2020

SZ0895 : Moordown: Bentley Road

taken 4 years ago, near to Ensbury, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England

Moordown: Bentley Road
Moordown: Bentley Road
This short road of well-to-do detached houses is one of numerous in a criss-cross pattern, at right angles to Wimborne Road, The Avenue and The Grove. It is one of the shorter ones, with only one segment – terminating on The Avenue rather than crossing it.

The sign is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade. Many are starting to look a bit shabby now, but this one is in good condition without any peeling white or fading blue.

This is photo no.35 of a series of 451 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: Housing, Dwellings Suburb, Urban fringe Roads, Road transport Primary Subject: Road other tags: Road Suburb Road Sign Detached Houses Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · My 2020 Coronavirus Lockdown walking project Automatic Clusters: · Moordown [25] · Road Sign [23] · Grove [15] Other Photos: · Moordown: Bloomfield Place ·
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SZ0895, 201 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 17 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 20 April, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0879 9526 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.4123N 1:52.6051W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0879 9527
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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