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Barnes Crescent, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5AN

This is a small infill cul-de-sac dating from the late 1970s or early 80s; the housing cannot be seen from here because it is around a left turn behind the gardens of Barnes Crescent. The posts, allowing safer pedestrian access, were put in between 2009 and 2012 according to Google Street View. The sign is probably the original one, typical 70s/80s Bournemouth nameplate mounted on tubular steel which protrudes at each end. This is photo no.27 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.

In an area of detached houses, Barnes Crescent is an angular, trapezium shaped crescent off Barnes Road. This is its western end. The sign is a Bournemouth Borough one with the borough coat of arms, dating from around 2000-2006, possibly a little earlier. This is photo no.28 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.

A George V-reign postbox on the corner of Howeth and Barnes Roads. There was also a phone box alongside until a few years ago.

We glimpse around the corner from Barnes Road into Hendford Road - as here, most of the roads hereabouts contain a mix of decent detached houses and bungalows. As is often the case, the pavement widens into a triangle on the corner, cutting a piece out of what would be the garden of the corner house. The sign is a modern one, dating from around 2014-15, by which time the council had replaced the coloured logo, which had been prone to fading after a while, to simple wording BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL in smaller type. This is photo no.193 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 rather squiggly road, fairly major in this area as back-streets go, with a variety of detached housing, mainly houses but with the odd bungalow thrown in for good measure. This is the western end, off Howeth Road. The sign dates from 2008-15 and has the modern colourful emblem, the successor to the version with the traditional borough coat of arms. This is photo no.29 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.

Park home site on Barnes Road. http://www.bournemouthparkhomes.co.uk/doves-hill/

The parked van allows us only a glimpse along this snaking no-through road, but that glimpse tells us that it consists of desirable detached houses and is not a modern cul-de-sac like many of the infill developments in the area. The sign also 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.39 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.

Typical of the North Bournemouth suburbs. There appears to be an estate of portable buildings on the right.

Heather Road is a short but fat crescent starting and finishing on Howeth Road. It is typical of the Ensbury Park side streets - detached houses and bungalows mainly from between the two World Wars. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, in this case affixed high on a lamppost rather than a standard fitting low to the ground. This is photo no.189 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.

Draycott Road can be a busy cut-through as it provides what can only really be described as a 'long cut' rather than a short cut, but it allows the most congested approach onto the Ensbury Park Gyratory to be avoided. As the housing is mainly detached houses without driveways, and only some of them have converted their front yards to off-road parking, progress along here in morning rush hour can be frustratingly awkward - especially on Thursdays when the bins are emptied! The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms. This is photo no.115 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.