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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ107359690
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London Road is a popular road name in the United Kingdom. Many of these roads are so named because they form part of a wider arterial route which does indeed eventually lead to London itself.

Roads called London Road include:

United Kingdom

England

There are countless London Roads in the UK. Only those significant outside their local area are listed here:

London Road (Brighton) railway station

London Road (Guildford) railway station

London Road (Sheffield), Sheffield

London Road Stadium; the home ground of Peterborough United F.C.

Several stretches of the A4 road carry the name London Road

London

There are twenty six in London itself. They are:

London Road, Barking, in the borough of Barking and Dagenham

London Road, Beddington Corner, in the borough of Sutton

London Road, Brentford, in the borough of Hounslow, part of the A315 and extends into Hounslow

London Road, Bromley, in the borough of Bromley

London Road, Crayford, in the borough of Bexley, and follows part of the route of the Roman Watling Street

London Road, Croydon, in the borough of Croydon, part of the A23

London Road, Enfield, in the borough of Enfield

London Road, Feltham, in the borough of Hounslow. This London Road is part of the A30 and is a continuation of its Brentford cousin, having produced several other names in between

London Road, Forest Hill, in the boroughs of Southwark and Lewisham

London Road, Harrow, in the borough of Harrow

London Road, Hounslow, in the borough of Hounslow. This London Road is part of the A315 and extends into Brentford

London Road, Kingston upon Thames, in the borough of Kingston upon Thames

London Road, Mitcham, in the borough of Merton. This London Road is part of the A217 and should not be confused with its Morden neighbour

London Road, Morden, in the borough of Merton. This London Road is part of the A24

London Road, Norbury, in the borough of Croydon. This London Road is part of the A23

London Road, Romford, in the borough of Havering

London Road, Stanmore, in the borough of Harrow

London Road, Southwark, in the borough of Southwark

London Road Depot, which services the London Underground Bakerloo line, is located on and named for this London Road

London Road, Sutton, in the borough of Sutton. This London Road is part of the A24, and is a continuation of its Morden cousin, having produced several other names in between.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 401-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with London, Road and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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