Charente Way in the suburb of Yaldhurst, Christchurch

Charente Way in Yaldhurst and nothing on library website. Found a plaque in a reserve about F W Delamain and it gives details about some of the local streets. Charente Way is named after the rolling countryside where James Delamain settled to start his family and business. Did a bit of googling and Charente is a department in France created in the French Revolution and named after the Charente River. Famous for salt and cognac.

Most of the houses here were built in 2010 and none of the houses stood out for me. There is an entrance to Canterbury Swim School on this street. Footpath on only one side of the street. What did stand out for me was a garden full of artificial plants including a wee hedge. The artificial bushes had solar lights in the middle of them and I seriously want to go back in night time to see what it looks like. Looked weird enough in daylight.

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