FROM beaches to a shopping arcade, gardens to a suspension bridge - Westbourne has lots to offer.
These pictures were taken from postcards of the area that all date from longer than a century ago.
Included are locales such as Alum Chine, County Gates and Poole Road.
Would you recognise Westbourne from these pictures?
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1. Poole Road, Westbourne
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2. Poole Road, Westbourne, Circa 1910
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3. Entrance to the arcade on Poole Road, Westbourne. Circa 1900
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4. Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Westbourne. Circa 1900
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5. Alum Chine Suspension Bridge, Westbourne
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6. County Gates, Westbourne. Circa 1910
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7. The Congregational Church, Poole Road, Westbourne
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8. Alumhurst Road, Westbourne
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9. County Gates, Westbourne
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10. Alum Chine, Westbourne
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