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St. Boniface Gardens, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5FE

At the junction of Hillview Road and Doveshill Crescent, on the site of a former convent Image; 64 affordable flats being built. http://www.davewells.net/New-Developments/New-Development.aspx?Id=100

A house of prayer and retreat, according to the sign on the front, but not for much longer.

The position of the sign, towards the middle rather than the point of the triangular pavement entrance, leaves us with just a glimpse of the bungalows that are to be found down there. The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms. A no-through-road sign is incorporated into the nameplate, whereas there would originally have been a standalone one on the vacant post to the left (see Image for an example of such arrangement). This is photo no.111 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 up Abney Road from the Howeth Road end, it looks deceptively rural thanks to a patch of gorse and bramble on the corner where the sign is situated. The sign is a Bournemouth Borough one with the emblem introduced in around 2013. This is photo no.2 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 road populated mainly by 1930s bungalows.

A short cul-de-sac of maybe 1970s housing off the major side-road, Howeth Road. 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.206 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.

Doveshill Crescent describes a definite crescent shape, although this end comes out on Western Avenue and the far end onto Hill View Road. It possesses detached houses on the inside of the bend and bungalows, as seen in the background, on the outside. This is photo no.110 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 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.

Situated on what was once the airfield at RAF Winton and later Ensbury Park racecourse.

A fairly main road, flanked by pollarded trees and relatively upmarket houses. Being a bus route, parking on both sides sometimes causes delays as traffic has to let each other pass, but in the last week or two double yellow lines have been painted on the far side.