This may sound familiar to some. I bought the house I live in in 1991 when I was 25 years old. I had moved from another part of the country due to work. I immediately came to the attention of some neighbours and was advised I would be watched and that I had better behave. There was a neighbourhood watch scheme and I found I had been discussed. A police officer who lived opposite chaired the meeting and the upshot was that the meetings were cancelled due to their tone of the meeting. I was subsequently approached by the police officer and two neighbours who were supportive and was advised by the officer they would keep an eye on things. Over the following months I had a delivery to my door for someone else and returned the package through the mailbox as 'not at this address' Within a few days the delivery owner turned up demanding the package and was advised what happened. What followed was an accusatory rant and I closed the door. The husband of this neighbour stopped me in the street shortly after and told me I had better not speak to his wife or cause her any trouble or else. Over time I had neighbours waking by my door and looking in the front window and passing neighbours making derogatory remarks about everything from the garden to my car. One neighbour - still there today has spent the time spreading negative and derogatory comments on the basis I would not, as far as I can tell - as I have had no other contact with him - shake his hand after the neighbourhood watch meeting had been cancelled. I began to form the feeling I was being watched and spoken about as things I had done came up in conversation. I have been blocked by the local motorcyclist as I was driving along my street and what followed was the neighbour staring at me for 30 seconds and driving off. This low level harassment with other incidents has continued. In 2020 a colleague from work advised that a friend who let the property opposite us, and lives a short distance away, had told her that there was a hard core of neighbours with what she thought were undiagnosed mental health issues which led to a another neighbour having to leave due to the gossip and abuse she received. My colleague also advised me not to go to the bottom of the street as she was worried that these neighbours had been 'wound up' by the stories told about myself. And that the neighbours I was friendly with were sharing information. The colleague beleived they were trying to isolate me. My colleague said neighbours did not want to get involved as they were afraid of being targeted. Now 34 years later I have retired and over the years have been subject more of the same. I now have to spend more time in this neighbourhood as I have less distraction of work. This week I heard the husband of the 'delivery' neighbour - asking a new neighbour over the garden fence if he had heard about the problem neighbour. I am certain this was about us as the neighbour on the other side of this neighbour was also making remarks specifically about us to them. New letting neighbours were overheard asking if I abused my partner. We plan to retire to another area in the next few years. It seems some people have grudges and this can lead to toxic behaviour. My biggest sadness is that no neighbours had the courage to tell us what was going on and have either joined in or stayed silent. I would be interested to hear how others dealt with this situation. I ignored it as I had other distractions such as work and spend our free time away from the neighbourhood.