The A22 is one of the two-digit major roads in the south east of England. Radial, it carries traffic from London to the Eastbourne area of the East Sussex coast, in which town it ends. For part of its route the A22 utilises the turnpikes opened in the 18th century: * 1718: London to East Grinstead section opened as a turnpike * 1720: above road extended through East Grinstead to Highgate, Forest Row, the entrance to Ashdown Forest