East Howe

Settlement in Dorset

England

East Howe

Kinson: Middle Road Credit: Chris Downer

East Howe is a small residential area located in the town of Bournemouth, in the county of Dorset, England. Situated on the eastern outskirts of Bournemouth, it is bordered by the neighborhoods of Littledown to the north and Iford to the east.

Primarily a suburban area, East Howe is known for its quiet and family-friendly atmosphere. The housing in the area mainly consists of detached and semi-detached houses, along with a few apartment complexes. The properties are generally well-maintained, with neatly manicured gardens and tree-lined streets.

Residents of East Howe benefit from its convenient location, with easy access to amenities and facilities. The neighborhood is home to several local shops, including a convenience store, a bakery, and a pharmacy, catering to everyday needs. There are also a few dining options, such as cafes and takeaways, offering a variety of cuisines.

One of the highlights of East Howe is its proximity to nature. The neighborhood is bordered by open green spaces, including King's Park, which offers recreational opportunities such as walking trails, sports pitches, and a children's play area. Additionally, the nearby River Stour provides opportunities for leisurely walks and picnics along its banks.

Transportation in East Howe is well-served by regular bus services, connecting residents to Bournemouth town center and other surrounding areas. The neighborhood also benefits from good road links, with easy access to the A338, a major road that connects Bournemouth to the wider region.

In summary, East Howe offers a peaceful residential environment with easy access to amenities and green spaces, making it an attractive place to live for families and individuals seeking a suburban lifestyle.

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East Howe Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 50.758692/-1.9002244 or Grid Reference SZ0795. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Kinson: Middle Road

Middle Road is part of an estate of bungalows, the roads forming the shape of a three-pronged fork without the handle. As its name suggests, Middle Road is the middle 'prong'. The sign is a modern one, dating from around 2014-15, by which time the council had replaced the coloured logo, which had been prone to fading after a while, to simple wording BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL in smaller type. This is photo no.269 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Moordown: Middleton Road

A one-segment road running between the main Redhill Avenue (far end) and Comley Road, comprising desirable detached houses that are typical of hereabouts. The two bungalows visible to the right are probably infill developments in what used to be the longer back garden of the Comley Road corner house. The road sign is a standard one from around 2000-2006 featuring the borough coat of arms. This is photo no.270 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Bear Cross: Milford Drive

Part of the 1950s bungalow development around Bear Cross, we look along Milford Drive past the sign that greets traffic emerging from Exbury Drive, towards its eastern end at Anstey Road. The latter is the boundary of the West Howe council estate, as can be glimpsed by the council semis in the background. The sign is a modern one, from 2010-15 when this more modern, abstract emblem rather than the traditional town coat of arms as the working logo of the council. This is photo no.271 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Kinson: Millhams Close

A cul-de-sac of bungalows off what was once a reasonably major side road, Millhams Road. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. The vacant post just to the left almost certainly once had a No Through Road sign affixed to it, such as at SZ0794 : Ensbury Park: Dawn Close. This is photo no.272 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Kinson: Millhams Drive

A cul-de-sac off Millhams Road, younger than and diagonally opposite SZ0696 : Kinson: Millhams Close. 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, with peeling white or fading blue, and this is a very good example of the white deterioration. This is photo no.273 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

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.

Chris Downer

East Howe: Minstead Road

Minstead is a New Forest village, as is Marchwood, whose namesake road comes off Minstead Road – but these are the only two roads so named in the area. The sign is from around 2000, and it morphed into another design, in blue rather than green and far more widely seen, including BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL in smaller letters at the top, and the borough coat of arms on the left. This is photo no.275 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

West Howe: Montgomery Avenue

One of the main thoroughfares within the large 1950s West Howe council estate, linking its heart, Cunningham Crescent, with its eastern edge, here on the main Kinson Road. There are a few blocks of council flats here at this end – and at the other – while in between is half a mile or so of standard, very recognisable semi-detached council houses. The sign is an early version of a standard Bournemouth design from around 2000, the early version recognisable by a slightly more emboldened typeface, the wording initially aligned to the left but the centralised layout was used by the time of this one. This is photo no.276 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Ensbury Park: Montrose Drive

A cul-de-sac of bungalows off Priestley Road. The sign tells us that the road isn't modern: it looks like an ordinary 1980s sign mounted on tubular steel (such as the one at SZ0795 : Ensbury Park: Barnes Close), but careful scrutiny will tell us that the lettering and black border is embossed in the metalwork and not put on adhesively like the more modern variety. This makes it one of the older, perhaps 1960s, nameplates. This is photo no.277 of a series of 451 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Moordown: Moordown Close

A small cul-de-sac of reasonably modern (1970s?) houses swinging around the corner behind the backs of houses on the main Wimborne Road. The sign is a modern one - it is only in the last couple of years that Bournemouth Borough Council stopped including its name in smaller type at the top of the sign, perhaps in readiness for local government reorganisation in April 2019 which saw the borough council replaced by BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole) council. The no-through-road sign incorporated within the nameplate is a fairly common arrangement, and the previous sign clearly didn't have one because the original accompanying sign remains alongside. This is photo no.278 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

West Howe: Moore Avenue

Seen here ascending from Poole Lane, Moore Avenue is one of the chief roads into the large, 1950s West Howe council estate, as attested by the bus stop (there is a more substantial one opposite, out of picture, with bus shelter). After the block of flats, more standard semi-detached council houses take over before more flats are found nearer the centre of the estate. 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.279 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Moordown: Moorfield Grove

One of the typical residential streets in Winton and Moordown, with its early 20th-century houses, Moorfield Grove is nevertheless slightly unusual in coming to an abrupt stop, at the back of what was originally the grounds of Winton Boys' School, a community centre and sheltered housing since the school moved to more modern premises in the late 1990s. It is also unusual in having no road nameplate: it did until fairly recently but must have been the victim of vandalism or traffic collision. This is photo no.280 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

West Howe: Moorside Close

A small cul-de-sac off Moorside Road, hence the name, Moorside Close actually takes the course of one of the original tracks when this was all fields, before the large 1950s West Howe council estate was built: Behind us to the right is Ericksen Road, while at the top of the hill ahead is a path onto the eastern leg of Tedder Road, which continues diagonally into Mount Road – and that whole route is recognisable, when looking at older maps, as an original track or lane. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. This is photo no.281 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

West Howe: Moorside Gardens

Modern infill development of a few houses, off Moorside Road. Because the houses are tucked around the back of the two adjoining gardens, we can't see any of them from here at the end of the road. The sign is a modern one, from 2010-15 when this more modern, abstract emblem rather than the traditional town coat of arms as the working logo of the council. It is unusual in being a short version with the road name on two lines. This is photo no.282 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

West Howe: Moorside Road

Looking at some of the semi-detached houses on this road which marks the southeastern edge of the large 1950s West Howe council estate. The sign dates from around 1999/2000 and is one of the first to include the borough logo. It morphed from this version, one size regardless of the name length, to a similar design but with centred text, to the commonplace version with blue edges and with slightly less emboldened typeface. This is photo no.283 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Moordown: Morden Road

A short, one-segment road between Victoria Park and Vicarage Roads, we look along it from the latter end, alongside the grounds of Moordown St. John's Church of England Primary School. The fine, detached pre-war houses are the standard hereabouts. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side. This is photo no.284 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

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West Howe: Mount Road

When the large 1950s West Howe council estate was built, Mount Road utilised an original farm track or lane: overlaying older with present-day maps, the course is very obvious. 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 or, never on the newer versions, written on a single line as here. This is photo no.286 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

Winton: Namu Road

This curiously named road is generally pronounced "Name-you", but I have heard "Nar-mew" as well. I am not sure of the derivation but I presume it may be someone's surname? Anyway, it comprises fine inter-War detached houses which are typical of this immediate area. Unlike some of the older houses, there is at least room for off-road parking for most of them. The sign is the standard Bournemouth nameplate from the 1980s, more often seen affixed with tubular steel which protrudes at each side, but this one is high on a lamppost facing Jameson Road. This is photo no.288 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project: See Link for the complete set of photos.

Chris Downer

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East Howe is located at Grid Ref: SZ0795 (Lat: 50.758692, Lng: -1.9002244)

Unitary Authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Police Authority: Dorset