Inside the red light district next to a PRIMARY SCHOOL

Sex workers, used condoms and syringes outside the gates of a primary school are every parent’s worst nightmare. A suspected sex worker standing by the gates of Mount Pleasant Junior School on Thursday night as a car drove past Several men were spotted speaking to men and approaching vehicles in the evening along Empress Road and Imperial Road, down to Mount Pleasant Road A crack pipe and a used condom packet were left in front of a disused building beside a mosque where children attend classes A map showing Southampton's 'red light district' spanning from Empress Road, through to Imperial Road and Mount Pleasant Road When MailOnline headed down to Empress Road to see for ourselves, countless opened condom packets and used condoms were found left on the street, along with beer cans and vodka bottles. Yet another opened condom packet found along the street A used condom spotted along Empress Road Another condom packet was found in front of the primary school grounds Gerry Roberts, a local business owner, said it is 'sad' to see the sex workers often come to the trade looking underage 'But even then how do you help them, because the normal person can't really do anything to help. An overhead view of Imperial Road joining onto Mount Pleasant Road, with the primary school entrance on the corner Empty cider cans and vodka bottles were also found thrown by the side of the street Ali Sabouri, owner of the Empress Cafe on Empress Road said the issue has calmed down slightly after police cameras were installed but is still remains a problem Another used condom and condom packet left by the side of the road covered by leaves 'We've had guys stop to come and park in here and sometimes the sex workers think they're stopping because they've seen the girls. A picture of Mount Pleasant Junior School during the day while children were playing in the playground Another condom packet found among stones behind a garage One particularly horrible area with syringes, crack pipes, and used condom packets were found just yards from Al-Hayat mosque where children frequently attend classes Empty balloon cannisters were also littered across the ground The Empress Road industrial area is known among those in Southampton to be the 'red light district' 'It's like we're nothing.