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Howeth Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EA

Situated on the staggered crossroads of Howeth and Kingswell Roads.

A police car on Columbia Road, and some traffic lights near a bus stop.

An early- or mid-1980s development off Kingswell Road, eating into the surrounding back gardens – an early forerunner of the much similar infill development that has occurred hereabouts in recent years. 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.67 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 west along Columbia Road towards the end of tonight's sunset, one of the vividest that I can recall.

Two roads lead off here from Columbia Road - Glenville Road and Howeth Road.

This public footpath is essentially a frontage path for a line of even numbers 142-162 Columbia Road, separated from the carriageway by a grass patch. We see it here extending from a more major footpath, N08, which heads towards Slades Farm to our right. See Image for the view towards us from across the road (left), and Image for another view of footpath N35, from the far end.

A long public footpath, varying in characteristics, is seen here at its northern end, between a large detached house and a council terrace. This is the more urban end of the path - it runs through the Slades Farm estate, then across a large recreation ground before abutting woods to arrive at Boundary Road. At 1195 metres in length, it is one of the longest public rights of way in Bournemouth. See Image for the next view along the path, and links to further pictures along its entire length. (Also partly in shot is another footpath, numbered N35, running along the frontages of the houses to the left - see Image)

This is the junction of Howeth Rd , Columbia Rd and Glenville Avenue as viewed from Howeth Rd. The detached houses are on Columbia Rd the east-west route through Ensbury Park.

This public footpath is essentially a frontage path for a line of even numbers 142-162 Columbia Road, separated from the carriageway by a grass patch. We see it here extending from the actual pavement of Columbia Road; it ends by the detached house in the background, on footpath N08 which heads left. See Image for a view of the footpath from the other end, and Image for a wider view of this end.

This site, on the corner of Columbia, Howeth and Glenville Roads, has been occupied by a boarded up old bakery and a perfectly good adjoining house for many years. Along with most disused sites in Bournemouth and Poole (not to mention many perfectly good houses!), it is being redeveloped as blocks of flats. They are everywhere!