Bassett, Hampshire
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Bassett is middle class suburb of Southampton, UK. It is the location of the University of Southampton's Glen Eyre Halls of residence complex. Southampton Sports Centre is in Bassett. There is St. Micheal's church, and Bassett Avenue, the main road into Southampton from the north.
Part of the "Flower roads" estate resides in Bassett (north and west of the Bassett Green secondary school), south and east of this, the estate lays into Swaythling. Although mainly working class, the estate also houses many students from the nearby University of Southampton. Much of the Bassett section of the Flowers roads was formally a nursery owned by a Miss Longmead in the late 19th and early 20th century, the old nursery house is now the Burgess Court old peoples home.
Four public houses have served the local community for many years, the oldest of which is "The Gate"(formally "The Gate brewery, "The Gate hangs high" and "The Hanging gate" situated in Burgess Road (formally Burgess Street) dating back to the late 18th century. To the west of "The Gate", some 100 yards, is "The Stile" formerly the Hedgehog, 100 yards east is "The Crown and Sceptre", and north of "Daisy Dip" on the Bassett Green Road is "The Stoneham Arms"
Residents living in the "higher" class areas of Bassett want their area to be known as Upper Bassett but this has been cited as Snobbery by the Council.[citation needed]
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