2020

SZ0694 : West Howe: Lydford Gardens

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

West Howe: Lydford Gardens
West Howe: Lydford Gardens
A cul-de-sac of Lydford Road, on the southern edge of the West Howe council estate built in the 1950s. While Lydford Road is original in that respect, Lydford Gardens is later, appearing on maps by about 1982.

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.249 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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SZ0694, 147 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 18 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 16 January, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0627 9491 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.2253N 1:54.7490W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0627 9492
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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