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| Route information | |
| Maintained byKent County Council | |
| Length | 12.5 mi (20.1 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Dover 51°07′31″N1°19′06″E / 51.1252°N 1.3182°E /51.1252; 1.3182 (A258 road (southern end)) |
| Major intersections |  A256A2 A256 |
| North end | Sandwich 51°15′41″N1°19′42″E / 51.2614°N 1.3284°E /51.2614; 1.3284 (A258 road (northern end)) |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Counties | Kent |
| Road network | |
TheA258 road is anA road in England, running throughEast Kent fromDover toSandwich.
It begins at theA256 within Dover, running up Castle Hill and passingDover Castle on its eastern side and theDuke of York's Royal Military School on its western side. It then crosses theA2 at a four-way roundabout (called Guston Roundabout) at the top ofJubilee Way before running behind the East Kent coast, with turn-offs toWestcliffe,Martin Mill andSt Margaret's at Cliffe.
It then runs throughRingwould (passingRipple Mill),Walmer andDeal. Whilst in Deal it is named 'the Strand' and it passesDeal Castle, then becomes part of a one-way traffic system in Deal, it heads up 'Victoria Road', then right onto 'Ranelagh Road' then left onto 'Prince of Wales Terrace' (beside the coastline). 'Deal Castle Road' leads back to the Ringwould/Dover route.The route heads away from the coast on 'Broad Street', where it crosses over the pedestrianised high street and becoming 'Queen Street'. It passes over the railway close to Deal Railway station . Then it becomes 'London Road' heading to Upper Deal. Then it heads north-west, passingSholden and laterBetteshanger Park. It is once again called the A258, passing through the hamlet ofHacklinge and past the junction toFinglesham and then the junction toWorth. When it reaches the southern part ofSandwich, nearWoodnesborough, it terminates at another junction with theA256 (Sandwich By-pass) at Stone Cross.
In 2006, improvement works were carried out to the A2(T)/A258 Guston Roundabout Junction, Dover. This meant the road from Deal was widened at the junction to allow for more queuing on the road.[1]
A roads in Zone 2 of theGreat Britain road numbering scheme | ||
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51°12′15″N1°23′35″E / 51.2041°N 1.3931°E /51.2041; 1.3931 (A258 road)