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Highlands Crescent, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5JR

One of those 'crescents' that is not actually a crescent but a straightforward dead end – although it does have a semicircular green in its middle at the far end. It is also unusual in that the house numbering commences at the dead end rather than at the entry. The sign is from around 2000, and it morphed into another design, in blue rather than green and far more widely seen, including BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL in smaller letters at the top, and the borough coat of arms on the left. This is photo no.197 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.

Someone has rather sadly defaced a tree in Kinson Common with the initials CD in yellow paint - this is one of several trees marred by graffiti in this southeast corner of the Common.

This large tree has been horizontal for many years - indeed, there are actually two similar trees here. A blue rope, for fun use as a swing, might just be seen towards the right-hand side of the picture - it is hanging from the second tree.

This is as much of a view as one can get, the camera pointing through the ironwork of the large main gates. The allotments cover quite a large triangular area, but are hidden by a tall hedgerow on the eastern side, and hemmed in by housing on the west and north sides.

A disused, tarmacked yard behind a block of flats in Brook Road is daubed with graffiti on its retaining wall. Meanwhile, the upper-floor flats catch the last of the sunshine on this November late-afternoon.

The path south from Kinson Common, which also incorporates a shared cycleway between Kinson Road and Poole Lane, on the route shown by the black dotted line on the map.

A path along the linear wooded stretch of Kinson Common is in relative darkness late-afternoon in November, despite the sunshine. The tops of the trees do catch the sunlight, though, with pretty autumn yellows and oranges on display.

This public footpath runs alongside the edge of Kinson Common on this northern leg, and is seen here meeting Kinson Road, along with a path onto the common (sharp left). See Image for the next photo on the path behind us, with further links to pictures along the route to South Kinson Drive.

A similar picture to Image, through the gates but looking a bit further round to the right to see more of the plots and less of the building.

A small wooden footbridge in the wooded area of Kinson Common.