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    The A229 is a major road running north–south through Kent from Rochester to Hawkhurst via Maidstone. It is a former Roman road that ran from Rochester...
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    of Kit's Coty House and overlooks the valley of the River Medway. The A229 road runs next to the village. Media related to Kit's Coty at Wikimedia Commons...
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  • result of exaggeration, illusion or hoaxing. A229 road, scene of the "Phantom Hitch-Hiker" stories where the road passes the Lower Bell pub at Blue Bell Hill...
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  • Thumbnail for M2 motorway (Great Britain)
    M2 motorway (Great Britain) (category Infobox road instances in the United Kingdom)
    motorway meets the A229 road, which serves Maidstone) and Walderslade. The junction is in a unique configuration, whereby the M2 and A229 are linked by two...
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  • Thumbnail for Hawkhurst Moor
    the original village and lies to the south of the modern town, with the A229 road running across the area. A cricket ground on the Moor was the venue for...
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  • Thumbnail for Ewhurst, East Sussex
    The White Hart at Cripps Corner closed its doors in 2021. The former A229 road (now the B2244) crosses the parish from north to south. The Kent and East...
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  • Thumbnail for A21 road (England)
    The A21 was later rerouted to the east along what was formerly the B2091, A229 and A28. Sections of the A21 were upgraded to a dual carriageway standard...
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  • Thumbnail for A roads in Zone 2 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
    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). Wikimedia Commons has media...
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  • Thumbnail for Staplehurst railway station
    October 1971. Staplehurst is located in the north of the urban area on the A229 road which runs from Chatham to Hastings via Maidstone. The ticket office is...
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  • Thumbnail for A274 road
    major road running through mid Kent. The northern end of the road is in Maidstone, at the Wheatsheaf public house where it leaves the A229. The road then...
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    the hospital, lies a quarter of a mile to the south of the fort by the A229 road from Rochester to Maidstone. The graves, dating from the mid-19th century...
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  • Thumbnail for A278 road
    The A278 (Hoath Way) is a road running north–south in north Kent, England. The whole length of the road is dual carriageway, within Medway Council but...
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  • Thumbnail for A20 road (England)
    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...
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  • stations are Staplehurst to the north, and Etchingham to the southwest. The A229 road lies 5 km to the west and runs north–south between Maidstone and Hurst...
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    B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme for the rationale behind...
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  • Thumbnail for M20 motorway
    M20 motorway (category Infobox road instances in the United Kingdom)
    section of the A20(M) west of the A229 with a temporary terminus on the A2011. Junctions 7 to 8 opened in 1961 from the A229 to Coldharbour Lane. It was 1...
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  • Thumbnail for A2 road (England)
    The A2 is a major road in south-east England, connecting London with the English Channel port of Dover in Kent. This route has always been of importance...
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  • Thumbnail for Mote Park (cricket ground)
    south-east of the centre of Maidstone on the western fringe of Mote Park. The A229 road runs 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the east of the ground, Maidstone Leisure Centre...
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  • located just inside Linton Park close to the crossroads of the modern A229 road and the B2163, and that ground was probably adjacent to the inn. A total...
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    Lithuanian Kybartai is an important 24-hour border crossing point on the A229 principal road (part of the European route E28) and the railway route connecting...
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  • Thumbnail for A2030 road
    The A2030 is a road in Hampshire. The road starts off at junction 5 of the A3(M), near the village of Bedhampton. The road then runs west along the base...
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  • Thumbnail for Blue Bell Hill
    modern crematorium also surmounts the hill. The A229 dual carriageway follows the route of a former Roman road and climbs the hill, today linking the M2 and...
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    largest gas main 36 inches (914 mm). The road cost £19 million and is approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) long. The A229 starts from the A2 at the junction at...
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  • Thumbnail for Blue Bell Hill (village)
    intersection (junction 3) of the M2 and A229 and is bypassed by the A229. The A229 traces the route of a Roman road between Chatham and Maidstone, and its...
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  • Thumbnail for Staplehurst
    6,003. The town lies on the route of a Roman road, which is now incorporated into the course of the A229. The name Staplehurst comes from the Old English...
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  • Thumbnail for A2020 road
    The A2020 is a previous road in Kent but has been renumbered to A20 following the construction of the M20 motorway. Between 1960 and 1961, two sections...
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    Hawkhurst (section Roads)
    (Kent) lies at the intersection of the A229 and A268 (see map). The village lies on the route of a Roman road which crossed the Weald here. A railway...
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    town centre, heading eastwards from the southbound A229 Lower Stone Street along first Mote Road and then along Wat Tyler Way. Due to Maidstone's one-way...
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  • Thumbnail for Lower Bell
    pub has existed in the general area since around 1790, when the A229 was a turnpike road for coaches. The map maker and artist Paul Sandby painted A Distant...
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    landscape. Roads connecting to Sevenoaks and Ashford (the A20); the Medway Towns and Hastings (A229); Tonbridge (A26) and Tenterden (A274). All these roads were...
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