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Priestley Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4AU

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.

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 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.

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.

Looking down Columbia Road towards Kinson Road, and on the left a road junction with Priestley Road.

This George V-reign postbox is situated in the bungalowy area of East Howe, in Kingsbere Avenue. It has the shadow of a lamppost running right down it at the moment.

These detached red brick houses are on Columbia Rd close to the junction with Priestly Rd

This public footpath is a very short one - we can clearly see the end ahead. It forms a short cut to Furze Bank Lane, which crosses Nicholas Gardens just past the tree. An electricity substation is positioned at the far corner of the intervening triangle. See Image for a view along the path from the far end, including links to further photos along Furze Bank Lane in both directions.

We stand on the middle of three segments of Furze Bank Lane - each is a public footpath. The southern segment is N04, this middle segment N05, and the northern segment N07. Here, we see an offshoot of it, footpath N06 (right), cutting a corner from Nicholas Gardens. An electricity substation stands in the intervening triangle. See: Image for the next view along Furze Bank Lane, ahead-left; Image for the next view along the lane behind us; and Image for a view along path N06 (ahead-right) from the far end.

We stand on the middle of three segments of Furze Bank Lane - each is a public footpath. The southern segment (ahead) is N04, this middle segment N05, and the northern segment N07. The very recent sign spells Furze Bank as one word, Furzebank. See: Image for the next view along the path ahead, and Image for the next view behind us (explaining what happened to the number N06).