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Welwyn Garden City (/ ˈ w ɛ l ɪ n / ⓘ WEL-in) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, 20 miles (32 km) north of London.It was the second garden city in England (founded 1920) and one of the first new towns (designated 1948).
Brocket Hall is a neo-classical country house set in a large park at the western side of the urban area of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. The estate is equipped with two golf courses and seven smaller listed buildings, apart from the main house. The freehold on the estate is held by the 3rd Baron Brocket. The house is Grade I ...
The centre provides 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m 2) of space set across two levels; anchor tenants include Boots, WHSmith, Monsoon and H&M.In April 2022, the then largest anchor store Marks & Spencer (occupying 84,000 sq ft (7,800 m 2) split across both floors at the centre's northern end [3]) closed their Howard Centre branch and relocated to Stevenage.
After Sir Ebenezer Howard initiated the development of a garden city at a site a mile south of the village of Welwyn in 1920, the Canadian town planner, Louis de Soissons, was asked to prepare a masterplan for the area. That masterplan envisaged a long boulevard on a north–south axis with a semi-circular green, which would be known as The ...
Welwyn / ˈ w ɛ l ɪ n / ⓘ is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England.The parish also includes the villages of Digswell and Oaklands.It is sometimes referred to as Old Welwyn or Welwyn Village, to distinguish it from the much newer and larger settlement of Welwyn Garden City, about a mile to the south.
Although Panshanger House was demolished, the orangery, nursery garden wall, stables, and a number of cottages and estate buildings remain, [7] all of which are listed by English Heritage. [ 3 ] The eastern end has been open since 31 March 2014 as a 1,000 acre country park and nature reserve - with 200 acres open to the public.
These cover central Hertfordshire, including St Albans, Harpenden, Welwyn, Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield. Mail for this area is processed at the Home Counties North Mail Centre in Hemel Hempstead, and is delivered from offices at St Albans (Brick Knoll Park AL1), Harpenden (Station Road AL5), and Hatfield (Town Centre AL10).
Monkswood is a small residential area in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. [1]The area contains around 300 houses and flats and the population is about 500. The Monks Walk School, Shoplands shopping parade and Welwyn Garden City Cricket Club are nearby.