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Looking down this public footpath and also over the wall to one of two blocks of flats on this site in South Kinson Drive. See Image for the view up the path from the end, and Image for the other end behind us.

This public footpath leads from South Kinson Drive to the dead end of Rochester Road, and has recently been given the name Poolside Walk - see Image for more discussion on the name. See also Image for a picture looking towards us from just around the bend ahead.

Detail of the sign at the end of Image Many of the footpaths on the West Howe estate and thereabouts have been given names in the last couple of years, a safety initiative whose intention is that, in the event of calling for help, one's location can be more easily described. This one has been called Poolside Walk because just behind us is the site of the old swimming baths (Image) - although they were already demolished when the name was coined. See Image for a view towards us from just around the bend ahead.

One of the main thoroughfares within the large 1950s West Howe council estate, linking its heart, Cunningham Crescent, with its eastern edge, here on the main Kinson Road. There are a few blocks of council flats here at this end – and at the other – while in between is half a mile or so of standard, very recognisable semi-detached council houses. The sign is an early version of a standard Bournemouth design from around 2000, the early version recognisable by a slightly more emboldened typeface, the wording initially aligned to the left but the centralised layout was used by the time of this one. This is photo no.276 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.

Darkness really is almost upon us now, as we look along this public footpath from South Kinson Drive, which emerges here onto the dead end of Rochester Road. See Image] for the next view down the path behind us.

Essentially the opposite view to Image The public footpath continues behind us down onto Kinson Common - see Image for the view behind us and links to further photos along the path.

A closer, more appreciable view of the start of this public footpath to Kinson Common, compared with the view from across the road (Image]). See Image for the next view on the path, and links to further pictures along the route.

Looking across South Kinson Drive towards the Image, and also at the start of a public footpath down to Kinson Common, between the railings to the right. See Image for a closer view of the start of the footpath, with links to further pictures along the route.

Since the closure and demolition of Image four or five years ago, the site has remained vacant. Local swimming facilities are still available locally - at Pelhams leisure centre in the centre of Kinson.

The entrance to Image, on South Kinson Drive. Seen beyond is the main chapel of rest, serving the Christian denominations.