‘Nextdoor’ app to launch in the UK aimed at putting you in touch with your neighbours

A new social network is hoping to get us chatting to our neighbours.

Nextdoor, which launched in the UK yesterday, creates community forums where neighbours can chat, plan events as well as share advice and recommendations.

The app, already a success in the US, has been trialled in 500 neighbourhoods across the UK.

Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor CEO said: "The strong response from hundreds of neighbourhoods across the UK during a successful beta period shows that Brits yearn to reconnect with their local communities - and Nextdoor is the product that will make it happen.

"Every neighbour, in every neighbourhood, would benefit from a platform that makes it easier to connect and communicate with the people who live right next door."

After joining the site and uploading an address users are connected with people living in their area.

Users can see updates and public posts from these people.

The makers of Nextdoor said the app has already been used to organise street parties, share recommendations for babysitters, find lost pets and start fitness clubs in the UK.

In the US 112,000 online communities have been created and 1,600 government agencies use the app to share information.

Luke Pearce, founding member and lead of Nextdoor Oval in London said: “Our neighbourhood has been really excited to be one of the first areas to use Nextdoor.