A28 road

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UK road A28.svg
A28
A28 road map.png
Route information
Length58.6 mi [1]  (94.3 km)
Major junctions
North east endUK road A254.svg A254 in Margate
Major intersectionsUK road A299.svg A299 near St Nicholas-at-Wade

UK road A253.svg A253 at Sarre
UK road A2.svg A2 in Canterbury

UK road A20.svgUK road A292.svg A20  / A292 in Ashford
South west endUK road A21.svg A21 in North Hastings (Baldslow)
Location
Country United Kingdom
Counties Kent, East Sussex
Primary
destinations
Ramsgate
Ashford
Canterbury
Road network
The A28 near Rolvenden A28 near Rolvenden.jpg
The A28 near Rolvenden
The commemorative plaque for Simone Weil Avenue, a section of the A28 as it runs through Ashford SimoneWeilA28Plaque.jpg
The commemorative plaque for Simone Weil Avenue, a section of the A28 as it runs through Ashford

The A28 is a trunk road in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in south east England, connecting Margate, Canterbury, Ashford and Hastings.

Contents

Starting at the seaside resort of Margate at the north-east point of Kent, the A28 runs inland and west-southwest to the cathedral city of Canterbury, before passing through the chalk hills of the North Downs via the gap cut by the River Stour, to the town of Ashford in the Vale of Holmesdale. From here, the A28 proceeds via the market town of Tenterden, to the East Sussex seaside town of Hastings, on the English Channel.

Route

The A28 leaves Margate via the seaside resorts of Westgate and Birchington, and then heads inland reaching open countryside at the village of Sarre, after which the road roughly parallels both the Ashford-Ramsgate railway line and the Great Stour river on their combined route to Canterbury and then Ashford.

From Sarre, the road passes through the villages of Upstreet, Hersden and Sturry, and then to the city of Canterbury. It forms part of Canterbury's ring road before leaving via Wincheap and Thanington Without, where a sliproad linking to the A2 was completed in 2011. [2]

The A28 passes between the North Downs via the villages of Chartham, Chilham, Godmersham and Bilting, to enter the Vale of Holmesdale. The road reaches surburbia again at Kennington, a suburb of Ashford, but the A28 then skirts around the town centre of Ashford on a section of dual carriageway, where it has a junction with the A20. In 1983, this section was named Simone Weil Avenue, in honour of the French philosopher and mystic who is buried nearby in Bybrook Cemetery. Bypassing the village of Great Chart, the road undulates in a general south-westward direction around the Kentish Weald via the villages of Bethersden and High Halden, to the market town of Tenterden.

The A28 continues via the villages of Rolvenden and Newenden before crossing a narrow bridge over the River Rother and entering East Sussex via Northiam, beyond which the road becomes very winding. After the village of Brede there is a steep descent to bridge the river of the same name. Next is Westfield, just before the road climbs to terminate at its junction with the A21 just north of Hastings.

Improvements

Work has continued to improve the A28 into the 21st century. In 2011 a new slip road was completed to connect the road to the A2 in Canterbury. [2]

Junction list

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Kent Margate 0.00.0UK road A254.svgUK road A255.svg A254 south-east (Belgrave Road) to Cecil Square / A255  Town centre, Ramsgate, Broadstairs North-eastern terminus; north-western terminus of A254
St Nicholas-at-Wade 5.69.0UK road A299.svgUK-Motorway-M2.svg A299 (Thanet Way) to M2  Ramsgate, London, Broadstairs Broadstairs signed north-east only
Sarre 7.311.7UK road A253.svg A253 east Ramsgate Information signed north-east only; western terminus of A253
Sturry 13.121.1UK road A291.svg A291 north (Sturry Hill) Herne Bay Southern terminus of A291
Canterbury 15.925.6UK road A257.svgUK road A2.svg A257 east to A2  Sandwich, Dover Western terminus of A257
16.326.2UK road A2.svg Rheims Way (A290 north-west) to A2  London, Whitstable South-eastern terminus of A290
CanterburyThanington boundary17.0–
17.1
27.4–
27.5
UK road A2.svgUK-Motorway-M2.svg A2 to M2  Dover, London Grade–separated junction on A2
Chilham 21.634.8UK road A252.svg A252 west Charing, Challock Challock signed south-west only; eastern terminus of A252
Kennington 28.545.9UK road A2070.svgUK-Motorway-M20.svg A2070 south (Willesborough Road) to M20  Brenzett, Willesborough Northern terminus of A2070
29.046.7UK road A2042.svg A2042 north (Faversham Road) Challock, Faversham, Boughton Aluph Boughton Aluph signed north-east only; Southern terminus of A2042
Ashford 30.248.6UK road A20.svgUK road A292.svgUK-Motorway-M20.svgUK road A251.svg A20 (Fougers Way / Maidstone Road) / A292 south-east (Maidstone Road) to M20  / A251  Ashford, Charing, Lenham, Faversham North-western terminus of A292
High HaldenTenterden boundary40.164.5UK road A262.svgUK road A272.svg A262 west (Biddenden Road) to A272  Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Biddenden Eastern terminus of A262
Newenden 47.776.8UK road A268.svg A268 north-west Hawkhurst, Sandhurst Sandhurst signed south-west only; north-eastern terminus of A268 concurrency
East Sussex Northiam 48.878.5UK road A268.svg A268 south-east (Whitebread Lane) Rye South-western terminus of A268 concurrency
Hastings 58.694.3UK road A21.svg A21 (Ebden's Hill) Hastings, London, Sevenoaks South-western terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

51°10′39″N0°54′19″E / 51.17759°N 0.90522°E / 51.17759; 0.90522

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References

  1. 1 2 "17a Marine Gardens, Margate CT9 1XJ, UK to Military Fitness Academy, Canterbury CT1 3XT, United Kingdom to Newenden, Cranbrook, UK to Ebden's Hill, Hastings, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN37 7NA, UK". Google Maps . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 A28/A2 Slip Road built in Canterbury (Kent County Council) Archived 19 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine