Hoarding advertising the fact that the local council are building 11,000 new council homes near the Old Kent Road on 24th March 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Old Kent Road is a major thoroughfare in South East London passing through the Borough of Southwark. It was originally part of an ancient trackway that was paved by the Romans. It is now part of the A2, a major road from London to the South East coast. Nowadays the surroundings have a run down feel, and while there are many new housing developments, it has a very strong old East End atmosphere, with the more modern twist of a very multicultural population.