Southampton in General Reviews

SOUTHAMPTON ****** WHERE IS SOUTHAMPTON? ****** Southampton is the largest city found in the county of Hampshire. It is a major port found on the South coast of England. It is roughly 62 miles South-west of London. ****** SOME FACTS ******* - The city's name is sometimes abbreviated to ...  Read the complete review

Southampton, hmm let me see. What has it got going for it? What does it have for the residents of its city? What does it have for tourists and the like? I used to enjoy a day out in Southampton, but that was a long time ago when, I was younger and Firstly, St Mary Street had an excellent selection of ...  Read the complete review

Southampton is my home city and I absolutely adore the place! I'm writing this to let people know an insiders knowledge of the city because I get pretty annoyed with the publicity it gets from other cities, calling it unfashionable for example, when it is far from that! SO...i'm here to tell you what the city is really like...and ...  Read the complete review

Southampton has been a very important pier. As you know, it is also where Titanic started its tragic journey. I had the opportunity to see Southampton, When I joined the outdoor-based training weekend of my university which took place in Southampton. Firstly, that weekend I had the opportunity to see the nice river and ...  Read the complete review

The all new West quay The new west quay centre has now been open for all you shop-o-holics to use. However all the hype about how brilliant it is because it’s so big and brilliant is now dying off. If you are going to spend a day in Southampton then west quay is a good place to set up camp. This is because it has on the ...  Read the complete review

I am 18 years old and im voicing this opinion about Southampton concerning the younger people living in the city. For years now i feel southampton was becoming and still is becoming a city for people over 30. There is nothing for todays youth to do except Shopping and that gets rather boring every week or our lives. ...  Read the complete review

I first moved to Southampton about 18 years ago, and I must admit when I first moved down here I hated it!! The main centre wasn't up to much and was pretty grubby, the outer lying areas were pretty run down. There seemed to be no sound infrastructure to the city - and it seemed to be a town which had relied on its port status ...  Read the complete review

I live in Southampton and I can honestly say it’s not the worst place to live. First of all you can the fairly large city and then about 30min away you have the New Forest. Southampton is a place for everyone. There are things to do for all ages. You have grate shops and the brand new West Quay shopping centre ...  Read the complete review

Situated on the South coast (as you probably imagined from the name) Southampton is the perfect place for pretty much everything and everyone. ***Attention all Shoppers!*** Okay, well first of all there are the shopping facilities - with the brand new West Quay shopping mall claiming it's fame from being ...  Read the complete review

Picture the scene. A cold dark Sunday evening. Holes in my shoes and mist in the air. As I and a chum of the Northern variety waddle home, we spy a distressed pigeon on the pavement, clearly unable to fly to freedom. What should we do? On closer inspection the animal appeared frightened. Stooping down for closer look in the hope that we ...  Read the complete review

I lived in Southampton until about a month ago and it is only now I have moved away that I can see the city in perspective. I am sorry to say that although Southampton has its many good points that it is a city in decline and in trouble. Although the city centre isn't bad - -the parks are fantastic - the outliying areas have ...  Read the complete review

As a port city, Southampton was bombed heavily during WW2. The result, naturally, was the need for a mass porgramme of rebuilding during the 1950s and 60s and an awful lot of concrete. So lets be honest, it's not a pretty city and has virtually no character. Currently the city centre has no more facilities than the average large ...  Read the complete review

The problem with Southampton can be put down to one word: concrete. That grey menace which swept all towns during the 60's and 70's unfortunately caught Southampton in its grasp too; and just like a lot of towns, it has not made the town a pretty sight. Tower blocks make regular eyesores and the high street (although soon to be ...  Read the complete review

I was not born here, but I have grown up here and I do sort of like the place. It's like most large cities in that it has a good range of things to do and places to go but it has the added beauty of large areas of green within its city limits. It has lots of trees and small parks all over giving it a pleasant feel in the hot, dry ...  Read the complete review

I used to live in Southampton but have just moved to Leicester. Now, Southampton has a lot going for it, it's just that it wasn't HOME if you know what I mean. The best things about Southampton are: Hedge End Retail Park, Ocean Village, Weston Shore and the motorway that brings you away! The city ...  Read the complete review

Southampton is a city situated centrally on the south coast of England. It is a very pleasant and enjoyable city with plenty of things to see, do or shop around. It has a mixture of historical and future development (West Quay Shopping Mall, Ice Skating and Southampton Football Clubs new 32,000 stadium). It has a good ...  Read the complete review

Not far from the new forest although the city is busy it does not take long before you are out in the country. Southampton is full of parks and very green, its not unusuall to have a squirel run across your path. One of the nicest cities in the UK. Southampton has many historic places of interest, including some large areas of the ...  Read the complete review

Southampton is not a very interesting place. However, I pretty like the public libraries. The one that I often visit are in the city centre, Portswood and Burgess Road. The central library is full of lots of resources, for example, videos, music compact discs, foriegn language material, special topics on compact discs format and so on. ...  Read the complete review

Southampton is going through a very exciting time at the moment. When I first moved here in 1992, the town centre seems to be stagnating. The population was growing, particularly students, but there just weren't the facilities that a big city needs. However, in the last 5 years, there has been massive development ...  Read the complete review

City on the Solent:- Southampton is not my home town but the friendliness of the people who live in this city has made me feel at home and over the years I have grown to be very fond of it. History is a very important part of the city and it is proud of it's heritage and it is proud of it's new development which will be ...  Read the complete review