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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 as a connection between London and sea trade routes to Continental Europe. It was originally known as the Dover Road. [1] The M2 motorway has replaced part of the A2 as the strategic route.
Recent archaeology indicates that Dover's history as a port and trading gateway dates back at least as far as the Stone and Bronze ages. Known as Dubris during the Roman occupation of Britain, [4] the port has always enjoyed a significant strategic position due to its proximity to continental Europe and as the location of the sheltered River Dour estuary between two imposing chalk cliffs.
London, England The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of Dover is a nearly complete work of every Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle from Odo de Bayeux to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil by Samuel Statham. [ 1 ]
It provides an alternative route to the Port of Dover, which supplements the M20 motorway located further to the south. The terminal junctions of the M2 intersect with the A2, which come together to form a 62-mile-long (100 km) long trunk road from London to Dover. [1]
Huge queues of holidaymakers are waiting on “extremely busy roads” close to the Port of Dover amid warnings of 90-minute delays.. Cars could be seen snaking from the Kent port to the nearby ...
Dover port ‘deeply frustrated’ with 12-hour delays. Saturday 1 April 2023 14:45, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. The Port of Dover said on Saturday morning it was “deeply frustrated” that coach ...
The Channel Tunnel (French: Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to by the portmanteau Chunnel, [3] [4] is a 50.46 km (31.35-mile) undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
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