Public Rights of Way in Bournemouth
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Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Nature of the rights of way
- Research
- Numbering
- Notes on the maps used
- The smartphone experiment
- THE RIGHTS OF WAY
- 'A' series (Westbourne and Talbot Woods wards)
- 'B' series (West Cliff ward)
- 'C' series (Central ward)
- 'D' series (East Cliff ward)
- 'E' series (Kinson ward) - E01 to E20
- 'E' series - E21 to E40
- 'E' series - E41 to E56
- 'F' series (Boscombe West ward)
- 'G' series (Boscombe East ward)
- 'H' series (West Southbourne ward)
- 'I' series (Southbourne ward) - I01 to I11
- 'I' series - I12 to I20
- 'I' series - I21 to I33
- 'J' series (Littledown ward)
- 'K' series (Strouden Park ward) - K01 to K17
- 'K' series - K18 to K26
- 'K' series - K27 to K35
- 'K' series - K36 to K50
- 'L' series (Moordown ward)
- 'M' series (Muscliff ward) - M01 to M14
- 'M' series - M15 to M18
- 'N' series (Winton ward) - N01 to N08
- 'N' series - N09 to N16
- 'N' series - N17 to N42
- 'O' series (Ensbury Park and Redhill Park wards)
- 'U' series (Wallisdown ward) - U01 to U18
- 'U' series - U20 to U43
'E' series - E21 to E40
Number: E21
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 158m
Route: Wimborne Road [SZ 0618 9659] to Baker Road [SZ 0610 9646]
Map:
Commentary: Passageway from Wimborne Road to dead end of Anstey Close

continuing to Baker Road, finally along Scout hut driveway.
Number: E22
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 26m
Route: Cudnell Avenue [SZ 0624 9668] to Millhams Mead [SZ 0626 9668]
Map:
Commentary: Short passageway between bungalows leading to Millhams Mead local nature reserve.
(from rear fences)
(background)Number: E23
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 72m
Route: Wimborne Road [SZ 0649 9662] to Berrans Avenue [SZ 0645 9669]
Map:
Commentary: Paved path between tall hedges, from opposite E24 to dead end of Berrans Avenue.
Number: E24
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 104m
Route: Wimborne Road [SZ 0648 9660] to Wakely Road [SZ 0649 9650]
Map:
Commentary: Path through lightly wooded area, uphill from Wimborne Road opposite E23.

Number: E25
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 42m
Route: 8 Roosevelt Crescent [SZ 0678 9677] to 12 Roosevelt Crescent [SZ 0676 9674]
Map:
Commentary: Corner-cutting path to inside curve of the crescent.

Seen in the background here:

Number: E26
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 108m
Route: Millhams Road [SZ 0683 9691] to Kinson churchyard [SZ 0672 9683]
Map:
Commentary: Dead-end path through parish church churchyard; may once have linked up with path to Berrans Avenue.
This route appears slightly pointless, as it goes through the churchyard without actually leading anywhere. However, older maps suggest that it may have linked up with an alleyway onto Berrans Avenue, so my guess it that it originally provided a through route.
Number: E28
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 457m
Route: Ringwood Road [SZ 0643 9723] to Millhams Road [SZ 0666 9692]
Map:
Commentary: Rural path over open grassland. Course suggested on maps (two straight halves) is not possible on the ground.

Visible to far left here:

Number: E29
Designation: Byway open to all traffic
Length: 49m
Route: Westdown Road, [SZ 0644 9630] to [SZ 0649 9634]
Map:
Commentary: Ordinary road carriageway, southwestern two thirds of Westdown Road.

Number: E30
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 13m
Route: Kinson Road [SZ 0711 9557] to Merryfield Lane [SZ 0712 9556]
Map:
Commentary: Very short path, now hardly appreciable as a 'path' because of the modernisation of the junction.

Number: E31
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 13m
Route: Magna Road [SZ 0562 9665] to Finchfield Avenue [SZ 0562 9664]
Map:

This is one of Bournemouth's shortest public footpaths, measured at 13m long. The casual observer would think it nothing more than part of the pavement. I guess that, being part of the highway of neither road, the designation confers the public access officially.
Number: E32
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 78m
Route: Cartwright Close [SZ 0717 9568] to Chaldecott Gardens [SZ 0720 9573]
Map:
Commentary: Slightly meandering passageway; was historically a longer, more rural path before these two culs-de-sac were built. Route shortened to exclude the new roads.
(path E33 heads left here)

Number: E33
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 29m
Route: Sunningdale Crescent [SZ 0720 9568] to E32 [SZ 0718 9568]
Map:
Commentary: Short path linking Sunningdale Crescent with path E32.

Seen here, left, coming out onto path E32.

Number: E34
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 517m
Route: Brook Road [SZ 0718 9583] to Kitscroft Road [SZ 0727 9631]
Map:
Commentary: Long path through linear open space.
This route takes in a very pleasant, linear open space and is popular with dog walkers as well as being a useful through route.
Crosses path E47
before coming out on path E48 to head to Kitscroft Road - it is the less defined path here:

(Mapped course suggests a straight line to Kitscroft Road, but this is not the case on the ground.)
Number: E35
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 45m
Route: Pearl Road [SZ 0735 9573] to Pearl Gardens [SZ 0739 9576]
Map:
Commentary: Short cut-through to the dead end of Pearl Gardens.

Number: E36
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 39m
Route: Weymans Drive [SZ 0724 9682] to Pelhams Park [SZ 0720 9684]
Map:
Commentary: Short path providing access to Pelhams Park, mainly taking course of Weymans Drive.

Number: E37
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 45m
Route: East Howe Lane [SZ 0748 9589] to Puck's Dell [SZ 0751 9589]
Map:
Commentary: Path leading into wooded area known as Puck's Dell.

Number: E38
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 14m
Route: Western Avenue [SZ 0763 9597] to Gillam Road [SZ 0764 9598]
Map:
Commentary: Very short path linking the Gillam Road shops service road with Western Avenue.

(end of path arriving on service road)Number: E39
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 91m
Route: Western Avenue [SZ 0757 9601] to Puck's Dell [SZ 0754 9593]
Map:
Commentary: Route into wooded area known as Puck's Dell, comprising a rear access driveway.

Number: E40
Designation: Public footpath
Length: 24m
Route: Elgar Road [SZ 0756 9581] to Puck's Dell [SZ 0758 9583]
Map:

A very short path leading into the small wooded area known as Puck's Dell. It leads from the dead end of Elgar Road, a short cul-de-sac of council bungalows. The archway is a nice touch.
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