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The Grove, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2UA

Looking across the very end of Portswood Drive, from which a short public footpath (19m in length), number O23, heads onto Redhill Common. The public right of way seamlessly becomes the tarmacked path on the common. See Image for a view up the path from just ahead, and Image for the view here from up the path. The flats on the right are part of Image

Looking from the very end of Portswood Drive, along this short public footpath (19m in length) which heads onto Redhill Common. The public right of way seamlessly becomes the tarmacked path on the common. See Image for a view towards us from just ahead, and Image for a wider view of the dead end.

Looking along this short public footpath (19m in length) from Redhill Common towards Portswood Drive. The public right of way seamlessly becomes the tarmacked path on the common. I presume the railings mark the distinction. See Image for a view out onto Portswood Drive from the bottom of the path.

One of three short public footpaths leading to Redhill Common from The Grove. See Image for the view from the other end.

Looking out of this public footpath from Redhill Common as it emerges onto the dead end of Portswood Drive. See Image for a view towards us from just ahead, and Image for a view down the path from further behind us.

This is one of three public footpaths arriving onto Redhill Common from The Grove. The extent of the public right of way is to the back garden walls, as the common is public land anyway. See Image for the view along the path from the other end.

Looking onto Image from the Portswood Drive entrance, in the northeastern corner of the common.

Looking up this public footpath as it reaches Redhill Common. The footpath is 101m in length officially, although it seamlessly becomes one of the tarmacked paths on the common ahead, which are public anyway, roughly where the bench is. See Image for the view down the path behind us.

A large complex of six blocks of flats, secluded away up Portswood Drive and abutting Redhill Common.

A small cul-de-sac of reasonably modern (1970s?) houses swinging around the corner behind the backs of houses on the main Wimborne Road. The sign is a modern one - it is only in the last couple of years that Bournemouth Borough Council stopped including its name in smaller type at the top of the sign, perhaps in readiness for local government reorganisation in April 2019 which saw the borough council replaced by BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole) council. The no-through-road sign incorporated within the nameplate is a fairly common arrangement, and the previous sign clearly didn't have one because the original accompanying sign remains alongside. This is photo no.278 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.