The giant St James' retail and leisure development will soon spring into life.

KentOnline and its sister paper the Mercury has been given an exclusive tour of the £53 million project in Dover town centre as construction nears the end.

It is scheduled to open by the spring.

Neil Crawford of the funders and site owners Legal & General said: "We hope to put Dover back on the map as a retail and leisure destination.

"There are some great tenants moving in."

The project includes a Cineworld Multiplex, Marks and Spencer, Nando's and The Food Warehouse, a part of Iceland specialising in non-frozen food.

More follows.