Changes to Watford roads and Harry Potter tour site in last 15 years

As we have done in previous weeks, we’ve used Google Street View to take a look at how parts of the town have altered over the past 15 years.

Scroll through the pictures below and look at how the appearance of areas including around Bushey Arches, Clarendon Road and a very popular visitor attraction near to town have changed.

• Then & Now: Changing face of some Watford landmarks

This was the view of Clarendon Road that anyone leaving Watford Junction in August 2008 would have seen... (Image: Google Street View)

...but fast forward to May 2021 and the view had changed dramatically. (Image: Google Street View)

Much about this view in September 2009 remains unchanged... (Image: Google Street View)

...but work was well under way on the Ascot Road development by May 2021. (Image: Google Street View)

The approach to Bushey Station in August 2008... (Image: Google Street View)

...but the car showroom on the right had made way for this housing development by October of last year. (Image: Google Street View)

There was no way through here in August 2008... (Image: Google Street View)

...but it was to be opened up to become the junction of Wiggenhall Road and Thomas Sawyer Way, This was how it looked in May of last year. (Image: Google Street View)

Do you recognise this field pictured in September 2009? (Image: Google Street View)

Harry Potter fans now flock in their droves every year. (Image: Google Street View)