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{{Short description|Road in London, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
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|header_type=minor
|length_mi=4.1
|direction_a= West
|terminus_a = [[London Bridge]]
|direction_b= East
|terminus_b = [[Greenwich]]
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[[File:Tower-bridge-air.jpg|thumb|The western end of the A200 can be seen on the left of this photo, running between the river and the railway line]]
[[File:Offices of the South Eastern Railway in London - Redvers.jpg|thumb|Former [[South Eastern Railway (UKEngland)|South Eastern Railway]] offices on Tooley St]]
[[File:Surrey Quays stn main entrance pre-open April 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Surrey Quays railway station]] on Lower Road]]
The '''A200''' is an [[A roads in Great Britain|A road]] in [[London]] running from [[London Bridge]] to [[Greenwich]].
The '''A200''' is an [[A roads in Great Britain|A road]] in [[London]] running from [[London Bridge]] to [[Greenwich]]<ref>[http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/roadlists/r10/notes.php?number=A200 SABRE - Road Lists - Roads by 10 - A200<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. It runs south-east from the [[A3 road]] along Duke Street Hill, then [[Tooley Street]] and Jamaica Road, following the [[River Thames]] until the junction with [[Rotherhithe Tunnel]] when it turns south down Lower Road. It follows the Thames again in [[Deptford]], after passing [[Surrey Quays]] and becoming Evelyn Street. At the junction with Deptford Church Street it turns due east along Creek Road, over [[Deptford Creek]] to finish by the [[Cutty Sark]] at Greenwich Church Street, part of the [[A206 road]].
 
[[Cycleway 4]] will follow most of the A200 road.
==Tooley Street==▼
 
==Route==
▲===Tooley Street===
{{main|Tooley Street}}
 
The name derives from St Olave's Street, after the Church of [[Olaf II of Norway|St Olave]].<ref>[[The London Encyclopaedia]], Ben Weinreb, 1983</ref>. For much of its history the street has been lined with warehouses, and in 1861 Scovell's warehouse caught fire, resulting in the largest peacetime fire in the [[Port of London]].<ref>[http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.7221/The-Tooley-Street-fire.html The Tooley Street fire. -– Historical events -– Port Cities<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
 
===Jamaica Road==<!-- This section is linked from [[Jamaica Road]] -->=
 
Tooley Street becomes Jamaica Road at [[Shad Thames]]. A little over halfway down (from the Tower Bridge end) lies [[Bermondsey tube station|Bermondsey Underground station]], which is served by the [[Jubilee Lineline]]. A thoroughfare of shops follows, and the road continues on until Culling Circus roundabout, where it turns roughly 90 degrees south towards [[Deptford]] and becomes Lower Road. AlternativelyBrunel atRoad and the roundabout,[[Rotherhithe youTunnel]] canalso turnmeet leftat intothis Brunel Road or leave by thejunction. [[RotherhitheKing's TunnelStairs Gardens]]. and [[Southwark Park]] lieslie at the south-eastern end.
 
===Lower Road===
 
Lower Road runs for roughly {{convert|1|mi}}, past Surrey Quays shopping centre until it reaches Deptford, where it becomes Evelyn Street. Southwark Park runs the length of Lower Road, to the west.
 
===Evelyn Street===
 
Named after diarist [[John Evelyn]], the street runs from the Plough Way junction south to the junction with Deptford Church Street. There is both a [[McDonaldsMcDonald's]] and a [[KFC]] along this stretch.
 
===Creek Road===
Creek Road continues over a [[lifting bridge]] at [[Deptford Creek]] until itthen joins the A206 at the Greenwich one-way system by the [[Cutty Sark]].
 
==References==
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[[Category:Streets in London]]
[[Category:Roads in England]]
[[Category:TransportStreets in Southwarkthe Royal Borough of Greenwich]]
[[Category:Streets in the London Borough of Southwark]]
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