2020

SZ0696 : West Howe: Elmhurst Road

taken 6 years ago, near to Kinson, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England

West Howe: Elmhurst Road
West Howe: Elmhurst Road
Looking along this short road on the northern fringe of the large 1950s West Howe housing estate. The houses are typical council semis and in recent years energy has been garnered from the installation of photovoltaic cells on their roofs.

The sign is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade. Many are starting to look a bit shabby now, and the blue border is faded on this one.

This is photo no.129 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
See Link for the complete set of photos.
My coronavirus lockdown walking project :: SZ0795

In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, on 23 March 2020 the government announced a lockdown which effectively confined people to their homes, apart from essential journeys which included vital shopping, to help vulnerable people, and one period of exercise per day.

There was speculation about whether driving to a place of exercise, such as a beauty spot, was acceptable and guidelines were quickly made, that exercise should take place locally and direct from home.

So I drew a 2km radius around my home on a map and set out to walk along, across or past every named street and footpath within this circle.

I found that there are 451 such roads/paths, not including roads whose postal address is part of another road already included (such as some Courts, Terraces and Mews).

I undertook to take a photo of a sign for each one, mainly with some context of the road itself. They can all be viewed, along with my 2km map, here: Link


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This photo is linked from: Articles: · My 2020 Coronavirus Lockdown walking project Automatic Clusters: · West Howe [33] · West Howe Council Estate [8] ·
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 16 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 4 May, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0639 9623 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.9375N 1:54.6456W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0639 9620
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