Historic Google Street View images reveal how much Telford has changed in 16 years

On desktop and mobile, seeing what your street looked like 16 years ago is just a couple of clicks away. 

In some areas, you can use the 'see more dates' link to go back to when Google's cars first began patrolling the streets in 2007 - but in Telford, it appears Google didn't come to town until around 2009. 

Using the feature when digitally patrolling the town's streets has revealed just how much Telford has changed since the end of the 2010s. 

And nowhere is the change more stark than in Lawley - where plans for the 'residential development comprising 3300 dwellings' known as Lawley Village, were first unveiled in 2005. 

Today, the thriving community consists of two primary schools, two care homes, a supermarket, a pub and a range of shops. 

And work hasn't quite finished either - the development is forecast to be completed by 2028, with the latest application to build 250 new homes working its way through the planning process right this moment.

Hadley has also undergone massive changes since the Google cars first came on a tour of Telford.

In 2012, work began on a massive £2.3m regeneration project of Hadley town centre. It involved demolishing the Gladstone House shopping precinct and maisonettes above. 

In their place, a Tesco Express, and six other shops were built.

In 2009, work was just about starting on the overhaul of the 1960s town centre. 

The shopping parade around Anstice and Russell squares was knocked down to make way for a huge Tesco store, 15 new commercial units, 16 residential units, car parking and public realm improvements.

The next one I've just thrown in for the noughties nostalgia of Wilkinsons in Wellington. By the time of the next Google visit to Market Street in 2015, the store had rebranded as Wilko. 

Of course, by 2024, the chain was no more and had been replaced by B&M. 

Work to improve and widen the footpaths along Market Street was completed in 2023 - with similar work currently taking place on Church Street.

In 2013, the former Telford & Wrekin Council civic offices next to the shopping centre were torn down to make way for an Asda superstore.

The council had been based in the offices since 1976, but they sold the site to the supermarket giant and hopped on over to Addenbrooke House in a move that they said would save them £2m a year.

The shopping centre has seen a number of improvements over the years, including an extension to the shopping centre and the regeneration of the bus station.

The £1.9m project began in 2016 and also saw the re-modelling of entrances and footpaths in a bid to create a "more welcoming, safer environment".