2020

SZ0995 : Moordown: Hillcrest Close

taken 5 years ago, near to Moordown, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England

Moordown: Hillcrest Close
Moordown: Hillcrest Close
A small cul-de-sac of houses off Hillcrest Road - both are, indeed, at the crest of the hill; it goes steeply downhill on Priory View Road just to our left here.

The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. Unusually, there is no no-through-road sign either alongside or incorporated in the nameplate itself.

This is photo no.198 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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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings Suburb, Urban fringe Roads, Road transport Primary Subject: Road other tags: No Through Road Road Suburb Road Sign Detached Houses Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · My 2020 Coronavirus Lockdown walking project Automatic Clusters: · Road Sign is a Standard [16] · Close [14] · Priory View [12] ·
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SZ0995, 143 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 17 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 28 June, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0913 9528 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.4227N 1:52.3159W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0912 9528
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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