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Priestley Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4AT

This short public footpath, from Acton Road, originally came out here on Priestley Road opposite a large plot of allotments. About 10 years ago, these houses were built on Priestley Road and the row behind forming Cornelia Road. The allotments still exist behind the houses, though, and it is still quite a large plot. The chimney breast of the bungalow on the right has a minor architectural exuberance, with two rows of bricks stepped outwards slightly on the way up. See Image for the view towards us from the road ahead, and Image for the next view on the path behind us.

The public footpath from Acton Road has just turned the most minor of corners - literally only a few degrees off a straight line - as is appreciable in the view from further behind us: Image See Image for the emergence onto Priestley Road, ahead.

This public footpath, leading to the dead end of Acton Road, heads off rather inconspicuously between a bungalow and its neighbour's garage in Priestley Road. See Image for the view towards us from along the path, with links to further photos along the route.

This rather rurally named road runs between St. Margaret's Road and Talbot Rise, and has dwellings on only one side: they face the allotments which are on our right. It consists of bungalows, as is the norm for all the roads in the vicinity. 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, but this one is in good condition without any peeling white or fading blue. The additional arrow is because this is a 90º turn in the carriageway, rather than a junction as such. St. Margaret's Road that is to our left, with no other roads to right or behind. This is photo no.78 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.

View east along the bungalow lined estate road. The road going off on the right is Noel Rd. Kingsbere is the fictitious name Thomas hardy gave to the town of Bere Regis in his novel Tess of the Durbervilles.

A small public footpath linking the dead-end of Acton Road (just behind us) with Priestley Road (distance). There is a slight kink halfway down, coinciding with where the two rows of back gardens meet. See Image for the reciprocal view in the opposite direction, and Image for the next view on the path ahead.

Acton Road comes to an abrupt dead end but, alongside the last bungalow, a public footpath heads for Priestley Road, the next parallel road behind the bungalow. See Image for the opposing view towards us, with links to further photos along the route.

The opposite view of the same double barrier in Image As can be seen, Acton Road culminates in an abrupt dead end. There is no turning circle; the road just stops at the hedge. See Image for the view towards us from a little way along the road.

A steepish road descending from the main Kinson Road to Priestley Road, lined with bungalows typical of Ensbury Park and with a low hedge between pavement and roadway. 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 white surface often starting to peel as here, though the blue border has seen little fading unlike many. This is photo no.223 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.

A cul-de-sac of bungalows off Priestley Road. The sign tells us that the road isn't modern: it looks like an ordinary 1980s sign mounted on tubular steel (such as the one at Image), but careful scrutiny will tell us that the lettering and black border is embossed in the metalwork and not put on adhesively like the more modern variety. This makes it one of the older, perhaps 1960s, nameplates. This is photo no.277 of a series of 451 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.