Section of 2,000-year-old Roman road discovered under Old Kent Road

A section of Roman Watling Street can be seen beneath the modern Old Kent Road - (Southwark Council)

Archaeologists have discovered a section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads directly beneath the Old Kent Road.

It is part of an important 2,000-year-old road known as Roman Watling Street, built shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43.