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Victoria Avenue, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2RW

A George V-reign postbox on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Eldon Road.

Typical of the roads in this small area loosely known as Victoria Park, Eldon Road comprises desirable, earlier 20th-century detached houses. We see it here from the Victoria Avenue crossroads. The sign is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade. Many are starting to look a bit shabby now, and this one has fared better than some - although the blue border is very faded in places. The additional information tells us that numbers higher than 40 / 33 are in the other segment, behind us. The similar sign at the far end says Nos 2-40 and 5-33, the reverse direction. This is photo no.126 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/My-2020-Coronavirus-Lockdown-walking-project for the complete set of photos.

Looking west from the Victoria Avenue crossroads as overnight snowfall continues into the morning.

Looking east along Eldon Road, typical in this immediate area with large family houses. It is cut off at this western end, with the main A347 Boundary Road passing directly below us: this view is from the footbridge.

This new zebra crossing includes lit white sections of the striped posts. They are lit permanently, unlike the Belisha beacons which, of course, flash. The crossing was installed during the summer holidays of 2007 and is no doubt of great benefit to pupils of nearby Glenmoor (girls') and Winton (boys') secondary schools, which operate close to their capacity of 900 children each.

Looking east along the frontages of Image, in the distance, appearing to rise from the very last chimney, might just be discerned the bottom of a very weak rainbow, quite a late one at 8:45pm, although it petered out only a short distance above.

Boundary Road taken from the footbridge. 2004-2009 are dates, which most probably signal the years that some people went to the nearby school.

Boundary Road isn't as busy here as it can get, so sometimes it's just quicker to cross the road and not go over the bridge.

Looking north along Boundary Road – the boundary between Bournemouth and Poole (and thus, Hampshire and Dorset) until 1904 when the Kinson area to the west was transferred to Bournemouth. In 1974 the whole of Bournemouth became part of Dorset, meaning that the land to the west of here has been part of Poole (Dorset), then Bournemouth (Hants.), and finally Bournemouth (Dorset).

Eidon Road has access to Victoria Avenue and Victoria Park Road.