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

By Deborah Croker

Published 7th Dec 2021, 16:10 BST

Rudmore – a city district with bags of character... until the M275 came to town.

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

Rudmore roundabout at Mile End without the flyover. A picture taken during the construction of the M275 in the 1970s.

placeholder image — Rudmore roundabout at Mile End without the flyover. A picture taken during the construction of the M275 in the 1970s.

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

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

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