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Watling Street was a Roman road in Britain which went from London to the the port town of Holyhead on the Irish sea coast of Wales via the English midlands.

Watling Street was an important part of the road network that the Romans constructed during their occupation of Britain. See Roman Britain.

Like most of the Roman road network, Watling Street fell into disrepair when the Romans left Britain, it was brought back into use in the 18th century for use by mail coaches bringing mail to and from Ireland.

The road is still largely in use today apart from a few sections where it has been diverted, and is today known as the A5, although some of the origional route near London has become part of the [[M1 motorway|M1] motorway.

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-Watling street was a [[Roman road]] in [[Britain]] which went from [[London]] to the the port town of [[Holyhead]] on the [[Irish sea]] coast of [[Wales]] via the English midlands.
+'''Watling Street''' was a [[Roman road]] in [[Britain]] which went from [[London]] to the the port town of [[Holyhead]] on the [[Irish sea]] coast of [[Wales]] via the English midlands.
-Watling street was an important part of the road network that the [[Romans]] constructed during their occupation of Britain.
+Watling Street was an important part of the road network that the [[Romans]] constructed during their occupation of Britain.
 ''See'' [[Roman Britain]].
-Like most of the Roman road network, Watling street fell into disrepair when the Romans left Britain, it was brought back into use in the [[18th century]] for use by mail coaches bringing mail to and from [[Ireland]].
+Like most of the Roman road network, Watling Street fell into disrepair when the Romans left Britain, it was brought back into use in the [[18th century]] for use by mail coaches bringing mail to and from [[Ireland]].
-The road is still largely in use today apart from a few sections where it has been diverted, and is today known as the A5, although some of the origional route near London has become part of the [[M1]] [[Motorway]].
+The road is still largely in use today apart from a few sections where it has been diverted, and is today known as the A5, although some of the origional route near London has become part of the [[M1 motorway|M1] [[motorway]].