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Durdells Avenue, BOURNEMOUTH, BH11 9EL

Durdells Avenue runs across the northwest corner of the West Howe council estate and may well have been the route of an original track between Poole Lane and Wimborne Road, before the area was built up. It contains mainly council bungalows at this southeast end, and private bungalows in the northwest half. 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.120 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.

An Elizabeth II-reign postbox near the southern end of Durdells Avenue, where it meets Poole Lane.

Durdells Gardens is the next junction along from Durdells Avenue rather than a turning off it, as might be expected. It is a modern-ish (perhaps later 1970s) cul-de-sac of terraced houses, the likes of which we can glimpse in the background. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. For cul-de-sacs, it is common for these to incorporate the no-through road sign, as here. This is photo no.121 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.

Looking along this short road on the northern fringe of the large 1950s West Howe housing estate. The houses are typical council semis and in recent years energy has been garnered from the installation of photovoltaic cells on their roofs. 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 the blue border is faded on this one. This is photo no.129 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 ordinary looking road is marked on the map as a 'Byway open to all traffic' and is numbered E29 on Bournemouth Borough Council's definitive map of public rights of way. I don't know why this particular stretch of road should be labelled as such: maybe it was a historical route when this was heathland, and the modern road network incorporated it. This suggestion is perhaps supported by the historical 1:25,000 maps, which date from when Durdells Avenue (ahead) was the first built-up road as the construction of the estate started. On this map, Westdown Road was the only offshoot of Durdells Avenue, beyond which it was still fields. The definitive map seems to show the right of way as extending towards us only as far as roughly alongside where we are standing now - that's about two thirds of the length of the road. See Image for the view along the road from the far end.

This ordinary looking road is marked on the map as a 'Byway open to all traffic' and is numbered E29 on Bournemouth Borough Council's definitive map of public rights of way. I don't know why this particular stretch of road should be labelled as such: maybe it was a historical route when this was heathland, and the modern road network incorporated it. This suggestion is perhaps supported by the historical 1:25,000 maps, which date from when Durdells Avenue (where we are) was the first built-up road as the construction of the estate started. On this map, Westdown Road was the only offshoot of Durdells Avenue, beyond which it was still fields. The definitive map seems to show the right of way as extending only as far as number 9, the fourth house along - that's about two thirds of the length of the road. See Image] for a view towards us from about there.

The Catholic church serving the northern suburbs of Bournemouth poses a striking silhouette as we look along Durdells Avenue late on a perfect summer's evening.

The Catholic church serving northwest Bournemouth stands here in Durdells Avenue. The associated primary school is along a driveway just out of picture to the right.

This public footpath cuts through to the main Poole Lane, a useful cut-through towards the centre of Kinson. See Image for a nighttime view midway along the path, with links to further pictures on the route.

Despite it being 11:20pm, the roadworks sign is visible almost to daytime levels thanks to the excellent lighting on this short public footpath. The sign refers to a slight narrowing of the path ahead, part of more major work involving temporary traffic lights on Poole Lane, just ahead. See Image for the view along the path from the end behind us, and Image for the view towards us from along the path ahead, and a link to further photos through to the end.