Potholes

Road repairs. Picture: Hampshire County Council

Every road in Hampshire repaired through highways programme

The road near The Square, Hamble. Photo: Peter Langdon

Potholes and botched repairs makes village look ‘neglected and tired’

Nigel Farage in Waterlooville on Friday

'Nothing seems to work any more' - Nigel Farage

Reform UK's Robert Jenrick visited Havant, Waterlooville and Portsmouth on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Pictured is: (second from right) Robert Jenrick with supporters in Milk Lane, Waterlooville, holding their new leaflet dispenser.
Picture: Sarah Standing (280426-526)

Potholes and 'cutting waste' at the top of the list for Reform UK

Some of Portsmouth's busiest roads are plagued by massive potholes.

These roads have the worst potholes in Portsmouth

Potholes top the list of motorists’ bugbears

Cars damaged by a pothole cost an average of £164 to repair

London Road, Widley, Waterlooville

"Hampshire's worst road" set to be repaired to tackle huge potholes

Pothole repairs in London Road, Widley, Waterlooville

County warns road ratings don’t tell the full story on pothole repairs

On a soaking wet day, the Land Cruiser is the perfect partner for a rural run, as Gareth Butterfield found out

Toyota Land Cruiser review: unstoppable in the worst UK weather

TomTom's new "Tom" device aims to alert you to hazards without using any apps

TomTom “Tom” hazard alert device review: simple, clever, effective

Pothole.

Closer look at UK’s pothole crisis as councils told to prove progress

Domino's launches pothole-proof delivery bike

Domino's unveil bike to keep pizzas safe from potholes

Shocking UK Sinkholes and Landslips Caught on Camera

Land Rover driver rams workman after ignoring road closure

Land Rover driver rams workman and sends him 'flying into a bush'

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

Furious resident Douglas Debnam on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire, is embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row.

Our council want £100k to fix road with 32 potholes...we're furious!
Furious villagers have been told to pay nearly £100k if they want the road repaired - in Britain's longest running pothole row dating back to 1960.
Lucinda Herbert

West Sussex landscaper Harry Smith-Haggett, 22, has been filling in Horsham's potholes with flowers dubbed 'pretty potholes'.

'I made my roads pretty!' Pothole flowerbed service goes viral

Residents have blasted developers after paying £550,000 to live on 'desolate' newbuild estate which remains unfinished - FIVE years after people moved in. Pictured: Lin Glover

Our dream home is an unfinished building site...after 5 years

Pavements were torn up and parts of the road surface was washed away after over 40mm of rain fell in just an hour, in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Flash flooding causes severe road damage as storms continue

Tim Webb, 66, is trying to highlight the pothole issue - by photographing toys at some of the 'greatest' pothole sites in his local area.

Pothole tourist turns road defects into mini works of art

There have been signs referring to golf popping up down Portsview Avenue in Portchester, after residents have become angry with the amount of potholes in the road.

Picture: Sarah Standing (080424-7125)

Council removes 'unauthorised' golf signs from Portchester road

Colas will shut Eastern Road for routine maintenance work.

When Eastern Road will shut again for "routine maintenance work"

New disruption to motorists this week as the Eastern Road has been dug up again.

Pictured - Eastern Road Southbound closed again for works

Photos by Alex Shute

Major Portsmouth road to close while Colas carries out 'routine' work

Potholes continue to plague the city of Portsmouth.

I asked The News readers which roads have the worst potholes

Protest sign at a roundabout on Eastern Way in Daventry - A series of protest signs highlighting the Daventry pothole problem by the mystery campaigner.

Mystery pothole artist mocks council with funny road signs

The huge pothole on Trinity Close in Stratford-upon-Avon, in front of the Holy Trinity Parish Centre and opposite to the Holy Trinity Church entrance. Local resident Matt Beacham, 57, with his sausage dog Richmond (inset).

Video shows dog going for swim in UK's oldest pothole measuring 9ft

Langstone Bridge, Hayling Island, is one of the areas where the funding will go. Repairs will be carried out to the bridge. Picture: David George

Millions of pounds of funding issued to repair roads and bridges
Over a dozen transport projects are receiving a multi-million funding boost to make the roads better for motorists.
Freddie Webb

Major road re-opens after closing without any warning for emergency pothole repairs.

Breaking Major road re-opens following closure due to emergency repairs

Residents of Bel-Air chalet estates on Seawick road in St Osyth, Essex say they are suffering from "the worst road in Britain" Picture: James Linsell-Clark/ SWNS

"We live on the most potholed road in Britain"

Locals appear to have lost patience waiting for the holey highway in East Sussex to be repaired - and the resulting crude phallus drawings have attracted interest online.

Fed-up road users expose town’s potholes by painting rude shapes

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Pothole damage related breakdowns jump by 40% in a year, RAC reveals

There has been a large rise in the number of potholes on Hampshire's roads

Potholes in Portsmouth: Increase in repairs

Ben Thornbury demonstrating 'crazy pothole golf' in Malmesbury

Man sets up pothole crazy golf course to ‘make a point’ to council

Here’s how you can claim compensation from your local council if your car has been damaged by a pothole

How to claim pothole damages from your local council

Damage ranges from burst tyres to shattered suspension (NationalWorld/Abode Stock)

2.7 million cars forced off the road by pothole damage

The cost of road repairs is outstripping councils’ maintenance budgets (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Roads resurfaced ‘once in 116 years’ as pothole funding gap hits £14bn

A look at the UK’s most neglected street compared to The Last Of Us

Utility firms face fines for ‘plague of potholes’

Authorities hit with £13m pothole compensation bill in last four years

UK’s roads ‘on the edge’ as bill for pothole repair backlog tops £12bn

UK’s pothole plague drives up breakdowns by a fifth

(Composite: Kim Mogg/JPI Media)

UK’s most pothole-plagued councils revealed

Potholes - the scourge of motorists everywhere

Potholes shouldn't be the price for living in an historic city | Emma Kay

English councils spent more than 8m on pothole compensation claims in 2019-20

Councils fork out £8m a year in pothole compensation

UK's pothole hotspots - is your region among the country's worst?

How to claim for pothole damage: who is responsible and how to get compensation

Headteachers from across England and Wales protesting in Parliament Square in September Picture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

'Potholes or pupils '“ which is more important?' Hampshire headteachers attack ...

Potholes cost drivers at least Â£1m a month

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Video : Chris Grayling on Potholes Portsmouth

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Gosport MP welcomes funding to fix potholes

Julie Woollacott, a driving instructor, on a pothole-ridden stretch of the A27

Video: Potholes highlighted on A27

Potholes on the A27 between Havant and Chichester.

Picture: Allan Hutchings (15019-909)

Fears potholes on A27 could cause crashes