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Castle Lane West, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LA

Looking west from Broadway roundabout

This small modern infill, around the back of houses on Luckham Road, uses the start of public footpath M16 as its access. The footpath can be seen as it continues southward in the distance. See Image for a view of the houses in Luckham Gardens, and links to further photos along the footpath.

The wide open space of the junction has since been filled with a large roundabout. Bournemouth Corporation trolleybus 282 is turning into Charminster Road on its way to Bournemouth Square on service 29. It is one of the Sunbeam MF2B type, with Weymann bodywork with which Bournemouth virtually renewed its trolleybus fleet in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Despite this investment, a change in policy resulted in the system closing in 1969. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2114547&displayclass=slide

This small infill of a few modern houses is a recent afterthought, before which the public footpath, which we see to the left, would have continued to Luckham Road, just behind us, with much the same appearance. See Image for the view towards us from ahead, with further links to photos along the route, and Image for the view from behind us on Luckham Road.

A close-up of some of the frontages of Image, each very similar but slightly different, at about 8 o'clock on a summer evening. The shadow of the aerial of the first high gable can be seen cast on the next bungalow along.

This public footpath nears its northern end, passing a small infill of a few modern houses. They are a recent afterthought, before which the path would have continued as a simple path to Luckham Road, which we see in the distance. See Image for the view towards us from ahead, and Image for the next view behind us, with further links to photos along the route.

This distinctive line of bungalows, at 189-203 Castle Lane West catches the sun this fine lunchtime. Castle Lane West and East form the A3060, a busy road across Bournemouth's northern suburbs, and these bungalows benefit from having a service road between them and the main carriageway.

This pub stands on the busy junction of Castle Lane (ahead/behind), Charminster Road (to right), and Broadway Lane (left), from which latter street it takes its name. The pub has had a bit of a rough reputation in the past but this has improved markedly during the last couple of landlords' tenancies and it is a good local with good food and good atmosphere.