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Southampton City Centre is the commercial and organisational centre of the City of Southampton, and the transport hub of the city. Because Southampton is on the South Coast of England, the city centre is not at the geometric centre of the city, but at the southern extremity. The traditional heart of the city is the High Street, which runs from ...
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In 1964 Southampton acquired city status, becoming the City of Southampton, [16] and because of the Local Government Act 1972 was turned into a non-metropolitan district within Hampshire in 1973. Southampton City Council took over most of the functions of Hampshire County Council within the city in April 1997 (including education and social ...
The SO postcode area, also known as the Southampton postcode area, [2] is a group of 23 postcode districts in southern England, within nine post towns. These cover south and central Hampshire , including Southampton , Winchester , Alresford , Brockenhurst , Eastleigh , Lymington , Lyndhurst , Romsey and Stockbridge .
Designed by Ernest Berry Webber, the Civic Centre comprises four buildings with their facades facing outwards, all in a classical style, faced in Portland stone. At the centre, facing east, is the Guildhall which comprises a large gabled public assembly hall with a flat-roofed entrance hall with an Ionic portico. The southern block, which ...
Westquay (formerly WestQuay) is a shopping centre in Southampton, England.It has an area of 95,600 m 2 (1,029,000 sq ft) [1] of retail and leisure space [2] and contains around 130 shops, including major retailers such as John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Zara, Schuh, Waterstones, Hollister Co. and Apple.
Bassett is a suburb and electoral ward of the City of Southampton, England.The suburb lies to the north of the city centre and gives its name to part of the A33 arterial road which links the city centre to the M3, described by Pevsner & Lloyd as "part of the splendid tree-lined route into Southampton from Winchester, London and the north". [2]
Mayflower Theatre (formerly the Gaumont Theatre and originally The Empire Theatre) is a Grade II listed [1] theatre in the city centre of Southampton, England, with a capacity of 2,300. [2] It features West End theatre shows when they tour the United Kingdom. In addition to this, one-off comedy shows and music events often take place at the ...