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Dibden Close, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 0EN

This Victorian postbox certainly hasn't been in this position since it was manufactured! This is a 1980s housing estate, before which this area was just farmland.

Looking along Mill Road (North), which forms byway open to all traffic (or B.O.A.T.) number K22, from its southern end. It is a historical route pre-dating the modern 1980s housing estate here, and it used to extend along Mill Road (South) behind us, before the latter segment was incorporated into the modern housing estate as part of the public highway. The route can still be eminently followed on its dead-straight course behind us, although the estate roads curve across the route. See Image for the next view along the road ahead, with links to further pictures along the route.

Looking south along Mill Road (North), which forms byway open to all traffic (or B.O.A.T.) number K22 - it used to extend along Mill Road (South) to Castle Lane before the latter segment was incorporated into the modern housing estate as part of the public highway (its course can be followed dead-straight ahead although the modern estate roads curve somewhat). To our left are the backs of houses on Broadlands Close, at the northern edge of the vast Muscliff housing estate. See Image for the view along here from the end ahead, and Image for the next view on the road behind us.

Looking south along Mill Road (North), which forms byway open to all traffic (or B.O.A.T.) number K22 - it used to extend along Mill Road (South) to Castle Lane before the latter segment was incorporated into the modern housing estate as part of the public highway. Ahead of us, we see one of the few houses along Mill Road; it would have been pretty much neighbourless the other side too, but since the mid 1980s the vast Muscliff housing estate has grown very close by. See Image for the next view along the road ahead, and Image for the next view behind us.

We are looking along Careys Road, which forms byway open to all traffic (or B.O.A.T.) number K25. The property on the right is a semi-detached property, one of a handful of dwellings along the road - some named, some numbered seemingly randomly in the 50s. See Image for the next view along the road ahead, and Image for the next view behind us.

This straight path, along with the modern-day stretch of road continuing eventually behind us, was one of the original tracks when Throop was a rural area. In the 1980s the vast housing estate was built and the first stretch of Chesildene Drive was borrowed, but it then swings around to the north while still carrying the name. Ahead, it approaches the other end, on a modern cul-de-sac named Chesildene Avenue, where again the original route used to extend to the junction visible in the very background. The path is still designated as a public right of way - a byway open to all traffic (or B.O.A.T.), number K23, although its extent has been truncated at both ends as described above. See Image for a view towards us from the road ahead, and Image for the next view on the path behind us, with links to further photos along the path.

This straight path, along with the modern-day stretch of road continuing at the far end, was one of the original tracks when Throop was a rural area. In the 1980s the vast housing estate was built and the first stretch of Chesildene Drive was borrowed, but it then swings around to the north while still carrying the name. Just here we look at it actually from Chesilbourne Grove, a cul-de-sac off Chesildene Avenue which is just to our left, and similarly continues behind us a short way on the original course of the track. The path is still designated as a public right of way - a byway open to all traffic (or B.O.A.T.), number K23, although its extent has been truncated at both ends as described above. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, with links to further photos along the path.

We are looking along Careys Road, which forms byway open to all traffic (or B.O.A.T.) number K25, from near its eastern end. It is a gravel road with a scattering of houses on it. See Image for the next view along the road ahead, and Image for a view behind us (including links to further photos on Mill Road).

This straight path, along with the modern-day stretch of road continuing eventually behind us, was one of the original tracks when Throop was a rural area. In the 1980s the vast housing estate was built and the first stretch of Chesildene Drive was borrowed, but it then swings around to the north while still carrying the name. Ahead, it approaches the other end, on a modern cul-de-sac named Chesildene Avenue. The path is still designated as a public right of way - a byway open to all traffic (or B.O.A.T.), number K23, although its extent has been truncated at both ends. See Image for the next view on the path behind us, and Image for the next view ahead - each with links to further photos along the path.

This public footpath is a historical route, known as Barrowgate Road, which long pre-dates the 1980s Muscliff housing estate. Despite now running between the back gardens of houses on the estate, it retains its rural feel. It can be seen here heading north, with the backs of houses in Rownhams Road to the right. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, and Image for the next view behind us - each with links to further photos all along the route.