• Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages.
  • The Origin of the name Watling Street. ... The Waeclingas (“people of Waecla”) were a tribe in the St Albans area in the early medieval period[1][2] with an early...
  • Battle of Watling Street , battle fought between Britons and Romans in 61 CE about 25 miles west of modern metropolitan Birmingham.
  • Celtic traders trudged it and Roman soldiers marched along it, making Watling Street, stretching from Cantebury to Westminister, is one of the most fascinating...
  • Watling Street is located within the local authority area of Bexley Council which is a London Borough Council.
  • While Watling Street is categorised as a Roman road and was extensively developed by the Romans, the route was in use prior to the Roman invasion.
  • Watling Street is a very ancient trackway that runs across England from Dover to Wales.
  • At Richborough, entry into Britannia was through a Triumphal Arch inside the Fortress, and the journey then continued via Watling Street (the A2)...
  • Numerous settlements and towns emerged along Watling Street due to its strategic importance, helping to shape the urban landscape of Roman Britain.