THESE photos show the city's rapidly changing skyline with a modern development now looming large over the city.

Sherriff's Gate is climbing higher, changing forever the skyline of Worcester, as it looms over Sherriff Street and Tolladine Road.

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Looking from Tolladine Road, the new building forms a sheer canyon over the main road, perched on its high vantage point near the railway bridge.

Worcester News: IMPRESSIVE: Sherriff's Gate on the corner of Sherriff Street and Tolladine Road IMPRESSIVE: Sherriff's Gate on the corner of Sherriff Street and Tolladine Road (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

Worcester may not have a skyline to rival the sheer beauty of the 'dreaming spires' of Oxford.

Yet with Worcester Cathedral, St Andrew's Spire, the Hive Cripplegate House, Henwick House and Severn House in St John's and the much-maligned Elgar House, it already has a distinctive outline which is instantly recognisable to those who know the city well.

Worcester News: HEIGHTS: This workman clearly has a head for heights on the scaffolding at Sherriff's Gate HEIGHTS: This workman clearly has a head for heights on the scaffolding at Sherriff's Gate (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

However, a new structure has now taken its place in the city and is changing the skyline forever - the £150 million Sherriff's Gate project is transforming the look and feel of the city.

The buildings, which form part of the development, are now visible for miles around as these photos show.

The site itself is a hive of activity with the sound of machinery echoing over the surrounding streets and a large crane towering over the high-rise structure.

Worcester News: VIEW: Sherriff's Gate dwarfs surrounding buildings in Worcester VIEW: Sherriff's Gate dwarfs surrounding buildings in Worcester (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

Contractors in hard hats and high visibility tabards can be seen working away on the scaffolding which entirely envelopes the structure. 

When completed, the development will include hundreds of new apartments, a hotel, gym, multi-storey car park and shops for food and drink as well as a multi-screen cinema. 

Worcester News: FLASHBACK: So much has happened since this photo was taken last November FLASHBACK: So much has happened since this photo was taken last November (Image: James Connell/Newsquest)

Billed as one of the largest mixed-use developments ever to be undertaken in Worcester, the project will create 650 homes.


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The Elliott Group has been working on the structure as the main contractor of the residential apartment development within phase one. 

When work began last summer, Stennard Harrison from Worcester-based Sherrif's Gate Development said: “When complete, the £150 million investment in the revival of the city’s Shrub Hill area, will comprise hundreds of new apartments, including affordable housing, a hotel, a gym, a multi-storey car park, food and beverage outlets and a multiscreen cinema and ten-pin bowling.

“This huge project is a significant boost to the local economy bringing hundreds of jobs to the city and providing much-needed housing for the people of Worcester and the opportunity for local people to get on the freehold ladder.”