2020

SZ0995 : Muscliff: Muscliffe Lane

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

Muscliff: Muscliffe Lane
Muscliff: Muscliffe Lane
Notwithstanding the labelling of the Ordnance Survey's maps, the suburb of Muscliff rightly does not have an 'e' on the end, although it did develop over the second half of the 20th century and it stuck in the name of Muscliffe Lane, which we see here from its start on the busy A3060 Castle Lane West.

The bench faces a service road for a parade of shops on Castle Lane West.

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: Shorter names lead to a large gap on the right-hand side of the sign (Owls Road in Boscombe is the champion in this respect), so perhaps that is why the centred text evolved.

This is photo no.287 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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SZ0995, 143 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 10 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 21 January, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 092 956 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.6276N 1:52.1877W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 092 956
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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