About Us

Welcome to Highfield, a charming, leafy suburb of Southampton. Highfield is set in the middle of the University belt, steeped in academia, and flanked by Southampton Common on one side, and Portswood on the other.

Christmas in Portswood; Autumn and Remembrance by Ian Morse 2018

Lest we forget Tommy by Graham and Sam Johnson, Brookvale Road

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R.J Mitchell, Russell Place
Poppies on lamp posts, Brookvale Road
Lest we forget Tommy by Graham and Sam Johnson, Brookvale Road

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Inscription on War Memorial, Highfield Church

“IN Grateful Memory of the men from this Parish who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918”
Poppies, Highfield Church
War Memorial, Highfield Church
The Common, near Cowherds Pub
Entrance to Residents Gardens, looking towards Abbotts Way
The Sundial, Residents Gardens
Tennis Courts, Residents Gardens
De Grouchy Lane
Orchards Way
Sunset over Woodstock Drive
Looking towards Woodstock Drive

The Highfield Residents’ Association is an active group of local residents and their families who seek to protect and preserve their environment and support their neighbours. We always welcome new members. You can join by clicking on the “Join us” leaf above and paying the annual subscription of £5.00.

Email: highfieldracomms@gmail.com for general enquiries or information, including newsletters, website, membership or, alternatively, just click on the ‘Contact Us’ leaf above. If you wish to contact the HRA Secretary, you can email her on: HRA.HonSec@gmail.com.

For HRA Newsletters, Committee Members, Agendas, Minutes, Blogs, the Constitution and other Local & National Residents Associations, see below.

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Orchards Way by Rochelle, May 2018
Philadelphus (Mock Orange) in Ian and Gill Morse's front garden, Highfield, June 2018.
Highfield from the air. Taken by Paul Godfrey, May 2017, from the first of the Trislander farewell flights.
Spotted in Oakmount Avenue, May 2018: the Flowerpot men!
42nd HRA AGM 19 April 2018
'Welcome to Highfield' sign. Nadine Johnson, 1st March 2018
Abbots Way. Nadine Johnson, 1st March 2018
Portswood. Nadine Johnson, 1st March 2018
Little Common. Nadine Johnson, 2nd March 2018
Little Common. Nadine Johnson, 2nd March 2018
The Play Park. Ian Morse, Early March 2018
Crofton Close. Ian Morse, Early March 2018
The Common. Ian Morse, Early March 2018
Little Common. Ian Morse, Early March 2018
Building an igloo on the Common. Ian Morse, Early March 2018
Winter stroll on The Common by Steve Brown
Southampton Common - near the underpass. By Caroline Brown.
Xmas lights on campus, Nadine Johnson 2017
Furzedown Road, Highfield in the snow. Photo taken in the 1980s or 1990s, by Sue Allan.
Francis Benali opens new Play-park on Southampotn Common, 22nd October 2017
New Play-park, Southampton Common Oct 2017
New Play-park, Southampton Common Oct 2017
Professor Roger Brown (left), Retiring HRA Chair and Professor Peter Johnson, Centre for Cancer Immunology, AGM 20/4/2017, (photo Alison Shelly).
The Common Ornamental Lake, courtesy of Simon Hill, Southampton Common Forum, Jan 2017
Courtesy of Nuha Alsaeed, 14/10/16

Highfield Campus ducks. Autumn is officially here!
Photo by Faye Spencer

mallard ducks lined up in the sun on the Common, July 2016.
Photo by Alison Shelly, Sept/Oct 2016