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Talbot Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2JF

This tiny church, hemmed in between the gardens of houses in Osborne and Woodend Roads, appears to have escaped the attention of the OS map compilers of all but the largest of scales, and escapes appearing on any local street plan. In fact, I knew nothing of its existence until two days ago when I was looking at Kelly's 1975 directory for another reason altogether; I have lived nearby for 20 years and my mother, who moved to Winton in the late 1950s, didn't know it was there either! The British Orthodox Church has about a dozen churches in England, and this is one of them. More information is on their website here: http://www.britishorthodox.org/bournemouth.php It is accessed via a gateway in Osborne Road: see Image For a view showing the complete building, see Image

Looking along the path to the Image, showing the complete building behind the greenery. It is almost certainly the most secluded of Bournemouth's many churches, and has a good claim for the town's smallest. It is overlooked by the local street plans and OS maps on all but the very largest scales.

The entranceway to the Image, on Osborne Road.

A Bournemouth University letting sign and Talbot Road in Winton.

This Elizabeth II-reign box stands alongside a bus stop on Talbot Road, part of the busy A3049 across the northern suburbs of Bournemouth.

This lane is a rear access driveway for shops and flats in Wimborne Road, and is also public footpath A16. We look at its northern end, emerging onto Talbot Road by the main Winton Banks junction. The junction is so called because of the banks on the corner - the former Lloyds Bank across the road, and the NatWest, which still operates here, across whose car park we are looking diagonally.

A picture a little way along from Image], showing this public footpath as it passes what was presumably originally a garage or outbuilding of one of the shops (or flats above) in Wimborne Road. Michael Grubb Studio is a crative lighting company and it is one of the very few postal addresses in Bryanstone Walk. See Image for a view towards us from just beyond the bend ahead.

Looking along Bryanstone Walk, public footpath A16, towards Bryanstone Road. See Image] for a view towards us from just ahead, and Image for the view behind us onto Talbot Road.

The driveway ahead is essentially a rear access for shops in Wimborne Road. It also forms public footpath A16. See Image for the next picture along the path.