SZ0895 : Northbourne: Leybourne Avenue
taken 5 years ago, near to Ensbury, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England
Until around 1950, Leybourne Avenue swung into Northbourne Avenue about � mile north of here; it was then extended down to East Howe Lane. Northbourne Avenue is where these desirable detached houses give way to a short stretch of council semis and privately owned bungalows.
Even then, Leybourne Avenue has a sequel: beyond East Howe Lane, and only accessible by vehicle via a lengthy detour, is a detached further segment marked by a large oval green in its centre (SZ0796 : Northbourne: the stub of Leybourne Avenue).
The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms.
This is photo no.242 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
See Link for the complete set of photos.
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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- Grid Square
- SZ0895, 209 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Chris Downer (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 6 May, 2020 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 16 January, 2021
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SZ 0808 9531 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.4398N 1:53.2090W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SZ 0808 9528
- View Direction
- NORTH (about 0 degrees)
