11 eyesores in Portsmouth including the former Troxy Cinema, as voted by our readers

Some of these might be historic buildings – but they haven’t necessarily stood the test of time.

I opened up a can of worms by asking our readers what the biggest eyesores were in Portsmouth – and we had a lot of responses.

From a strip of shops at the start of Commercial Road to a list of abandoned shops, there is no shortage of spots in the city that are in need of sprucing up.

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