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The Avenue, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2UX

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.

A short one-segment road at the northern end of a long area of criss-cross roads on this western side of the main Wimborne Road, forming a series of squares. However, at this northern end, the three main north-south roads – Wimborne Road, The Avenue and The Grove sort of converge on one another, and Linden Road therefore runs in a quirky curve. The fine detached houses that typify the whole area give way to bungalows on the northern side. The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms. This is photo no.244 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.

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

Moordown Baptist Church is tucked away behind the houses of The Avenue (here) and The Grove (behind).

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.

A road leading downhill towards Valette Road.

Houses in front of one of the many signs which let us know we're on Wimborne Road.

A man is waiting eagerly on the opposite side of the road for his bus to come.

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

A short road which originally cut the corner between the major roads Wimborne Road and Castle Lane West, although the latter end has been closed to traffic since at least the early 1980s. It has a few houses on each side but this view is dominated by a tall fence for the flat above a former hairdresser's in the corner building. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, more often seen close to ground level, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side, but here attached high on a lamppost. This is photo no.236 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.