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Truman Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH11 9BP

Bournemouth Borough Council has recently started a programme of installing photovoltaic cells on the roofs of its housing stock. I presume those houses without them are probably no longer in council ownership.

A cul-de-sac of bungalows off what was once a reasonably major side road, Millhams Road. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. The vacant post just to the left almost certainly once had a No Through Road sign affixed to it, such as at Image This is photo no.272 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.

Roosevelt Crescent is a rather elongated crescent shape, turning back on itself quite sharply and with one end just along Truman Road from the other. The houses on the inside of the 180° turn do not follow the route of the road, but leave a semi-circular grass space between them and it (see Image). The path along their frontages is designated as public footpath E25 and it is a modest 42m in length, but by no means short in comparison to some other public footpaths in the borough. See Image for the view from the other end, rather cluttered with parked cars.

Roosevelt Crescent is a small development of council housing forming, as its name suggests, a crescent shape - albeit an elongated one. The inside bend is thus quite sharp and it contains a small green space, while the houses around the curve are set back. The short-cut path along the frontage of the houses is a public right of way, footpath E25, and can be seen here Image

Roosevelt Crescent is a rather elongated crescent shape, turning back on itself quite sharply and with one end just along Truman Road from the other. The houses on the inside of the 180° turn do not follow the route of the road, but leave a semi-circular grass space between them and it (see Image). The path along their frontages is designated as public footpath E25 and it is a modest 42m in length, but by no means short in comparison to some other public footpaths in the borough. See Image for the view along the path from the other end, a view less obscured by parked cars.

A cul-de-sac off Millhams Road, younger than and diagonally opposite Image 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, with peeling white or fading blue, and this is a very good example of the white deterioration. This is photo no.273 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 unusual in that it is the main path through the churchyard. It is also unusual in that it doesn't lead anywhere as a through route - see Image to link through to more pictures along the route.

The northernmost part of the Borough of Bournemouth, Manor Farm is at the far end of this sensibly named road. It also leads to the Pelhams leisure centre. The sign is a nonstandard one, similar to several of the standard-issue council signs over the last 20 years or so, but lacking the council logo or name along the top. This is photo no.259 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.

Graves of 5 servicemen from the First World War, complete with poppies; in St Andrew's churchyard Image