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Dowlands Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5LQ

A small, unsurprisingly named close off Dowlands Road, dating probably from the late 70s or early 80s, with a few bungalows on only one side and this wide grass verge on the other. 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.112 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.

Dowlands Road is shaped like a squarish crescent, with two turnings off Howeth Road, but with an extra little spur off one corner, meeting Green Lane. This sign faces up the little spur and is set in front of two of the bungalows on the inside of the crescent. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. It is quite wide with lettering well spaced, and with ROAD unabbreviated – I therefore wonder whether this sign has been recycled from a road with a longer name! This is photo no.113 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.

An Elizabeth II-reign box on Green Lane, opposite the Dowlands Road turning.

A small side road of bungalows off Fletcher Road, nearly at the top. 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.144 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 bulging hedge doesn't get in the way as we walk down this public footpath from Hill View Road. See Image for a view up the path from across the road ahead, and Image for the next view on the path behind us.

A short east-west road linking Howeth Road and Green Lane, used occasionally as a sort of cut-through – only occasionally because this is one of those areas where none of the roads goes fully between any of the major roads so you have to keep doing a left-right, and it would possibly have been just as quick therefore to stick to the bigger roads in the first place! The sign is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade. Many are starting to look a bit shabby now, and the blue border has faded to nothing on this one. This is photo no.145 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 across Howeth Road towards a public footpath which heads uphill at quite a gradient to Hill View Road. See Image for the view towards us from partway up the path, with links to further photos on the path.

This public footpath heads quite steeply uphill, as can be gauged from the fence panels on the left, from Howeth Road to Hill View Road. See Image for the reciprocal downhill view, and Image for the view behind us.

This public footpath runs from Hill View Road quite steeply down to Howeth Road. From a little way down, we get a good view of the housing on the surrounding slopes and see how Hill View Road got its name. See Image] for the end of the path behind us, and Image for the view towards us from just beyond the lamppost.

A single, old fashioned post stands at the top of this relatively steep public footpath that heads down to Howeth Road. See Image for the view towards us onto the road, and Image for the next view on the path ahead, with links to further photos.