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Sandford Close, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3PQ

The school was opened in the mid-1990s to answer the needs of this rapidly growing housing estates and is now one of the most oversubscribed primary schools in Bournemouth.

This public footpath is a historical route, known as Barrowgate Road, which long pre-dates the 1980s Muscliff housing estate. Despite now running between the back gardens of houses on the estate, it retains its rural feel. Here, we pass one of two little cut-throughs to Rownhams Road, via garage concourses off the main carriageway. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, and Image for the next view behind us - each with links to further photos all along the route.

This public footpath is a historical route, known as Barrowgate Road, which long pre-dates the 1980s Muscliff housing estate. Despite now running between the back gardens of houses on the estate, it retains its rural feel. It can be seen here heading north, with the backs of houses in Rownhams Road to the right. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, and Image for the next view behind us - each with links to further photos all along the route.

This public footpath is a historical route, known as Barrowgate Road, which long pre-dates the 1980s Muscliff housing estate. Despite now running between the back gardens of houses on the estate, it retains its rural feel. This southern segment is the narrowest, hemmed in between the back fence of Rownhams Road houses, and the hedges at the back of the older Harbeck Road properties. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, and Image for the next view behind us - with links to further photos all along the route.

This public footpath is a historical route, known as Barrowgate Road, which long pre-dates the 1980s Muscliff housing estate. Despite now running between the back gardens of houses on the estate, it retains its rural feel. It can be seen here heading south from Ashurst Road, an extension of the path behind us to Careys Road. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, and Image for the next view behind us - each with links to further photos all along the route.

This public footpath is a historical route, known as Barrowgate Road, which long pre-dates the 1980s Muscliff housing estate. Despite now running between the back gardens of houses on the estate, it retains its rural feel. It can be seen here crossing Ashurst Road, with the dead-straight course beyond the white van continuing from behind us. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, and Image for the next view behind us - each with links to further photos all along the route.

This public footpath is a historical route, known as Barrowgate Road, which long pre-dates the 1980s Muscliff housing estate. Despite now running between the back gardens of houses on the estate, it retains its rural feel. It can be seen here on the northern approach to Ashurst Road, which crosses the path diagonally - the continuing path can be seen ahead, beyond the white van. See Image for the view towards us from ahead, and Image for the next view on the path behind us - each with links to further photos all along the route.

The directional sign on top of this postbox is a fairly rare survival. It is quite common to see a postbox with the remains of one of these signs, either because the post office is no longer there or due to vandalism (see for example Image).

Situated on Broadway Lane.

This public footpath is a historical route, known as Barrowgate Road, which long pre-dates the 1980s Muscliff housing estate. Despite now running between the back gardens of houses on the estate, it retains its rural feel. We look at it here from its southern end, on Chesildene Drive, one of the main roads through the estate. Its entrance coincides, rather helpfully, with a zebra crossing. See Image for the next view on the path ahead, and links to further photos all along the route.