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Kinson Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5JL

This George VI-reign postbox stands outside Image

Situated on the corner of Kinson Road and (off to the right) East Howe Lane. Also in the picture is Image

I bought petrol at this site as recently as Friday 6 May but when I returned a few days later I found it shuttered up and the numerals removed from the sign. Now, a week further on, the sign itself has been removed, the 'Shell' signage has been taken down from the canopy and barriers have been put across the site. Not visible here, an unreachable cashpoint at the far end of the building shines defiantly on. The closure of this filling station, which was always among the cheapest and pretty busy, would have meant that there was now no such facility between Ringwood Road and Charminster Road. However, a week later it transpired that the closure was merely a temporary one while the Shell insignia was changed to Esso signage.

A short dead-end road, but a through route for pedestrians cutting off the corner of Kinson Road and East Howe Lane. From the map or on the ground, it is easy to appreciate that this was an original track which would have cut off the same corner when these were all lanes. It retains the 'laney' feel. 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. It also refers to St. Merrin's Close, a short cul-de-sac of council semis. This is photo no.268 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 opposing view to Image, showing the 13m-long public footpath E30, which connects Kinson Road and Merryfield Lane. The public right of way once covered the whole of Merryfield Lane, before it was tarmacked and, presumably, made part of the public highway.

Looking across Kinson Road towards Ericksen Road, which has only been tarmacked in relatively recent years. It heads down to Moorside Road but is not a through route for vehicles - it does, though, form a segment of public footpath U35. See Image for the next view along the road, and further links to pictures on footpath U35.

Looking along Ericksen Road from its eastern end, on Kinson Road. It forms a public footpath and there are railings ahead to prevent through access for vehicles - see Image See Image for a view of Ericksen Road from across the road behind us.

Looking out of the dead end of Merryfield Lane onto Kinson Road. The part between the two is a public footpath, E30, which used to have a more rural feel before Merryfield Lane was tarmacked and Chaldecott Gardens was built. See Image for the view towards us from ahead. See Image for more discussion on the development of Chaldecott Gardens. Similarly to that, the 1:25,000 mapping still alludes to the public footpath running the length of Merryfield Lane, rather than just being the stub at this end.

A late-1980s development of terraced social housing, occupying a rural plot which had a public footpath running through it. A public right of way has been maintained between here and Cartwright Close, the road filling the development from the other side. See Image for more discussion on the right of way. The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms. It also mentions that the Brook Close is accessed from here: see Image This is photo no.66 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 Ericksen Road, which has been tarmacked only in relatively recent years, as it heads towards Kinson Road. The road forms part of public footpath U35. See Image for a downhill view from the barrier, and Image for further views of footpath U35 behind us.