The area of Portsmouth that was sliced in half by a road | Nostalgia

Rudmore – a city district with bags of character... until the M275 came to town.
By Deborah Croker
Published 7th Dec 2021, 16:10 GMT
Rudmore roundabout at Mile End without the flyover. A picture taken during the construction of the M275 in the 1970s.Rudmore roundabout at Mile End without the flyover. A picture taken during the construction of the M275 in the 1970s.
Rudmore roundabout at Mile End without the flyover. A picture taken during the construction of the M275 in the 1970s.

This area used to be residential mainly catering for dockyard workers and their families.

It was heavily damaged by bombing during the Second World War.

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s much of the area was cleared to make way for the M27.

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