Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It is about 20 miles north of Charing Cross.[1] Welwyn Garden City was the second garden city in England (founded in 1920) and one of the first 'new towns'.
History
In 1948 Welwyn Garden City was designated as a New Town under a 1946 Act.
Welwyn Garden City was designed by the same person who also founded Letchworth Garden City. The creator (Sir Ebenezer Howard) wanted to make towns that had the good things that towns had but also good things that countryside areas also have. The company that planned and built the city was created on the 29th April 1920. The first person to live in a house in Welwyn was in before Christmas 1920.
Welwyn shares its area of control with Hatfield, under the Welwyn Hatfield Borough. The local hospital is the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital.
Population
Welwyn Garden City had a population of 46,619 in 2011 according to the national census,[2] and 51,735 (estimated) in 2016.[3]
Transport links
Welwyn has easy access to London and the Midlands area. The M1 motorway and the A1 trunk road are near. The railway station is in the town centre. Trains run south to London King's Cross and Moorgate stations and north to Stevenage, Hitchin, Cambridge and Peterborough. Welwyn is a car-drive away from fast trains to St Pancras station in London.
Welwyn Garden City Media
View along the Parkway to the south from the memorial garden to Louis de Soissons in May 2017
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Offices
The Shredded Wheat factory as it was in 2007 while still in operation. The landmark Shredded Wheat sign, visible from trains arriving in Welwyn Garden City, has now been removed.
Welwyn Garden City railway station with the Howard Centre behind it in May 2017
Welwyn Garden City cinema and library in May 2017
References
- ↑ All distances from London are measured from Charing Cross.
- ↑ Services, Good Stuff IT. "Data from the 2011 census in England and Wales - UK Census Data 2011". UK Census Data.
- ↑ "Welwyn Garden City (Hertfordshire, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.