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Bodorgan Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH2 6NQ

A Victorian postbox, one of those built during the period 1879-1887 when the royal cipher was omitted. During November 2013 it was inspected as part of a routine maintenance programme and its foundations were found to be irreparably rusted. It was therefore replaced by a more modern box: see Image

Engineers have been doing the rounds inspecting the town centre postboxes over the last couple of months, and have had to replace Image The fine old Victorian box was found to have rusted away at the foundations and was irreparable. In its place, this Elizabeth II-reign box has been installed.

Bodorgan Road swung to the left here, to come out on Wimborne Road near the top of Richmond Hill, until 1973 when the by-pass was put through. Now, pedestrian access is still available ahead, coming out on Richmond Hill roundabout. See Image We can see the road signs of the slip-road from the by-pass in the background.

This public footpath follows approximately the path that Bodorgan Road took until the early 1970s when its southern end was sacrificed to allow the town-centre by-pass to be built. See Image for the next view on the path behind us, and Image for the next view on the path ahead.

Looking up this public footpath from near the Braidley Road end. Immediately behind us, the path splits in two, giving a gentler slope in whichever direction is more appropriate to you. See Image for the view down the path from the top end, and Image for the diverging paths behind us, with links to further photos in both directions.

Wimbore Road between the Wessex Way and Charminster Road.

A Sunlight Laundries lorry has just left the Wessex Way, town centre by-pass, and is ascending the slip road to turn right for the town centre or left for the northern suburbs at Richmond Hill Roundabout. Meanwhile, a public footpath runs alongside the slip road, linking the dead end of Bodorgan Road (which was severed to allow the by-pass to be built) with the roundabout. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, and Image for the view behind us from just ahead - and links to further photos on the path. In the background is Image

This entrance, via the visible steps or the ramp from which we are looking, takes one through the subway to the footway around the middle of the roundabout – see Image

Looking down this public footpath from Bodorgan Road, heading to Braidley Road. See Image for the uphill view.

Motorists leaving the eastbound Wessex Way (town centre by-pass) arrive here at the roundabout above the carriageway they have just left. The left turn leads to Wimborne (on Wimborne Road), while right is Richmond Hill (for town centre). Spaces are currently available at all the main car parks. The office block in the background is Image