SZ0897 : Northbourne: New Road
taken 5 years ago, near to Ensbury, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England
We see it here as it crosses Ensbury Bridge, over the River Stour, and therefore over the historic boundary into the Borough of Bournemouth, as it was until April 2019 when Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch local authorities merged.
The sign is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade, with blue border and, when mounted on the pavement, on blue legs. The addition here of the word Bournemouth and the borough coat of arms is of course because this is the entry point to the borough. The centre point of the river is the boundary, so the positioning of the sign is very exact!
This is photo no.248 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
- SZ0897, 41 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Chris Downer (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 15 April, 2020 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 22 January, 2022
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SZ 080 970 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:46.3895N 1:53.2407W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SZ 080 970
- View Direction
- Southwest (about 225 degrees)
