This photo was taken in 1995 and shows wasteland which is the site for the massive Bluewater shopping complex near Dartford in Kent .

This photo shows the view in 1999 after Bluewater had opened to shoppers.

Wasteland (Bluewater site) taken in 1995.

Bluewater in 1999.

This photo shows wasteland and part of a lake in 1995.

This photo was taken in March 1999 just one week after Bluewater opened to shoppers and shows how the shopping complex now occupies the whole site.What remains of the lake can be seen behind the dual carriageway on the right of the picture.

The lake in 1995 before construction of the Bluewater shopping complex began.

The view in 2005 shows that the lake is now only about half of its original size with the other half being lost to car parking.