Beech Avenue

New building activity in Bourne during the first half of the 20th century altered the appearance of the town more rapidly than at any other time in its history. For example, in the years between 1914 and 1970, Bourne Urban District Council alone erected 546 houses, bungalows and flats, while during the same period, there was extensive private residential development on the west side of the town, stretching out from St Gilbert's Road towards Bourne Woods on either side of the westward curving Beech Avenue, which is just under one mile in length, making it the longest of the recently built new roads with other streets feeding off on both sides, all appropriately named after woodland trees. 

Beech Avenue in early winter as seen from Woodland Drive

See also Housing in Bourne

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