
A274	Maidstone	Biddenden	Previously allocated to a road between Lewes and Pevensey (now part of the A27).
A275	Forest Row	Lewes	Original southernmost end was at Newhaven; the road was truncated to Lewes when the A26 was extended to Newhaven; this is now the B2193 and unclassified Kingston Road, Piddinghoe Road, and Lewes Road. The road originally followed what is now the A2029 into Lewes.
A276	Unused		Originally proposed on Worthing to Newhaven; this became part of the A259 (and the B2109 from Newhaven to Eastbourne became the B259, but two years later became the A259) right before the numbering was finalized in 1922, and the number was instead used on the road from the A275 in to the A26 in Lewes that day. That road became part of the rerouted A275 after 1960, while the old route of the A275 became part of an extended A2029.
A277	Lewes		Lewes Town Road, connecting the A26 and the A27; formerly part of the A27. The original alignment went from Brighton to Portslade-by-Sea (became part of extended B2066 and B2194).
A278	Rainham	Bredhurst	Previously allocated to a road between Felbridge and Horsham (now part of the A264).
A279	Unused		Ran from the A281 south of Lower Beeding to Handcross. A spur (former A280) to the A281 was added in 1935. The A279 used to end at the A23 (now B2114) at the southern end of Handcross, but when Handcross High Street was bypassed, the A279 was extended along the old A23 to the bypass. Downgraded to an extension of the B2110 between 1993 and 1996, while the spur became part of an extended B2115.
A280	Findon	Angmering	Originally allocated to a road from A281 to A279 (now part of the B2110) in Lower Beeding; this became a spur of the A279 (now part of the B2115) in 1935 when the current A280 was created as an upgrade of part of the B2140.
A281	Guildford	Pyecombe	Near Cranleigh the road used to head south on what is now the B2130, Stovolds Hill, a now-destroyed road, and Dunsfold Road to Alford, where it rejoined the modern route. The road was rerouted with the construction of Dunsfold Aerodrome during World War II. Previously followed Old Guildford Road in Broadbridge Heath, and West Street and East Street in Horsham.
A282	Darenth	Thurrock	Part of the London Orbital (M25). Previously allocated to a road between Broadbridge Heath and Five Oaks (now part of the A264).
A283	Milford	Shoreham-by-Sea
A284	Houghton	Littlehampton
A285	Petworth	Chichester	May have been previously used in Charing from the A20 to the A252, but it was likely a typo as the number was already in use. Now part of the A252.
A286	Milford	Birdham
A287	Hook	Haslemere
A288	Southsea	Portsmouth
A289	Strood	Gillingham
A290	Canterbury	Whitstable
A291	Sturry	Herne Bay
A292	Ashford	M20 at Willesborough, Kent	Previously allocated to Magazine Road in Ashford as an upgrade of the B2072. Later became part of the A28 (either as a spur or mainline), but is now unclassified. May have been used in Charing between the A20 and the A252 along the possible former A285 (also a typo), but was likely a typo for the A252.
A293	Portslade Bypass and A27 junction.	Portslade
A294	Unused		Ran between Chichester and Bognor Regis as an upgrade of the B2143. Renumbered as an extension of the A259 as part of the 1935 renumbering.
A295	Hailsham	Amberstone, East Sussex	Previously allocated to a road between Dartford and Oxleas Wood (now A2 and Rochester Avenue; the old route of the A2 was partially declassified and the rest became part of the A207).
A296	Dartford	Bean interchange, near Bluewater	Former route of the A2. Originally allocated to Watling Street from the A226 to the A2 (now the current A296). Extended east over the old route of the A2 in 1972 and rerouted along the current route in 1978.
A297	Morden Hall Park, Merton	Rose Hill	Previously continued into Sutton and Belmont to meet the A217. Downgraded to B2230.
A298	New Malden	East of Raynes Park
A299	Brenley Corner, near Faversham	Ramsgate

Four digit roads

Road	From	To	Notes
A2000	Crayford	Slade Green
A2001	Chislehurst Road, Sidcup	High Street, Sidcup
A2002			Ran from A25 northeast to A217 in Reigate; this became part of the A25/A217 one way system when the Reigate Tunnel section was pedestrianised.
A2003	Dorking	North Holmwood	Previously allocated to Mongers Lane in Ewell.
A2004	Crawley	A23 at Crawley	Previously allocated to Waterden Road from A246 to A322 in Guildford (now a spur of the A246).
A2005			Ran from the A28 through the centre of Canterbury to the A28. Was originally planned to be assigned to the bypass, while the A28 was planned to go though the centre, but this was flipped when it was found that the bypass was more widely used.
A2006			Ran from A253 (now High Street) to A255 (now King Street) in Ramsgate. Now part of the A255 due to pedestrianization in the center of Ramsgate.
A2007			Ran from the then-A2 to the then-A259 in Dover via Priory Road. Renumbered A256 when Biggin Street was pedestrianized, but may have been a spur far earlier.
A2008			Ran along Scanlons Bridge Road in Hythe, linking the A259 to the A261. Now part of the A259 one-way system, but it remains two-way to allow traffic to head west without going around the loop.
A2009			Ran from A262 to A28 in High Halden, forming the third side of a triangle between the A262 and the A28. Became part of a rerouted A262, although the A2009 may have been a spur of the A262 before this.
A2010	Seven Dials, Brighton	West Street, Brighton
A2011	M23 J10	A23 at Crawley	The original one ran from the A3 south to Clarence Pier in Portsmouth (became part of the A288), and after this, ran from Ditton to Bearsted via Aylesford (now Station Road, Forstal Road, Sandling Lane, and Bearsted Road).
A2012	Reserved		Reserved in April 2004 for the Thames Gateway Crossing. First used from A223 (now declassified High Street) to A224 in Orpington (now part of the A232) and then Leatherhead to Fetcham (now B2122). It also may have been used near Hook connecting the A30 to the A32 as a replacement of a section of the A287, but this was probably a typo for the A3062. It became the A287 again in 1935.
A2013			The original one ran along London Road, High Street, and White Post Hill through Farmingham along an old routing of the A20, and after this, ran from A284 to A259 (now B2187) in Littlehampton; this became part of the A259 in the 1980s when the bypass opened.
A2014	A21 near Tonbridge	A26 near Tonbridge	Previously allocated to Bull Lane, High Street, and Old London Road in Wrotham until the M20 was constructed and the westernmost portion destroyed.
A2015	Catford	Beckenham
A2016	Plumstead	Erith	Previously allocated to Fraser Road from A206 (now Pembroke Road) to A206 (now Walnut Tree Road) in Erith; this became part of the A206 while the road was reassigned to the old route of the A206 (now Pembroke Road, Jessett Close, West Street, and Walnot Tree Road).
A2017	Strood	Strood	North Street; signed as a spur of the A228
A2018	Bexley	Dartford
A2019			Unused
A2020			Ran along the old A20 through Maidstone; created in 1961 when the section of the M20 between what is now J5 and J8 opened as the A20(M), but was renumbered in 1977 to its original designation of A20 when the M20 was extended. There was an earlier A2020, but its location is unknown.
A2021	Willingdon	Eastbourne
A2022	West Wickham	Epsom	Previously allocated to a road from Kingsfold to A29; this became a spur of the A29, and is now the unclassified Marches Road.
A2023	Hove	West Blatchington
A2024			Ran from Crockerhill to Climping as an upgrade of the B2144. The road was split in two by Tangmere Airfield during WWII, and was never replaced. The western half later became the B2144 again, while the eastern section was rerouted to link up with the A27 near Crockerhill. What remained of the route was downgraded to Class II status as the B2233 in the 1970s.
A2025	South Lancing	North Lancing	From junction with A259, north to junction with A27 at Lancing Manor Roundabout.
A2026	Thames Road, Dartford	Home Gardens, Dartford	Previously allocated to Kingston Road and High Street in Ewell, with spurs on London Road and Cheam Road.
A2027			Ran from A271 at Boreham Street to A269 (now B2204) west of Battle as an upgrade of the B2097. Downgraded in the 1980s to the B2204, but was upgraded again in the 1990s to the A271 (the B2204 moved to the former A269).
A2028			Ran along former A21 from the A21 (now B2211) to Sevenoaks; the southbound side followed the former A21 and the northbound side followed the former B2211. Renumbered as an extension of the A224 after the M25 was built. There was an earlier A2028, but its location is unknown.
A2029	A275 near Lewes	A26 near Lewes	Originally a short link in Lewes; later extended northwest replacing part of the A275.
A2030	Bedhampton	Southsea
A2031	Offington Lane, Worthing	Teville Road, Worthing
A2032	West Worthing	East Worthing
A2033	A259 at Folkestone	A260 at Folkestone
A2034	M20 near Channel Tunnel	Folkestone
A2035			Ran from A2 via High Street (the old route of the A2) in Chatham to the A2; this became part of a then-new one-way system on the A2, except for one pedestrianized portion, but when the one-way system on the A2 was eliminated, the route was declassified except for the eastern end that is part of an A2 gyratory. Route may be classified as the C460.
A2036	North of Bexhill	East of Bexhill
A2037	Henfield	Upper Beeding
A2038	Brighton	Brighton
A2039			Ran along Park Hill Road from the A232 to the A212 in Croydon. Now part of the B243, although it is still signed as A2039 at both ends. Number also appears on a Tourist Information sign in Canterbury, referring to the route that runs from the A2 to the A290. This route is actually the A2050; the A2039 number has been found nowhere else, suggesting that it is a typo.
A2040	Eastbourne	Eastbourne	The Avenue, Eastbourne Town Cntre
A2041	Thamesmead	Abbey Wood
A2042	Ashford	Kennington
A2043	Cheam	Norbiton
A2044	Reigate	Salfords
A2045			Ran from M2 motorway J3 near Walderslade to Lordswood. Declassified by 2011.
A2046			Ran from the A3 to the A288 in Portsmouth as an upgrade of the B2153. Now part of the A2030.
A2047	Hilsea	Portsmouth
A2048 - A2049			Unused
A2050	Harbledown	Bridge	Link road to/from A2 (Dover Road) and Canterbury city center. Briefly becomes part of A28 after Rheims Way and until New Dover Road.
A2051			Unused
A2052	Unused		Ran from Charlton to Millennium Dome. Declassified by 2009.
A2053 - A2055			Unused
A2056			Listed in the DfT Roads List as starting in Greenwich. Route unknown.
A2057 - A2065			Unused
A2066	Reserved		Reserved for Tonbridge. Route unknown.
A2067	Reserved		Reserved for Tonbridge. Route unknown.
A2068	Reserved		Reserved for Tonbridge. Route unknown.
A2069			Unused
A2070	Kennington	Brenzett
A2071			Listed in DfT Roads List as a road in Portsmouth. Route unknown.
A2072			Unused
A2073			Ran from A27 (now A270) to A23 in Brighton; was a portion of the A27 before it was extended along the A26. Later became a spur of the A27, but when the A27 was rerouted along the northern bypass it was renumbered as the A270, making the route a spur of the A270.
A2074 - A2078			Unused
A2079			Number given to the section of former B2164 (now A2070) from M20 J10 to the A28 outside Ashford. The number appeared in two separate pages of the 1999 edition of the Philip's East Kent street atlas. It is not known if this was a typo or a copyright trap, but the number was officially never used.
A2080 - A2098			Unused
A2099	Reserved		Reserved for Kingsdowne Road (current A3210), Kingston upon Thames, even though it is out of zone.
A2100	Johns Cross	Hastings, between Ashdown and Conquest
A2101	Silverhill	Hastings town centre	Short link road
A2102	Bohemia, Hastings	St Leonards-on-Sea	Short link road
A2103 - A2197			Unused
A2198	The Borough	Tower Bridge	Long Lane
A2199	Herne Hill	Crystal Palace	In the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark: Croxted Road, South Croxted Road; in the London Borough of Southwark: Dulwich Wood Park, College Road
A2200			Ran along Queen Elizabeth Street from the A100 to the A200. Now just a portion of the A100/A200 junction.
A2201			Ran as a road from A200 and A101 in Rotherhithe Tunnel to the Rotherhithe Street bridge in Surrey Quays. Now part of a rerouted B205.
A2202			Ran from A200 in Surrey Quays to Norway Gate (Lady Dock entrance). Now part of a rerouted B205.
A2203	A206	Blackwall Tunnel	Blackwall Lane
A2204	Woolwich	Woolwich Ferry	Unsigned short access road from Woolwich Ferry to the South Circular Road
A2205	Tower Bridge Road	Tooley Street, near London Bridge station	Bermondsey Street
A2206	Rotherhithe	Tower Bridge Road
A2207			Ran along Abbey Street and Druid Street from A200 in South London to Crucifix Lane (Abbey Street portion became part of the B202, a portion replaced by A200 one-way service, and the rest was declassified). Originally followed Thurland Road and Spa Road from Old Jamaica Road to the A2206; the route was relocated when the A200 was rerouted off of Old Jamaica Road.
A2208	Old Kent Road	Surrey Quays
A2209	Deptford	Deptford Bridge	Deptford Church Street
A2210	Deptford	Lewisham
A2211	Greenwich	Lewisham
A2212	Lee Green	Bromley	Previously allocated to Lewis Grove in Lewisham from A20 to A21. This became a spur of the A21 when the number was reused on the current route, an upgrade of the southern end of the B212.
A2213	Blackheath	Eltham
A2214	Brixton	New Cross
A2215	Peckham	Peckham Rye
A2216	Sydenham	Denmark Hill
A2217	Clapham Common	Camberwell
A2218	Sydenham	Bell Green, Sydenham
A2219	Crawley	Crawley
A2220	Copthorne	Crawley
A2221 - A2259			Unused
A2260	Southfleet	Northfleet
A2261 - A2269			Unused
A2270	Polegate	Eastbourne
A2271 - A2279			Unused
A2280	Eastbourne	Eastbourne	Cross levels Way from Kings Drive to Lottbridge Drove and A22 junction for Golden Jubilee Way.
A2281 - A2289			Unused
A2290	Eastbourne	Eastbourne	Short link road
A2291 - A2299			Unused
A2300	Burgess Hill	Hickstead
A2310	Unused		Shown on some maps from Brompton, Kent to Medway Tunnel, but is either a typo or a copyright trap. Other maps (including the OS maps) show the route as unclassified and the route is unsigned. Medway Council officially lists the route as the C372.
A2311 - A2399			Unused
A2400	Unused		Former routing of A24 south of Horsham. Much of route now B2237 except the section in central Horsham which is now unclassified.
A2401 - A2499			Unused
A2500	Cowstead Farm	Eastchurch
A2501 - A2589			Unused
A2590	Reserved		Reserved, probably for the former A259 in Bexhill when bypass is complete.
A2600 - A2689			Unused
A2690	Bexhill	Hastings	Created 2015.
A2691	Bexhill	Bexhill	Created 2019.
A2700	Reserved		Ran along Titmore Lane linking the A27/A280 grade separated junction to the A259 roundabout with the A2032. The number was reserved when the new grade separated junction was built as Titmore Lane was proposed to be improved to support new housing development, and would be numbered A2700 when works were completed. However these works never took place due to local opposition. The route remains signed at the A27/A280 junction, but is signed as "(A27)" at the A259/A2032 junction. West Sussex Council sometimes uses the number to refer to the road in documentation, or otherwise claim the road is part of the C37.
A2701 - A2989			Unused
A2990	Yorkletts	Herne Bay	Former route of the A299 which now bypasses Whitstable to the south.