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Broadhurst Avenue, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 6JW

A conspicuously large building in the bungalowy back streets of Northbourne, and yet the Crown is not easy to find! The Eldridge Pope pub was originally the Crown & Sceptre but followed the trend of shortening its name about ten years ago, now run by Marston's.

Looking along a line of bungalows on the east side of Brockley Road, that typify this whole Northbourne area. The sign is a very recent one, erected since 2017/18 when the council started using plain nameplates, without BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL in smaller type across the top. This is photo no.52 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.

Forton Close is an infill development dating from around 2000, off Saxonhurst Road and turning left and right at the end, behind the back gardens of the latter road. The sign dates from the time of the development and is a shortlived design. It originally had the borough coat of arms at each end and a slightly shinier oval-ish shape can just be detected now. This is photo no.148 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 short road within a large area of similar housing - detached bungalows - with the added feature of Image just along to the left. The sign is a modern one, probably from around 2000, and is not rare in this neck of the woods. It morphed into a later design, including BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL in smaller letters at the top, and the borough coat of arms on the left. This is photo no.51 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.

Peering around the corner from Saxonhurst Road into this short, one-segment road with desirable detached houses typical of this part of Northbourne. Like many roads, this junction has a broadened triangular shape at each corner. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. This is photo no.105 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.

Headswell Crescent on the junction with Headswell Avenue.

The scaffolding is up on one of the houses and some maintenance work is being carried out.

A small cul-de-sac off Headswell Avenue, in a small stretch of the latter which has more modern (perhaps 70s) housing compared with the remainder which dates from the 1930s. 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.217 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 postbox, being in Saxonhurst Road which has road and pavement separated by small hedges, has its own little access path.