A402
A402 | ||||
Location Map ( geo) | ||||
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From: | Stamford Brook (TQ218786) | |||
To: | Marble Arch (TQ275810) | |||
Via: | Shepherd's Bush | |||
Distance: | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) | |||
Meets: | A315, A219, A3220, A4206, A4204, A4209, A5, A40, A4202 | |||
Former Number(s): | A40 | |||
Primary Destinations | ||||
Highway Authorities | ||||
Hammersmith and Fulham • Hounslow • Kensington and Chelsea • Westminster | ||||
Traditional Counties | ||||
Route outline (key) | ||||
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The A402 is a remarkably straight A-road in west London.
Until 2000, the A402 in its entirety was the Goldhawk Road which starts on the A315 (ex A4) and runs around Ravenscourt Park to Shepherds Bush Green.
However, since the parallel A40(M) Westway was downgraded to A40, it now carries along the old A40 route underneath the railway bridge which had an Inter City 125 on it for years (though it never carried any other train - it's actually a footbridge).
From Shepherd's Bush, it runs over the roundabout with the former M41 (now A3220) along Holland Park Avenue and through Notting Hill Gate. It then runs along the north side of Hyde Park until it meets the terminus of the A5 at Marble Arch. The A40 resumes its original route in Oxford Street to the east, or at least it would if anybody felt like signing it as such.
Roads along the A402
From east to west:
Road | Course | Notes |
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Marble Arch (for A40, A4202, A5) | ||
Bayswater Road | Marble Arch ↔︎ Lancaster Gate Gyratory (A4209) ↔︎ Leinster Terrace (B410) ↔︎ Inverness Terrace/Queensway (B411) ↔︎ Palace Court | |
Hyde Park Place | Stanhope Place ↔︎ Brook Street | Coincides with Bayswater Road. |
Kyiv Road | Palace Court ↔︎ Ossington Street | Formerly part of Palace Court until 24 February 2023: renamed by Westminster Council to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1] |
Wellington Terrace | Ossington Street ↔︎ Kensington Palace Gardens | |
Notting Hill Gate | Kensington Palace Gardens ↔︎ Kensington Church Street/Palace Gardens Terrace (A4204) ↔︎ Pembridge Road (A4206) ↔︎ Ladbroke Terrace | Overlaps with Holland Park Avenue from Campden Hill Road to Ladbroke Terrace. |
Holland Park Avenue | Campden Hill Road ↔︎ Ladbroke Grove (B450) ↔︎ Holland Park Roundabout | Overlaps with Notting Hill Gate from Campden Hill Road to Ladbroke Terrace. |
Holland Park Roundabout (for A3220) | ||
Shepherds Bush Green | Holland Park Roundabout → Shepherds Bush Road (A219) → Uxbridge Road (A4020) and Wood Lane (A219) | One-way section. |
Uxbridge Road | Uxbridge Road (A4020) and Wood Lane (A219) → Holland Park Roundabout | One-way section. |
Goldhawk Road | Shepherds Bush Road (A219) ↔︎ Paddenswick Road (B408) ↔︎ Askew Road (B408) ↔︎ Stamford Brook Road (B409) ↔︎ Chiswick High Road/King Street (A315) | |
Unnamed crossroad with A315 |
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