Watling Street

Summary

Watling Street is an ancient trackway^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of ancient_trackway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (741 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Watling Street is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Watling Street's route map is recorded as 1911Watling Street.png^[4].
• Watling Street's image is recorded as The old A5 (Watling Street) - geograph.org.uk - 373527.jpg^[5].
• Watling Street's instance of is recorded as ancient trackway^[6].
• Watling Street's instance of is recorded as Roman road^[7].
• Watling Street's instance of is recorded as ancient Roman structure^[8].
• Watling Street's part of is recorded as Roman Britain^[9].
• Watling Street's Commons category is recorded as Watling Street^[10].
• Watling Street's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3303096^[11].
• Watling Street's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7063236^[12].
• Watling Street's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.27583333333333, 'lon': 1.0808333333333333}^[13].
• Watling Street's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018v8r^[14].
• Watling Street's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• Watling Street's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[16].
• Watling Street's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• Watling Street's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Watling-Street^[18].
• Watling Street's topic has template is recorded as Q22869942^[19].
• Watling Street's Pleiades ID is recorded as 491855883^[20].
• Watling Street's BBC Things ID is recorded as 32f2c5cf-9f50-411c-a057-a200e95ff4b8^[21].
• Watling Street's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 8711862^[22].
• Watling Street's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+276'}^[23].
• Watling Street's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 1041196^[24].
• Watling Street's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 1041285^[25].
• Watling Street's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 1043145^[26].
• Watling Street's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 1164764^[27].

Body

Geography

Watling Street is in the country of United Kingdom^[3]. Its part of is recorded as Roman Britain^[9].

Physical Characteristics

Watling Street's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+276'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ancient trackway^[6], Roman road^[7], and ancient Roman structure^[8].

Why It Matters

Watling Street ranks in the top 7% of ancient_trackway entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (741 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]