West Parley: Parley Cross
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West Parley: Parley Cross
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 1 Oct 2016
Looking diagonally across this busy crossroads from the service road running alongside New Road, outside the shops (from here: Image, although the Co-Op is now a Tesco Express and the post office is now further along). The intersection of the A347 - a main route northward out of Bournemouth and Poole, and the B3073 heading west-east from Wimborne to the airport, make this a very busy junction. However, it was clearly not busy enough to keep the Texaco filling station in operation - we see its canopy in the background - as it closed probably 10 or 15 years ago. The site is currently occupied by a hand car wash outfit, and also I think as a used car sales forecourt. A brief heavy rainstorm on an otherwise beautiful day produces a rainbow beyond.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.781336
Longitude
-1.881794