ASHFORD IS NOW TWO - WAY
The main ring road system at Ashford has changed recently and ASHFORD IS NOW
TWO-WAY;
Also on the south side, there are road works where enlargement of the shopping
centre is taking place.
Coming from Maidstone on the M 20:
Come off the M20 at junction 9… head to the town centre.
Come into Ashford via Maidstone road and get onto New Street via the Magazine
Road roundabout.
(at the end of New Street, it is two way: left or right. (LIDL store is on your
right – see pink line on map)
Note: If coming from the A 28 (Canterbury/ Faversham direction) it is advisable
to use Magazine Road, at the fork in the road bear right - after the M20 bridge
and traffic lights - rather than proceed bearing left to the Town centre, so as
to approach from New Street. This will avoid the worst junction on the new
system.
A. If you have a reserved space at the rear of the Temple:
Turn Left from near/side lane at Lidl. (dotted pink line on map)
Travel round past Charter House: at the next traffic lights, turn right down
Station Road, filter right immediately and turn right across the box junction
markings, follow the road round to the right and the car spaces (rear of the
temple) are on the left at the end of the road before the next corner. (There
are only 3 spaces but one is usually reserved for the PGM/ GS (or his rep) plus
one for the Prov DC if attending. Once parked; walk round that road to the
right, under the arch on the left, the Temple is immediately on the left. (see
map) The sign to watch for is for “Park Street CP sign and Park Mall”
B To make your way to the only logical Car Park (time and distance wise) in
Vicarage Lane
Turn Left from off/side lane at Lidl – solid pink line on map)
Travel round the old ringway in an anti-clockwise direction, through the traffic
lights, past the new shopping centre (under construction Oct 2007) past Bank
Street, at the next junction (Church Road) turn left, up to the top of the
road,, turn right down Vicarage Lane, the public car-park is about 200 yards on
the left of this one way street. (see map)
You need to pay up until 7.00 p.m. after that it is free
Exit via the north and follow the alley to High Street turn left then right into
North Street, the Temple is at the end of that road on the right. (see blue line
on the map)
On the ring way the sign to watch for is the blue “P” sign, and from then on -
same
The Temple is coloured orange on the map.
November 2007