2020

SZ0695 : West Howe: Mount Road

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

West Howe: Mount Road
West Howe: Mount Road
When the large 1950s West Howe council estate was built, Mount Road utilised an original farm track or lane: overlaying older with present-day maps, the course is very obvious.

The sign is an early version of a standard Bournemouth design from around 2000, the early version recognisable by a slightly more emboldened typeface, aligned to the left when on two lines or, never on the newer versions, written on a single line as here.

This is photo no.286 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: Suburb, Urban fringe Roads, Road transport Primary Subject: Road other tags: Suburb Road Road Sign Council Housing Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · My 2020 Coronavirus Lockdown walking project Automatic Clusters: · Early Version [2] ·
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SZ0695, 155 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 18 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 21 January, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 064 957 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.6515N 1:54.5695W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 064 957
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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