Welwyn
Garden City was the brainchild of Sir Ebenezer Howard
who was renowned for the style of so much of its neo-georgian
property. Work started in the 1920s. Howard believed
that Garden Cities were the perfect blend of city and
nature. The town has its own exclusive environmental
protection legislation. Many planners worldwide consider
Welwyn Garden City the finest Garden City in the world
The town centre is dominated by the central mall, almost
a mile long, named 'Parkway'. The Parkway vista to the
south viewed from the White Bridge had been described
as one of the world's best urban vistas.
The town centre offers a wide selection of shops including
John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose, Debenhams,
Sainsburys and a host of others.
Gosling Sports Park is a ground-breaking 52-acre sports
and leisure complex with facilities as diverse as a
170m dry ski slope, the country’s first indoor
clay tennis courts, full size athletics and cycling
tracks
Stanborough park and lakes provides an array of watersports
and picturesque walks.
Nearby Brocket hall plays host to two of the South
of England's finest Championship golf courses and the
Faldo Golf Institute.
Large local employers include Roche, Tesco, Xerox and
Cereal Partners |
Lying on the old Great North Road,
Welwyn was an important staging post and a number of
coaching inns remain as public houses. The village
benefits from a Tesco express, doctors surgery, five
restaurants and a host of other local shops.
Bus transport links the major nearby towns of Stevenage,
Welwyn Garden City, Hertford, Hatfield, St Albans and
Hemel Hempstead, as well as neighbouring villages Woolmer
Green and Knebworth. Additional service connects Welwyn
to Codicote and Hitchin.
Welwyn North railway station in the village of Digswell,
about a mile east of Welwyn. Trains run every 30 south
to London and north to Hitchin and Stevenage, with
an hourly service to Letchworth, Cambridge and Peterborough.
Digswell
Digswell village stretches up to the hamlets of Harmer
Green and Burnham Green. There is a pub, a few local
shops, St Johns Church and School and playing fields
with Tennis courts.
Tewin
The main village of Tewin, is situated around a Lower
Green, which is surrounded by the village memorial
hall, the Rose and Crown pub, and Tewin Cowper School.
Three quarters of a kilometre to the north is Upper
Green, which hosts various sporting activities such
as Tennis, Cricket and Football, as well as the Plume
of Feathers pub. |
