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{{Short description|Road in southeast England}}
{{Original research|date=September 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
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{{Infobox road
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|image=The A226 Thames Way towards Northfleet - geograph.org.uk - 1556494.jpg
|image_notes=The A226 Thames Way heading towards [[Northfleet]] - this road leads from Ebbsfleet Station on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link towards Springhead Road. Springhead Enterprise Park is on the right in the background.
|direction_a= West
|terminus_a = [[Crayford]]<br>{{coord|51.4488|1.1896|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=A226 road (western end)}}
|direction_b= East
|terminus_b = [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]]<br>{{coord|51.3968|0.4844|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=A226 road (eastern end)}}
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The '''A226 road''' travels in a
==Route==
The road begins with an end-on junction with the [[A207 road|A207]] to the east of the town of [[Crayford]]. in the [[London Borough of Bexley]] in Both roads are marked on street maps as being part of the Roman road [[Watling Street]]; although the A207 is ''Crayford Road'', the A226 being ''Dartford Road''. After {{convert|1|mi}} the road becomes ''West Hill'' where the descent into the valley of the [[River Darent]] and the town of [[Dartford]] begins. At the foot of the hill the clockwise [[beltway|ringroad]] is encountered: the original road continued through what is now the pedestrianised High Street. Roads making up the Ring Road are (from the west): Highfield Road; Westgate; Home Gardens; Market Street; Lowfield Street (which continues south as the [[A225 road]]); and Instone Road.▼
▲The road begins with an end-on junction with the [[A207 road|A207]] to the east of the town of [[Crayford]]. in the [[London Borough of Bexley]] in Both roads are marked on street maps as being part of the Roman road [[Watling Street]]; although the A207 is ''Crayford Road'', the A226 being ''Dartford Road''. After {{convert|1|mi}} the road becomes ''West Hill'' where the descent into the valley of the [[River Darent]] and the town of [[Dartford]] begins. At the foot of the hill the clockwise [[beltway|ringroad]] is encountered: the original road continued through what is now the pedestrianised High Street.
Beyond the Ring Road is ''East Hill'', still part of Watling Street. At its top the road becomes The Brent: a junction here takes traffic south-east on the [[A296 road]] to connect with the [[Dartford Crossing]]. The Brent crosses a bridge over the [[A282 road]] here. This is the only part of the [[M25 motorway|M25]] which not a motorway, where it crosses the [[River Thames]] by tunnel and bridge.
From here the road follows a somewhat undulating course as it passes through areas of [[chalk]] which have been excavated for the cement industry, many of which factories having been closed down. The villages of [[Stone, Kent|Stone]], [[Greenhithe, Kent|Greenhithe]] and [[Swanscombe]] all lie along this stretch of the road.
Due to the construction of [[Ebbsfleet International Station]] in 2006/2007, the route was altered. The road now heads right (via ''Thames Way'') under the [[Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] and then left, past the International station (and its many car parks) and Sawyer's Lake. This new route is also used by [[Fastrack (bus)|Fastrack]] Buses Route B (between Dartford and Gravesend).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.go-fastrack.co.uk/downloads/doc_download/49-fastrack-b-timetable-from-4-december-2011.html |title=Fastrack B Timetable from 4th December 2011 |date=4 December 2011 |
▲Due to the construction of [[Ebbsfleet International Station]] in 2006/2007, the route was altered. The road now heads right (via ''Thames Way'') under the [[Channel Tunnel Rail Link]] and then left, past the International station (and its many car parks) and Sawyer's Lake. This new route is also used by [[Fastrack (bus)|Fastrack]] Buses Route B (between Dartford and Gravesend).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.go-fastrack.co.uk/downloads/doc_download/49-fastrack-b-timetable-from-4-december-2011.html |title=Fastrack B Timetable from 4th December 2011 |date=4 December 2011 |website=www.go-fastrack.co.uk |accessdate=25 November 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030411/http://www.go-fastrack.co.uk/downloads/doc_download/49-fastrack-b-timetable-from-4-december-2011.html |archivedate=3 December 2013 }}</ref> The A226 then passes [[Northfleet Urban Country Park]] (on a former waste dump) before following partially, a [[Gravesend West Line|dismantled railway]] route to [[Northfleet]].<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/r/rosherville_halt/index.shtml |title =Station Name:Rosherville Halt |date=October 2007 |website=www.subbrit.org.uk|accessdate=25 November 2013}}</ref>
It then rejoins the London Road, near the Northfleet suburb of Rosherville. The former route is now the B2175.
Then [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]] is reached.▼
As with Dartford, Gravesend has a ring road: this takes traffic around the town centre via Bath Street, West Street, Harmer Street, Milton Road, Parrock Street (where there is junction with the [[A227 road]]), Windmill Street, Stone Street, Rathmore Road and Pelham Road. The A226 continues along Milton Road and east to the Lion Roundabout. It by-passes south of the village of [[Chalk, Kent|Chalk]] via the 1930s "[[Arterial road]]". This section of the A226 also follows the 1711 [[Toll road|turnpike road]] between Gravesend and Rochester. The next village, lying mainly to the north of the road, is [[Higham, Kent|Higham]]; immediately following that is the junction with the dual-carriaway [[A289 road|A289]], the Medway Towns Northern Relief Road.▼
▲As with Dartford, Gravesend has a ring road: this takes traffic around the town centre via Bath Street, West Street, Harmer Street, Milton Road, Parrock Street (where there is junction with the [[A227 road]]), Windmill Street, Stone Street, Rathmore Road and Pelham Road. The A226 continues along Milton Road and east to the Lion Roundabout. It by-passes south of the village of [[Chalk, Kent|Chalk]] via the 1930s "[[Arterial road]]". This section of the A226 also follows the 1711 [[Toll road|turnpike road]] between Gravesend and Rochester. The next village, lying mainly to the north of the road, is [[Higham, Kent|Higham]]; immediately following that is the junction with the dual-
The final section of the road crosses the [[A228 road|A228]] and then drops down to the [[River Medway|Medway valley]] until the junction with the A2 (Watling Street) at Strood▼
▲The final section of the road crosses the [[
==History==
===Pre-1922 road lists===
Before road numbering began in the United Kingdom, the road was part of the major route between [[London]] and [[Dover]], the road taken by all traffic heading for mainland Europe. When the [[Department of Transport|Ministry of Transport]] published its first list of road numbers, however, the building of the [[A2 road (Great Britain)|A2]] had already begun; and the earliest map shows the projected route of that latter road; the previous road being relegated to what is now the A226.
==References==
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[[Category:Transport in the London Borough of Bexley]]
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