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Oak Gardens, BOURNEMOUTH, BH11 8TL

A modern, gated, infill development of bungalows off Daws Avenue. The sign is of the ilk of an official council one, but most of the signs like these have the abstract council logo of 2010-15 above the name. I'm not sure whether its absence denotes that the road is private and not adopted. This is photo no.102 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 valley mire, home to butterworts & sundews, drains into the stream shown in Image

Standing on Kinson Road, alongside a row of shops which includes an Indian restaurant, estate agent and chemist.

Looking along the southeastern corner of the sizable Turbary Common.

Hood Crescent is an angular crescent off Kinson Road but with an additional arm, so shaped like an uppercase F (an upside-down F when seen on a map with north at the top). It is only this offshoot which falls within my 2km radius, and we therefore look along it from Acton Road. 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.204 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.

Acton Road is a dead-end road beyond this last junction, following a 90º left turn which can be seen in the background. Behind us are houses, including some older cottages, while ahead it is bungalows. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. It is in pretty good condition for its age although the no-through-road sign to the right has almost faded to nothing. Its message is helpfully repeated on a lamppost. This is photo no.4 of a series of 451 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 is mainly a residential area.

This public footpath is long and straight, running from Canford Avenue to Bascott Road. It has several stretches which are access to rear driveways, and even some parts which are the main, front access to houses that have been built in a rather higgledy-piggledy arrangement between the various roads hereabouts. This first view looks along the path from its northern end, between two bungalows. See Image for the next view along the path, with links to further images all along the route.

Looking around the corner from Noel Road down Hazell Avenue from its top end. We glimpse the bungalows which are prevalent in this area, and also the low hedges which separate each pavement from the carriageway. The sign is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade. Many are starting to look a bit shabby now, and this one is a prime example of both deteriorations: the blue border fading and the white surface unpeeling. This is photo no.181 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 is long and straight, running from Canford Avenue to Bascott Road. It has several stretches which are access to rear driveways, and even some parts which are the main, front access to houses that have been built in a rather higgledy-piggledy arrangement between the various roads hereabouts. Here, we see its northern end, on the approach to Canford Avenue, while a gravel driveway to the left forms footpath U18 to Sunnymoor Road. See: Image for the view towards us from the end of the path; Image for the view along path U18, left, and links to further photos along it; and Image for the next view behind us, with links to further photos along that route.