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Watch: Latest drone footage reveals progress at Shrewsbury Riverside site as demolition almost complete

After more than four months of work, little evidence remains of the Riverside Shopping Centre in Shrewsbury.

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The final stage of the demolition of the shopping centre and nearby nightclub and doctor's surgery in Shrewsbury town centre to make way for a new park is almost complete. 

The work is part of the wider Smithfield Riverside regeneration scheme – an ambitious plan to revitalise the area between the River Severn, the Darwin Centre, Roushill and Raven Meadows.

Riverside demolition progress, October to January
Riverside demolition progress, October (left) to January (right)

A new riverside park is part of the plans to revitalise the space, as well as hotels, offices and leisure facilities.

Just over four months after the major demolition project began, we've returned for a bird's eye view at how it looks now.