The plans below show Ashford in 2010 and Ashford now. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

These maps depict two-year period (2010-now) of the development which occurred in Ashford. It is clear from the graph that River Tam stays at the same shape with no change. As it is shown,
firstly
, the Northen side has developed. River Tam is at the centre of Ashford, where there was a small ferry, which developed into a bridge connected the main street from east to west, leads to the city. On the right side of River Tam were less accommodation in 2010 which increased until now. While beside the river agriculture area has increased.
Secondly
, it improved significantly in the Southen side. Developed the main street to another way leads to Yacht marina, which was empty 10 years ago. While on the left of the river has more agriculture area.
Lastly
, to sum up, we could say that Ashford nowadays has a huge number of population and tourists than 2010 because of
this
improvement, where there was no bridge at all.

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