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Ensbury Close, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4HW

A 1980s (or maybe late 70s, when Ensbury Avenue was extended from about here into the new council estate) cul-de-sac off Ensbury Avenue. One of the addresses, perhaps the one pictured as it is a house rather than a bungalow, was the caretaker's house of the almost adjacent Glenmoor girls' secondary school. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. For cul-de-sacs, it is common for these to incorporate the no-through road sign, as here. This is photo no.134 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.

Beswick Avenue on a rainy day

Situated at the southern end of Beswick Avenue, this is a large secondary school for girls: the boys' counterpart is now on the neighbouring site – see Image

A modern infill development behind Ensbury Avenue. The virtually unbroken line of houses is split into three in terms of address and access, with the more or less identical Hartmoor Gardens and Ensbury Gardens adjacent to the north. The sign is small and nonstandard and, therefore, presumably erected by the developer rather than the council. This is photo no.165 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 two-segment road of early 20th century detached houses, off what was then the minor Boundary Road. Since the early 1980s, when Boundary Road became the main A347 into Bournemouth, Gorsecliff Road has become a busy cut-through to miss the Ensbury Park Gyratory, as it is the first through road turn-off northbound, after Glenmoor school grounds. As these houses were built before off-road parking was a consideration, it can get rather snarled up where someone queuing to pull out does so between parked cars, blocking the way for oncoming traffic. It is easy to blame it on bravado or impatience – and it often is – but there are times when one just doesn't realise until it is too late to do anything about it. The sign is a modern one, from 2010-15 when this more modern, abstract emblem rather than the traditional town coat of arms as the working logo of the council. This is photo no.168 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.

The pole on which this postbox stands is in the grounds of Talbot View, a nursing home.

A modern infill development behind Ensbury Avenue. The virtually unbroken line of houses is split into three in terms of address and access, with the more or less identical Glenmoor Gardens to the south and Ensbury Gardens to the north. The sign is small and nonstandard and, therefore, presumably erected by the developer rather than the council. This is photo no.181 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.

Beswick Avenue which leads towards Columbia Road.