HRA received worrying photos of an articulated lorry travelling along Brookvale Road on Wednesday 12 March at 09:38h (just after school-time), turning right onto Highfield Lane and then left up Church Lane

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in News | 0 comments   In a totally separate incident from the articulated lorry above, see below – Oops! Vehicle too close (Brookvale Road / Highfield Lane junction)   HRA members can send email comments and photos to HRA.HonSec@gmail.com. It is assumed that any information or image sent will have permission to share (anonymously) on our website. Can you help with the monitoring? Please note: Only...
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A very disturbing incident – on the corner of Portswood Broadway and Westridge Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Around 3.45pm on Thursday 20 March 2025, there was a disturbing incident on the corner of Portswood Broadway and Westridge Road. A bare chested man was shouting at people, he was walking out into the road then throwing bricks into the road and hitting his head with a brick. He was extremely disturbed. The person witnessing this called 999 and reported the incident. Later he was asked to make a...
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Possible ‘zoned out’ drug users sitting on outside chairs belonging to Cha Sha, Portswood Broadway

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Around 2pm on Thursday 20 March 2025, there was a group of what possibly could be ‘clearly zoned out’ drug users sitting on chairs belonging to Cha Sha.
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Anti-social Dispersal Order

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 21, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Suggestion from LN: Portswood would benefit from a Dispersal Order. It comes under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act. Police Officers can direct people to leave an area and not return for usually 48 hours. Refusal is grounds for arrest etc. This requires proactive input from local police to issue and monitor. Disperal Orders are not just to move people elsewhere, they also give the police the...
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Hawthorn Cottage, built in 1818 on Southampton Common, once stood on the land now occupied by The Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 20, 2025 in Local History, News | 0 comments Info courtesy of Paul Lipscombe, Southampton History Photos. “Very few people remember the Hawthorn cottage that graced Southampton common it was built in 1818 by Thomas Ridding, in Georgian style. Although named Hawthorn Cottage it was a substantial country house. John Ransom, a local shipbuilder, lived here from 1851 until his death in 1886. The house survived the war but did suffer some...
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The University of Southampton ‘Voices’ Choir ‘Salutes Randy Newman’, “one of the most unusual of the great American singer songwriters”, in their next concert in the Turner Sims Concert Hall at 19:30 on Friday 9 May!

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 20, 2025 in News | 0 comments It’s 12 years since the University of Southampton ‘Voices’ Community Choir began! Many people from the local area are involved! Get your tickets now! Find out more here! https://www.turnersims.co.uk/…/usv-salutes-randy-newman-2/ Info courtesy of Harvey Brough/The Turner Sims
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Just a reminder – the next quarterly Portswood Police and Community Together (PACT) meeting in our area is at the Highfield Church Centre, next Monday 24 March, 6.30-8pm, if you have any concerns or issues you wish to raise

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 20, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments Some members of the HRA Crime information sharing WhatsApp Group will be attending! In Hampshire Alert 17/3/25, the Portswood Neighbourhood Policing Team say: “These meetings serve as a vital platform for residents like you to engage directly with the police and representatives from Southampton City Council. It is an excellent opportunity to voice your concerns, suggestions, and questions...
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Two youths with faces covered doing something shifty on top of a bin – Nile Road

Posted by Highfield Residents' Association on Mar 20, 2025 in Crime Incidents, News | 0 comments They shuffled off when person went up to them and said ‘Afternoon Lads’. Reporting to Police encouraged.
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