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Draycott Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5AP

Looking south along Draycott Road.

A public footpath.

A short public footpath at the dead end of Beswick Avenue, leading between two houses to Draycott Road. The number 14 on the gatepost on the left has DRAYCOTT ROAD below it - it is of course a rear driveway for the house which is not in Beswick Avenue. See Image for the view along the path from the other end.

This is in the grounds alongside Image

Dusk is virtually here on this drab February evening as we look along this small cut-through to the dead end of Beswick Avenue, which does a right-angled turn to almost meet us here on Draycott Road. See Image for the view along the path from the other end.

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.

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

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 1980s infill of bungalows, off Hendford Road - hence the name. The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms. The no-through-road sign being incorporated into the nameplate is a common arrangement. This is photo no.192 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.