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Turbary Park Avenue, BOURNEMOUTH, BH11 8SS

Seen here coming off Turbary Park Avenue, Fernheath Road is one of the main access roads to the large West Howe council estate, especially via Verney Road which is next on the right, virtually in the picture. The bungalows at this southeast end give way to council semi-detached houses midway along. 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.143 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.

Turbary Common is a jewel of countryside hemmed in by housing development & industrial estates. This stream drains the valley mire of Tussock Bog Image

This public footpath is undefined by tarmac, gravel or whatever and simply follows the edge of the broad green space around Turbary Park Avenue, at the top of Fernheath Valley. There is, however, a paved path heading to the right, to the start of Fernheath Road. See Image for a view towards us from midway along the path ahead, and Image for a wider view from behind us.

Looking across Turbary Park Avenue, directly along the course of a public footpath which unusually is not marked out by tarmac or any sort of paving. It runs along the edge of the grassed area onto the dead end of Acres Road, which can be seen in the background. See Image for the next view along the path, just by the prominent tree.

A cul-de-sac of Lydford Road, on the southern edge of the West Howe council estate built in the 1950s. While Lydford Road is original in that respect, Lydford Gardens is later, appearing on maps by about 1982. 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.249 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.

The course of this short public footpath is unsurfaced along this eastern edge of the grass, although a paved route is available running diagonally to the left and visible in the picture. It is just a short path - to Acres Road which we see ahead, from Turbary Park Avenue which is slightly less distance behind us. See Image for the view towards us from the road ahead, and Image for the view from Turbary Park Avenue, behind us.

We look out of the Fernheath Valley local nature reserve onto the dead end of Acres Road. Ahead of us, a public footpath (number U21) takes an undefined course across the grass, alongside the wall to reach Turbary Park Avenue, which is all but visible in the background. See Image for a similar view from just ahead.

Acres Road doesn't go anywhere, it is just a residential close off Kinson Road.

At the bottom of Acres Road you come to this path which heads towards Turbary Park Avenue.

Looking along this road at the southern edge of the large 1950s West Howe council estate – behind us is Turbary Park Avenue which abuts the vast Turbary Common. The left-hand side of the road features the terrace visible in the background and one pair of semis, while two linked blocks of flats take up the large plot on this eastern side, with a pair of semis further down. 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.250 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.