Liverpool is a city that is constantly changing - from one of the world's leading ports for global trade to the dark days of 'managed decline' in the 1980s and the incredible regeneration that was amplified by European Capital of Culture status in 2008.
The evolution continues apace with grand plans for a £6bn tidal power barrage across the Mersey - which would open up the opportunity to create the first-ever cycling and pedestrian route over the famous river- already under public consultation.
New Merseyrail train stations, huge tower blocks and a wholesale multi-billion regeneration of the city’s northern docks all in the pipeline too, including a New York-style Central Park.
Mutliple parts of the city could look and feel entirely different in the near future. Many ongoing developments are set to be completed in 2025, with a host of other projects due to break ground or make progress in the coming year.
Here we take a look at some of the biggest developments that will be completed, break ground or make progress in the near future.
21. Metalworks, Pumpfields
Plans for two ‘game-changing’ 15-storey tower blocks, complete with a rooftop running track and a cinema have been unveiled by Ormskirk-based developer, Jarron. The interlinking towers at Metalworks would provide 406 luxury apartments, plus five townhouses in a rooftop park. It has been earmarked for a brownfield site on the corner of Vauxhall Road and Leeds Street, within the Pumpfields district. | Jarron Photo: Jarron
22. Huyton Village
The plans aim to breathe new life into Huyton’s town centre by introducing a mix of leisure, retail, residential, and office spaces. The first phase will focus on creating 72 affordable homes, a 130-bed hotel, commercial office space all alongside a community hub and library. | Knowsley Council
23. Paddington South, Knowledge Quarter
Work has begun on the next phase of Liverpool’s flagship £1bn Knowledge Quarter regeneration project. Paddington South is the next stage of the award-winning Paddington Village development. Central to the development will be a revamped public green space and residential area around Grove Street and futuristic office building HEMISPHERE (pictured) which gets its name from the two sides of the human brain. | Image: Sciontec