Amazing aerial pictures reveal how London’s skyline has expanded in just 15 years

THESE amazing aerial pictures reveal how London’s skyline has expanded over the last 15 years.

Aerial photographer Jason Hawkes recently captured a set of stunning images of London from a helicopter.

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Taken in 2006 the view of Tower Bridge has very few skyscrapers surrounding the iconic landmark[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

In 2020 there are a number of new high-rise buildings including The Shard (seen back left) and in the City (back right)[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

The Greenwich Peninsula area looked bare in 2007[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

New aerial images show the area has had a boom with more buildings erected in the last 13 years[/caption]

Hawkes captured the skyline matching the angles with photographs he took above the capital back in the mid-noughties.

His birds-eye-view shots show how some areas in the city have had drastic changes including the building of now London’s tallest skyscraper – The Shard.

Canary Wharf has expanded with more high-rise buildings and east London’s Olympic Park, now known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, has flourished in just 15 years.

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Looking over the River Lea in 2007, construction was underway to build up the underdeveloped area[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

Now known as “London City Island” the Leamouth Peninsula has been called a “12-acre micro-Manhattan”[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

Views of the Isle of Dogs and the Royal Navy College show London’s parched parks during a stint of hot weather in 2006[/caption]

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Surprisingly nothing much has changed in the 14 years in this part of the city of London[/caption]

Hawkes, who took the pictures from 2005 to 2007, told the MailOnline that his favourite view is “at dusk looking West through the City cluster with the Thames meandering in the background”.

He added: “My favourite building in the City of London is the Leadenhall, just love it.

Jason Hawkes

Battersea Power Station dominates the skyline for the surrounding area of south west London [/caption]

Jason Hawkes

No room to waste precious square metres, apartments have been built surrounding the massive power station with stunning views of the Thames[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

Standing now as London’s third tallest building, the Gherkin was only three years built-in 2006[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

London’s skyline has grown taller in the 14 years since the aerial photos were first taken showing new skyscrapers in full bloom[/caption]

“Around Battersea, Nine Elms and Vauxhall the whole area has completely transformed in the past few years.

“There the new U.S. Embassy by Kieran Timberlake looks just incredible to my eye. I’d love to visit it on the ground.”

More of his photography can be found here.

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The Royal Docks in 2007 was an industrial area with little housing built[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

Towers of apartments now line the river at the Royal Docks[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

In 2006 construction was underway for London’s 2012 Olympics[/caption]

Jason Hawkes

This is the matching image of the site in east London now known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park[/caption]