Somerstown, Hampshire

Somerstown or Somers Town is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire.

[1] The area was developed during the 1820s, on land owned by Mr Somers, and was heavily bombed during the Second World War.

After the war, the majority of what remained of the area was demolished to make way for social housing to a plan by the then city architect F.

The area is an integral part of the "Heart of Portsmouth" bid for SRB funding and a Joint Project Board has been established to oversee the preparation of a new physical regeneration plan through continued community involvement.

On 23 June 2017, Portsmouth City Council confirmed that cladding had started to be removed from two Somers Town tower blocks, Horatia House and Leamington House, which had failed safety tests in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.