See how Black Country locations have changed in 15 years of Google Street View

David Stubbings
By David Stubbings

Audience editor

Published 24th Mar 2024, 06:03 GMT
Updated 25th Mar 2024, 06:03 GMT
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It's been some 15 years since Google Street View cameras started appearing on roads in the Black Country.

Since then they've regularly returned to the area and helped document how scenes in the area have changed during that time.

We've picked 10 locations around the Black Country that have been transformed since first being photographed by the Street View cameras back in early 2009 and then again when the tech giant returned.

Buildings have come, others have gone.

Are the transformations for the better? That's something everyone will have a view on.

i54

i54 from the M54 motorway in October 2023. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
i54 from the M54 motorway in October 2023. Photo: Google
Looking at the fields before the i54 was built on them, in June 2009. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
Looking at the fields before the i54 was built on them, in June 2009. Photo: Google

Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Smethwick

Sandwell Aquatics Centre nearing completion in June 2022. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
Sandwell Aquatics Centre nearing completion in June 2022. Photo: Google
The open field off Londonderry Lane in July 2008. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
The open field off Londonderry Lane in July 2008. Photo: Google

Sainsbury's, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton's Sainsbury's store in September 2022. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
Wolverhampton's Sainsbury's store in September 2022. Photo: Google
The empty land in March 2009 before Sainsbury's was built. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
The empty land in March 2009 before Sainsbury's was built. Photo: Google

Showcase Cinema, Walsall

Only the front of Walsall's Showcase Cinema was standing in 2022. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
Only the front of Walsall's Showcase Cinema was standing in 2022. Photo: Google
In better days, the approach to Walsall's Showcase Cinema in 2011. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
In better days, the approach to Walsall's Showcase Cinema in 2011. Photo: Google

Midland Metropolitan University Hospital

Work on Midland Metropolitan Hospital continues in this May 2022 scene. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
Work on Midland Metropolitan Hospital continues in this May 2022 scene. Photo: Google
In July 2008 there was nothing to suggest the site would soon be cleared to make way for Midland Metropolitan Hospital. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
In July 2008 there was nothing to suggest the site would soon be cleared to make way for Midland Metropolitan Hospital. Photo: Google

Wolverhampton Market, Cleveland Street

Wolverhampton Market, Cleveland Street, in August 2022. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
Wolverhampton Market, Cleveland Street, in August 2022. Photo: Google
The land off Cleveland Street in March 2009 before Wolverhampton market moved. Photo: Googleplaceholder image
The land off Cleveland Street in March 2009 before Wolverhampton market moved. Photo: Google

Lower Mill Street, Kidderminster

New Square Shopping Centre, West Bromwich

Tipton railway station

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