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BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 8XD

The main sorting office in Wellington Road was built in the late 1990s, replacing the previous premises on the neighbouring site.

These postboxes have Bournemouth's latest final collection time on weekdays, 7:30p.m., because it is outside the Image The two apertures of the left-hand box, № 400, have no distinction - both are for stamped mail – while franked mail should be put in the squareish box to the right, № 400B.

The opposing view to Image] (minus the dodgily parked car). See Image for the next view along the path behind us.

Bournemouth railway station sensibly has a No Smoking area covering the immediate approach to the main entrance, marked by a yellow line. However, it does seem questionable to then place the ashtray within that area.

This public footpath runs along the south side of the A338 Wessex Way, and leads to Portchester Place and the footbridge across the main road. Another path does similar on the northern side (see Image). See Image for the next picture along the path, and links to further photos.

Wellington Road in Bournemouth goes under the Wessex Way

The yellow pole used to host a Bus Stop sign, for this is the former route of the 17, a service which went from Alum Chine to Throop, taking a tortuous route through the suburbs. It became the 18 in the evenings and on Sundays, which took a slightly different route further north from here. When the Yellow Buses underwent a renumbering in July 2007, the 17 became the 24 and at the same time some of the kinks were taken out of its route, meaning that this bus stop became redundant. The bench remains, though.

When the Image was put in in the 1970s, rather than elevate the new road further, Wellington Road was lowered to accommodate the bridge. The pavements also dip, but not nearly as much. The adverse camber of the main road above can be discerned from here.

When the main A338 Wessex Way was built in the 1970s, only Wellington Road was retained as a crossing point for vehicles; the parallel roads to the north have been severed. Here we see where the carriageway of Wellington Road has been lowered to allow the dual carriageway to pass over without the need for a high viaduct. The camber of the main road can also be discerned from this point – with the far carriageway virtually visible beyond the nearer one, despite the fact that we are clearly below that level.