2020

SZ0795 : West Howe: Montgomery Avenue

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

West Howe: Montgomery Avenue
West Howe: Montgomery Avenue
One of the main thoroughfares within the large 1950s West Howe council estate, linking its heart, Cunningham Crescent, with its eastern edge, here on the main Kinson Road. There are a few blocks of council flats here at this end � and at the other � while in between is half a mile or so of standard, very recognisable semi-detached council houses.

The sign is an early version of a standard Bournemouth design from around 2000, the early version recognisable by a slightly more emboldened typeface, the wording initially aligned to the left but the centralised layout was used by the time of this one.


This is photo no.276 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
See Link for the complete set of photos.
My coronavirus lockdown walking project

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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SZ0795, 172 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 12 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 070 956 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.6079N 1:54.1188W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 070 956
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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