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Cunningham Place, BOURNEMOUTH, BH11 8EA

This lollipop lady on Moore Avenue doesn't seem to have anything to do, but it is only 3.05pm so maybe soon she'll be called into action.

A side road off Cunningham Place, in the middle of the vast 1950s West Howe council estate. The houses cannot really be seen from the end of the road, because they are arranged in a wide circle around the dead end of the road - just behind the back gardens of the houses either side. The sign dates 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.97 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 link road from Moore Avenue to Cunningham Crescent in the very heart of the West Howe council estate. Behind the sign, we see terraced council houses – West Howe has the whole gamut of housing, from these to semi-detached houses and bungalows to blocks of flats. The sign dates 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.99 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.

Cunningham Place on the road junction with Cunningham Crescent.

A lollipop lady guides these people across the road and stops any oncoming traffic - but the road seemed very quiet.

The hub, the centrepiece, the focal point – choose whichever word you like: Cunningham Crescent is the heart of the large 1950s West Howe council estate and it runs a complete 360º ring around the estate's main shopping parade, which we see here. 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.98 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.

These workmen are working on behalf of Fibrocity Holdings Ltd, and installing fibre optics.

These small barriers alongside a playground are reflected in a large puddle following fairly heavy rain on Christmas morning.

This end of the public footpath coincides with the driveway to the rear of Image It continues as a more typical footpath (below the lamp of the lamppost) to the southern arm of Cunningham Crescent: 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 named Spitfire Walk, no doubt a nod to the fact that the estate's roads are all surnames of servicemen from the Second World War with a local connection. (See also Image) This footpath leads down from Pilot Hight Road and comes out on Moore Avenue just ahead. Opposite is the turning for Cunningham Place, leading to Cunningham Crescent which is the centre of the estate, with shops, library etc. See Image for the view up the path from the pavement ahead, and Image for the view from the top end behind us.