The Kennington toll gate stood at the intersection of Kennington Park and Camberwell New Road/Brixton Road.
The Kennington Turnpike was one of a number of ’turnpike’ roads that sprang up. Roads were improved and then charges levied, following the General Turnpike Act of 1773. Turnpike trusts were created as a result. However, the act that created this turnpike was passed in 1751.
The Kennington Turnpike lay on the main route for coaches and omnibuses to and from the south. The toll gate stood on the junction where the two old Roman roads out of London diverged.
The toll was abolished on 18 November 1865.
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The Kennington toll gate stood at the intersection of Kennington Park and Camberwell New Road/Brixton Road. 
