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McWilliam Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3BA

A funny little backwater of a road, not at all typical of the area. It contains literally only six or seven premises, ranging from the relatively modern house on the left to the thatched cottage (quite possibly the only one in Moordown) at the end (see Image).

A short road, more of a lane with no pavements either side and ending at an old thatched cottage, one of few very old buildings to survive among the more modern suburbia (see Image). The sign is one of the first to include the borough logo, by the look of it, dating from around 2000. This is photo no.241 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.

We have reached Image and here at right-angles is a short public footpath to Mayfield Road. See Image for the view of its emergence. (The gateway to the left is to one of the oldest buildings in the area: Image).

Image] comes to an abrupt end, at this gateway to what is, to my knowledge, the only thatched cottage in the whole Moordown area - see Image Just to the right is a short path, public footpath M11, to Mayfield Road. See Image] for a view along the footpath.

Only a glimpse of this thatched cottage, at Image], is available from the gateway. It is, to my knowledge, the only thatched cottage in the Moordown area, a rural looking enclave in the midst of much late 19th and early 20th century development, and much more recent stuff too.

Looking along this short path, leading to Image from Mayfield Road. This is an extension of the more substantial straight path (Image) behind us to Wimborne Road. See Image for the view towards us from a little way along the path.

Looking out of this short public footpath from McWilliam Road as it emerges onto Mayfield Road. Directly opposite is a much longer path, number M01, which continues the straight course to Wimborne Road. See: Image for a view towards us from the end of the path; Image for a view up this path from the end behind us; and Image for a view along footpath M01, ahead, with links to further photos on that route.

A dead-straight public footpath, just over 200m in length, leads to the main Wimborne Road. See Image for the next view along the path. The straight course of the path is continued behind us by way of another path: Image

This suburban road of decent detached houses has a few bungalows at this end, as we can see, and runs between the main Wimborne Road and Mayfield Road. We look along it from the latter. The sign is a standard 1980s one, affixed to tubular steel that protrudes at each end. This is photo no.41 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 along this public footpath, between Wimborne and Mayfield Roads, towards the latter end. There is a fair bit of graffiti on the walls on the right. See Image for the next photo along the path behind us, and Image for a view towards us from the end ahead.