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See how Haverhill locations including The Epicentre, Ann Suckling Road and Chalkstone Way have changed over the years




Haverhill, a West Suffolk market town that borders the counties of Essex and Cambridgeshire, has changed considerably over the years.

These images, taken from Google maps, show how locations in the town including the High Street, Epicentre and Ann Suckling Road, have developed in the last decade.

While some areas remain relatively untouched, others are very different to the town of old. Just swipe to the right to see the older image, and all the way to the left for the latest one.

These images show the A1017 in 2008 and 2021, before and after The Epicentre research park was built on the junction.

The centre has lab rooms and offices available to rent and is located on the main route from Haverhill to Cambridge.

Back in 2008, the area was just field and grassland as The Epicentre was not built until 2020.

Here you can see the A143 in Little Wratting where the Karro Foods conveyor belt used to be.

The conveyor was demolished last year by developer Jaynic to make way for the Stour Business Park development.

Jaynic bought the redundant 20-acre southern site opposite Karro Food's retained plant in 2021.

The pictures show the road in 2008 and 2022, following the demolition.

Ann Suckling Road has undergone extensive changes in the last decade, with a huge Persimmon Homes development currently under way.

These images, one from 2009 and one from 2021, show new houses in the area while further up the road building work is ongoing.

In December, reserved matters were approved for 113 of the new-builds off the road. Permission was granted at the site in 2015.

This part of Market Hill has remained largely similar since 2010, with the latest photo showing the road in 2018.

Boots and Holland and Barrett are still staples in the town, while Shoe Zone, which was next to the health food shop, closed down.

Haverhill Road, which is home to disused The Fox pub, formerly The Rising Sun, has seen extensive change in the last ten years.

Pictured in 2009 and again in 2021, a new roundabout has been put in place for the entirely new Persimmon Homes Boyton Place housing estate.

The Fox is still standing at the side of the road, with suggestions the plot could be made into another restaurant in the future.

Queensway has changed somewhat in the last decade, with these images showing the street in 2009 and 2018.

Previously the patch of land to the right of the image was just home to trees and grass, but it now houses St Felix Catholic Church.

The church had been in a temporary building since the 1960s, so this building was built in 2012 to give worshippers a permanent base.

This part of Haverhill High Street has changed a lot too. While its layout is the same, the images from 2009 and 2018 show the dramatic changes in shops the town has seen.

In the older image, Woolworths can be seen on the left, which is now an Iceland, as well as D&A opticians on the right, now home to Boots Opticians.

Barclays Bank remains on the street next to the opticians.

Chalkstone Way has been the subject of much change in the last decade or so, with new homes and apartments being built off of it.

In these images, the oldest from 2009 and the newest 2021, you can see the old Snooker & Bowls building was demolished to make way for the new block.

A new access road was also built onto the development, while the small play park remains unchanged opposite.