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Portland Avenue, HOVE, BN3 5NG

A residential road that links New Church Road, the B2066, to Portland Road. Originally part of a field called Great Golhards that was located in a detached portion of Portlsade parish that was acquired by Aldrington in 1883 by which point part of was used as a brick field. The road was laid out and developed in the early 1930s.

A residential road that links Portland Avenue to Portland Road. Originally part of a field called Great Golhards which was located within a detached portion of Portslade parish that was acquired by Aldrington in 1883 by which point part was used as a brick field. The road was laid out and developed in the early 1930s.

A residential road that links Portland Avenue to Portland Road. Originally a field called Little Golhards that was located in a detached portion of Portslade parish that was acquired by Aldrington in 1883 by which point it was being used a brick field. Development occurred in the early 1930s with part of the road completed by the time of the 1932 OS map.

One of four east-west roads that run parallel to each other through the old parish of Aldrington, the others being Kingsway (A259), New Church Road (B2066) and Old Shoreham Road (A270). The road was laid out in the 1870s and developed gradually over the next forty or so years.

A residential road that heads south from Portland Road joining Rothbury Road at the junction with Mornington Crescent. Originally an open space called Old field in Aldrington's 1840 tithe map both this road and neighbouring Image were not developed until the 1930s.

A view of the road heading east from Portland Avenue before it turns north to Portland Road, see Image, with Woodhouse Close in view at the corner. The road in the foreground was once the site of Wish Cottage which was located in the south east corner of a detached portion of Portslade parish. The cottage was built sometime in the 19th century, it isn't marked on the 1813 OS map but does appear on Portslade's 1840 tithe map. The cottage survived until 1927 before it was demolished to make way for Woodhouse Road. See https://jackiedinnis.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/aldrington-park-copy.jpg with the cottage located on the right beneath the flag.

Residential street linking Portland Road to New Church Road that was developed during the 1930s.

A residential road that runs between New Church Road, the B2066, and Portland Road. The road follows the western boundary of an old field called West Laine in Aldrington's 1840 tithe map that later became Wish Brick Field who would supply much of the building material for the developing suburb. Consequently, the road was not laid out until the late 1920s and development only completed by the mid 1930s.

Built in the first decade of the 20th century for a number of years the only residences between St Leonard's and St Philip's churches, see https://jackiedinnis.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/aldrington-park-copy.jpg to get some idea of the isolation. Now located on the western corner of Portland Avenue.

One of Hove's longest at 2.3km (1.4 miles) and straightest roads, New Church Road runs from Portslade Boundary Road to Hove's Sackville Road