2020

SZ0796 : Kinson: Millhams Road

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

Kinson: Millhams Road
Kinson: Millhams Road
Looking across the village green at the heart of Kinson, long since a 'village' and very much a suburb of Bournemouth. Millhams Road was a through road coming out by Longham Bridge until roughly the late 1980s, when it was closed to traffic between the parish church and the council tip. That middle stretch is still usable by pedestrians and cyclists and forms part of the Millhams Mead Local Nature Reserve.

The public toilet block is visible at the far end of the green.

The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006, perhaps a little earlier, featuring the borough coat of arms.

This is photo no.274 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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SZ0796, 271 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 10 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 070 966 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:46.1420N 1:54.0496W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 071 966
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