Ensbury Park: Green Lane

Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 14 Apr 2020

Green Lane sounds like an original rural lane name, and I think that is so. Certainly, its rather serpentine course suggests a historical track, and it comes out here on East Howe Lane, another old route, with a green triangle with mature pine trees on it – the edge of it is on the right of the picture. The bungalows that typify this immediate area are no different here. The lane winds to an eventual dead end for modern traffic, on Learning Lane which I think may also have been an original track route. The sign is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade. Many are starting to look a bit shabby now, the blue border fading and the white surface unpeeling, but this one is in pretty good condition. This is photo no.174 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/My-2020-Coronavirus-Lockdown-walking-project for the complete set of photos.

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