A2101

The A2101 is one of two A-roads heading into Hastings from the north, and is an alternative to the A21.

It was created between 1965 and 1969 per Ordnance Survey One inch maps. The route was unclassified beforehand.

Route

Railway bridge

The road starts at a mini-roundabout on the A21 (former A28) in the northern suburb of Hollington. It heads east across Old Roar Gill Bridge on St Helen's Road before heading southwards along the valley. The road is lined with houses on the left but skirts the park on the right.

The park becomes the more formal Alexandra Park which leads to a roundabout and a bridge under the Marshlink Line. Now called Queen's Road, with buildings on both sides, the road reaches traffic lights where, according to some maps, the A21 ends. The A2102 passes the Priory Meadow shopping centre before bearing left into Albert Road and descending towards the sea. It ends at traffic lights on the A259 coast road on the edge of the beach.

History

St. Helen's Road extension

The 1 mile road from Buckshole Reservoir to Sedlescombe Road North was opened on 29 September 1922 by W.J. Fellows, Mayor. He said he hoped they would be able to make some regulation to avoid heavy traffic using the road since it should be for the better class of people whom they were always anxious to have with them. The road had been completed in the Spring and so it may have been used earlier.

The carriageway was 20 foot wide with sidewalks and a cantering track on the north side. The steepest gradient was 1 in 15. The concrete Old Roar Gill Bridge with two 45 foot spans and 70 foot high was built across the ravine of the Old Roar Gill.

Cost was £40,519 including the bridge at £12,100. Work was carried out by discharged military men. It was initially unclassified and later became A2101.