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Linmead Drive, BOURNEMOUTH, BH11 9JE

Garsdale Close is a residential cul-de-sac in Kinson, in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth.

Anstey Road is a residential road in Kinson, in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth.

This short in-fill cul-de-sac off Anstey Road abuts the back of the even-numbered houses in the 1650s/1660s of Wimborne Road. The houses in Linmead Drive itself are therefore only around the dead end and southern side. It arrives on the local street plan in about 1980. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. It is surprising that a no-through-road sign is not either incorporated into the sign or standing alongside it, both of which are common arrangements. This is photo no.245 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 cul-de-sac off the main Wimborne Road curves immediately around to the right and has a couple of rows of houses facing each other across a footpath coming back out on the main road a bit further down. It also provides access, by the big tree in the background, into Millhams Mead Local Nature Reserve (see Image). 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.156 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.

Between 1697 and 1699 Wimborne Road runs a public footpath to Baker Road via Anstey Close. See Image for the view towards us from a little way along the path, with links to further photos along the route.

This public footpath has come originally from Baker Road, passed the dead end of Anstey Close, and now comes out at its destination, the main A341 Wimborne Road. See Image for the view along the path from across the road, and Image for the next view on the path behind us, with links to further photos along the path.

This public footpath approaches Wimborne Road, ahead, from Baker Road via Anstey Close. See Image for the emergence of the path onto the road ahead, and Image for the view behind us, with links to further photos on the route.

Looking across the dead end of Anstey Close, the halfway point on this public footpath from Wimborne Road to Baker Road. Ahead of us, we see the stretch towards Wimborne Road, while the path continues along the house frontages off the left-hand edge of the picture to Baker Road. See Image for a view along the frontage part of the path, from off to the left, and Image for the view towards us from the path ahead. Each has links to further photos along the route.

Garsdale Close is a small cul-de-sac off the main Wimborne Road and alongside it is an entrance to Millhams Mead local nature reserve, a narrow wood and grassland area abutting a minor course of the River Stour.

A small cul-de-sac off Anstey Road, one of the main roads within the northwest part of the large West Howe council estate. It comprises a few blocks of flats, mainly around the dead end such as the one facing us. The sign is a modern one, from around 2010 when the borough introduced this more modern, abstract emblem rather than the traditional town coat of arms, with no-through-road sign included. This is photo no.11 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.