Quiet Route Alder Road to Coy Pond
Over the past few years we have delivered improvements to the walking, wheeling and cycling route through Bournemouth Gardens, leading from the Square all the way up to Coy Pond Gardens, including a new crossing over Branksome Wood Road.
We now have some funding from Active Travel England to extend the route further west, to provide a good, safe alternative to driving into town from Branksome and Parkstone, or for getting to the various schools in the area including Heatherlands Primary and Bishop Aldhelm’s Primary.
We know that Yarmouth Road is quite busy and noisy and can feel unsafe to walk or cycle along, due to the amount of traffic, so this alternative “quiet route” provides another option.
In Spring/Summer 2026 we intend to install a new crossing on Alder Road, linking Recreation Road to Sheringham Road, and later in the year, another crossing on Yarmouth Road. In addition, we would like to make some further improvements for people walking, wheeling or cycling along Sheringham Road, part of Yarmouth Road, and along Bourne Valley Road to link into Coy Pond Road and Gardens.
We are aware that there are a few issues along the existing route that could make it less than ideal for some users – for example unlevel footways and some very wide side road junctions to cross. The available funding is limited, so we would like residents to help us identify the existing issues they experience in order that we can prioritise how and where to make improvements. We’ve added some initial ideas and possibilities to a plan, just to get you started and prompt some thoughts. We invite you to add your feedback and any other ideas or proposals to the map at the bottom of the page.
Next steps:
We will gather and consider all of the feedback received here, and use this to inform the designs and decide what to move ahead with.
See Phase 2 below for the actions arising from this consultation.
Detailed Maps
The documents below show more technical detail of the proposals. These are best viewed on a larger screen.
Consultation starts:
03 February 2026
Consultation ends:
02 March 2026
Phases
Next steps
We have gone through the feedback received on our proposals map and we intend to take the following actions:
- Bring forward maintenance scheme to resurface the footways along Sheringham Road, replacing the worn out and unlevel surface as well as broken and uneven kerbs.
- Extend the proposed 20mph zone extension to include the whole length of Bourne Valley Road, including the minor roads which lead off it - subject to the TRO consultation.
- Add crossings to the other arms of the roundabout as well as the one included in the original proposals. – as per Notice of Intention
- Include a short section of 20mph on Yarmouth Road, to include the part which is on the active travel quiet route, plus the roundabout and approaches to the new crossings. Subject to the TRO consultation.
- Added some traffic calming features as there was feedback that drivers often exceed the existing 20mph speed limit on Sheringham and Cromer Roads – as per Notice of Intention.
- We are looking at options for making improvements to path leading from Dalling Road up to Bishop Aldhelms School, to make the surface smoother and more usable all-year round.
- Various short sections of parking and loading restrictions proposed around junctions to keep crossing and access points clear and improve visibility for pedestrians – these are subject to the TRO consultation.