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Howton Close, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5LW

A very short cul-de-sac of bungalows of Howton Road, which is itself a dead end. 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.208 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.

This public footpath heads from Wimborne Road to Howton Road and Leybourne Avenue, and almost immediately crosses the car park access within the Conservative Club grounds. I have a feeling that the Club has only acquired the car park in relatively recent years, as it has a fairly large frontage car park anyway. See Image for the start of the path behind us, and Image for the next picture ahead.

This public footpath, from Leybourne Avenue and Howton Road, arrives at its northern end on the main Wimborne Road. Kinson Grove is opposite. The pedestrian crossing, just to the left of the path's emergence, was installed in the last year or so. It appears that this northern segment of the path has been made a shared foot/cycle path. See Image for the path behind us.

A short dead-end road off Kitscroft Road, almost at the dead end of the latter. On a map, the road layout of these few roads looks as if more was planned but never built. The bungalows on the right back onto a portion of Kinson Common, still open public land. 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. It is quite surprising that there is even a sign on this side of the junction, since it is only visible to those approaching from the dead end of Kitscroft Road. The more useful one on the other side, visible to the motorist arriving here from the whole of the rest of the world, adds 'leading to Howton Close'. This is photo no.209 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 along this footpath from Wimborne Road to Leybourne Avenue as it crosses the one intervening road, Howton Road. Maps mark the path as running uninterrupted across the road, rather than as two separate paths, as seems to be the norm. Perhaps this indicates that the right of way existed before the road was built. See Image for the next picture ahead, and Image for the next picture behind us.

At the eastern end of Kinson's main shops is Kitscroft Road, a short cul-de-sac which leads to several other roads, all of whose only access is via here. From satellite images, the little development looks almost unfinished, with a number of rather abrupt dead ends that look as if there was once an intention that development go further. At the end of Kitscroft Road, there is access onto Duke's Coppice and that small detached part of Kinson Common, which remains public open space. 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. The no-through-road sign incorporated into the nameplate is a common arrangement. This is photo no.233 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 along the southern segment of this public footpath, from Howton Road towards Leybourne Avenue. By contrast, the northern segment appears to allow cycling: see Image See Image for the next picture ahead of us, Image for the next picture behind.