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Alyth Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7HB

We stand in the large turning circle of Alyth Road and look along the start of this path, which, once beyond the back gardens, opens out into the Talbot Heath local nature reserve (across the border in Poole). See Image] for a view towards us from along the path and further links to photos along its continuing route.

The rural feel of this public footpath, along the edge of Talbot Heath immediately behind us, is suddenly lost as we walk between two bungalows to reach the large turning circle of Alyth Road. See Image] for the starkly contrasting next stretch of the path behind us, and Image for a view to here from the road ahead.

Image seen from the junction shown in Image, running between attractive tall pines and deciduous trees as befits an avenue.

Image was taken looking to the right. The pillar box shown in Image is behind the camera to the right.

This postbox is on the corner of Rothesay Road and East Avenue. The latter being one of the original thoroughfares, it is the only one in the area not named after a Scottish placename.

Having emerged from between two Alyth Road bungalows, this public footpath immediately leaves suburbia behind and becomes a path over Talbot Heath, a local nature reserve. The welcome sign is a Poole Borough one, although we are just still in Bournemouth: the boundary is the right-hand edge of the path here but will cross the path in a few yards. See Image] for the next stretch of the footpath ahead, and Image for the more suburban looking path just behind us.

Looking along public footpath A15, between East Avenue (behind) and Alyth Road, as it passes the Image The fence with the stile is the Bournemouth-Poole boundary, hence the difference in the style of numbering. See Image for the next stretch of path A15 ahead of us, and Image for the next stretch behind.

The stile in front of us crosses not only a metal fence but also the boundary between Bournemouth and Poole boroughs. Footpath 33 belongs to Poole and goes across Talbot Heath, while the path we are on, running left-to-right, is a Bournemouth one numbered A15. See Image for footpath A15 as it passes this stile.

The fence alongside us is the end of a back garden in Bournemouth, and forms the Poole-Bournemouth boundary. This stretch of the footpath is therefore in Poole, although the boundary will leave the course of the fence in a few yards and run parallel but on the left-hand side of the path. See Image for the next stretch of the footpath ahead of us, and Image for the next stretch behind.

Bridge carrying traffic over the Bournemouth-Poole railway line. The line was opened in 1888; this bridge probably dates from then.