It’s a right royal view as hospital reappears during former bus depot demolition
Piles of rubble, swirls of dust and looming cranes - these dramatic images reveal the ongoing work to transform Wolverhampton's former bus depot site.
The former bus depot is currently being demolished as part of plans to build around 150 new homes on the land.
The 12.5 acre site is being cleared by cranes and bulldozers to make way for the homes, which will start to be built this year.
The old bus depot, on Bilston Road, in Wolverhampton, is part of the redevelopment of the former Royal Hospital.
The Homes and Communities Agency, which bought the site in early 2016, started work on the former bus depot area of the site early this year.
It is hoped that the transformation will become a high-profile gateway development into the city centre.
The latest development on the site comes after supermarket giant Tesco pulled the plug on its superstore plans for the area in 2015.
Tesco had planned to build its own £65 million store on the hospital site but it was among a string of building projects dropped by the company as it cut back in the wake of falling sales figures.
The hospital closed back in 1997 and the site has become increasingly run down ever since.
