We live next to the conservation area of Historic Talbot Village, our children go to school there, we go to Church there and we walk our dog there every day.
A Talbot Cottage
Old, or historic Talbot Village is a few pretty cottages, St Marks Church and School, a row of almshouses and several acres of oak woodland, some horse paddocks and an allotment.
The Almshouses
St Marks' School
New Talbot Village is actually in Poole on the other side of Wallisdown Road and consists of a load of modern houses in small, narrow cul-de-sacs, it has a doctors surgery, a dentist and a Londis shop that seem pretty stable. A further three shop units have generally opened and then fairly swiftly closed again, but usually a takeaway and a hairdresser of some description seem to be featured.
Bournemouth University and the College of Art and Design share the site and many of the students live within the parish in rental accommodation or in the student village on campus.
The rapid expansion and rise in popularity of Bournemouth Uni has created a few tensions as far as car parking is concerned and the councils response has been to restrict parking for a radius of a mile or so wherever students may park. The residents are just as likely to get a ticket.
So, basically this is a nice place to live with a few minor gripes which I plan to whinge about at great length on this blog :)
Bournemouth University and the College of Art and Design share the site and many of the students live within the parish in rental accommodation or in the student village on campus.
The rapid expansion and rise in popularity of Bournemouth Uni has created a few tensions as far as car parking is concerned and the councils response has been to restrict parking for a radius of a mile or so wherever students may park. The residents are just as likely to get a ticket.
So, basically this is a nice place to live with a few minor gripes which I plan to whinge about at great length on this blog :)
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