Regents Park, Southampton

Human settlement in England

Regents Park

Regents Park

Location within Southampton

Unitary authority|

* Southampton

Ceremonial county|

* Hampshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode district| SO15
Dialling code| 023
Police| Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire| Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance| South Central
UK Parliament|

* Southampton Test

List of places

England
Hampshire

50°55′N 1°26′W﻿ / ﻿50.92°N 1.44°W﻿ / 50.92; -1.44Coordinates: 50°55′N 1°26′W﻿ / ﻿50.92°N 1.44°W﻿ / 50.92; -1.44

Regents Park is a suburb of Southampton in England. A large house and grounds, after which the area is named, formerly occupied the land with the current Regents Park Road following the route of the Carriage Drive. A former gatehouse or lodge which once guarded the entrance to this still stands at the junction Bard of Regents Park Road, Waterhouse Lane and St Edmunds Road. Victorian "villa" style houses occupying the Northern part of Regents Park Road represent the initial phase of redevelopment following demolition of the large house. Later Victorian and then Edwardian properties followed before much of the Southern part of the road was given over to 1930s style semi-detached and detached housing. This phase of development eventually extended West to King George's Avenue and North to Oakley Road and South to what is now the main Millbrook Road. It is this area which is now generally known as Regents Park, although the description is a loose one and is also taken to include the housing between Oakley Road and Shirley High Street / Romsey Road, which is also the location of the former Regents Park girls school, now Regents Park Community College. The area now consists mainly of private housing, and it is sometimes seen as being part of neighbouring Millbrook or Shirley. Millbrook neighbours Regents Park to the west, with Shirley to the north and Freemantle to the east. Southampton's container port and Southampton Water are to the south.

The area is home to the headquarters of the Southampton City Scout District.[1]

## History[edit]

Iron Age pottery has been discovered in the area, although no evidence for settlements in that period exists.[2]

Several buildings in Regents Park were bombed in the Second World War; the White House Garage, a shop and part of the nearby British American Tobacco factory were hit in the very first raid.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Southampton City Scout District Archived 9 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 10 April 2007
2. ^ Southampton City Council: Prehistoric Southampton Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 10 April 2007
3. ^ BBC WW2 People's War Accessed 10 April 2007

## External links[edit]

* BBC Hampshire webcam
* Image of Regents Park circa 1853
* Regents Park college

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Areas and suburbs of Southampton

* City of Southampton electoral wards (and their neighbourhoods) listed by constituency — sources: 1 2

Southampton Itchen|

Bargate Ward
City Centre
Holyrood estate
Ocean Village
The Polygon
St Mary's
Bitterne Ward
Bitterne
Thornhill
Bitterne Park Ward
Bitterne Park
Bitterne Manor
Midanbury
Townhill Park
Harefield Ward
Harefield
Peartree Ward
Peartree Green
Sholing Ward
Sholing
Woolston Ward
Itchen Ferry village
Woolston
Weston

Southampton Test|

Bevois Ward
Bevois Valley
Inner Avenue
Nicholstown
Northam
Coxford Ward
Lordshill
Lordswood
Freemantle Ward
Freemantle
Millbrook Ward
Millbrook
Regents Park
Portswood Ward
Portswood
Highfield
St Denys
Redbridge Ward
Redbridge
Maybush
Shirley Ward
Shirley
Southampton Common

Romsey and Southampton North|

Bassett Ward
Bassett
Bassett Green
Swaythling Ward
Swaythling
Mansbridge

Map

City Centre

Bassett

Bassett Green

Bevois Valley

Bitterne

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Manor

Freemantle

Harefield

Highfield

Lordshill

Lordswood

Mansbridge

Maybush

Midanbury

Millbrook

Nicholstown

Northam

Ocean Village

Peartree Green

Polygon

Portswood

Redbridge

Regents Park

Shirley

St Denys

St Mary's

Sholing

Swaythling

Thornhill

Townhill Park

Woolston

Weston

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Suburbs of Southampton within the city boundary

* Areas of Greater Southampton outside the City boundary include:

* Allbrook
* Ashurst
* Bishopstoke
* Botley
* Bursledon
* Chandler's Ford
* Chartwell Green
* Chilworth
* Fair Oak
* Hamble-le-Rice
* Hedge End
* Horton Heath
* Hound
* Netley
* Netley Marsh
* Nursling
* Rownhams
* Eastleigh
* Totton
* West End

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