A28 road

A28 road

Major junctions
North east end:	Margate
	A2 road A20 road A21 road A251 road A252 road A253 road A254 road A257 road A262 road A268 road A291 road A292 road A299 road A2050 road A2070 road A2100 road
South west end:	North Hastings (Baldslow)
Location
Primary destinations:	Ramsgate Ashford Canterbury
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways A and B road zones

The A28 near Rolvenden

The A28 is a trunk road in southern England. It runs south-west from the seaside resort of Margate in Kent via Westgate and Birchington, reaching open countryside at Sarre. The road continues via Upstreet and Hersden to Sturry, and on to the cathedral 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,^[1] and passing between the North Downs via Chartham, Chilham, Godmersham and Bilting.

The commemorative plaque for Simone Weil Avenue, a section of the A28 as it runs through Ashford

The A28 plunges back into suburbia at Kennington, a suburb of Ashford, but skirts around the town centre on a section of dual carriageway. In 1982, this section was named Simone Weil Avenue, in honour of the French philosopher and mystic. Bypassing Great Chart, the road undulates around the Kentish Weald via Bethersden and High Halden, to the market town of Tenterden.

The A28 continues via 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 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.

Work has continued to improve the A28 into the 21st century. For example, in 2011 a new slip road was completed to connect the road to the A2 in Canterbury.^[1]

A roads in Zone 2 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme

	A2 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29

	A200 A201 A202 A203 A205 A206 A209 A210 A212 A213 A214 A215 A217 A219 A222 A225 A226 A227 A228 A229 A230 A232 A234 A235 A236 A237 A240 A249 A250 A253 A254 A256 A258 A259 A264 A271 A272 A274 A278 A281 A282 A286 A299

	A2020 A2022 A2030 A2043 A2100 A2199 A2204 A2212 A2216 A2217

List of A roads in Zone 2 List of B roads in Zone 2

Coordinates: 51°10′39″N 0°54′19″E / 51.17759°N 0.90522°E / 51.17759; 0.90522

References

1 2 A28/A2 Slip Road built in Canterbury (Kent County Council) Archived 19 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine.

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