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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).

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George Inn, Meopham, on the A227
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Alexandra pub, Chatham, on the A230

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The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain

Single- and double-digit roads

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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London Dover The section between Three Crutches (east of Gravesend) and Brenley Corner (near Faversham) has mostly been replaced by the M2 Motorway for long-distance traffic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Hastings The section from Badgers Mount (south east of Croydon) to Chipstead (north west of Sevenoaks) has mostly been replaced by the M25 Motorway to complete the belt around London.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
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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
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