Visit Welwyn Garden City Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Welwyn Garden City

  

Welwyn Garden City Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Welwyn Garden City

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Welwyn Garden City history

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Welwyn Garden City was founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in 1920 following his previous experiment in Letchworth Garden City. The town is laid out along tree-lined boulevards with a neo-Georgian town centre. The spine of the town is Parkway, a central mall or scenic parkway, almost a mile long.

Welwyn Garden City culture & places

Welwyn Garden City’s Music Society gave its first concert in 1921 within weeks of the town’s foundation. The town also boasts a Concert Club, which promotes chamber music recitals, and a Male Voice Choir. The Barn Theatre is a Grade II listed building on Handside Lane.

Welwyn Garden City geography / climate

Welwyn Garden City experiences a maritime or oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), in common with the rest of the United Kingdom. The town experiences warm summers and cool winters.

You can visit Welwyn Garden City places with Walkfo Welwyn Garden City to hear history at Welwyn Garden City’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Welwyn Garden City has 50 places to visit in our interactive Welwyn Garden City map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Welwyn Garden City, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Welwyn Garden City places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Welwyn Garden City & the surrounding areas.

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50 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Welwyn Garden City tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Welwyn Garden City

  

Best Welwyn Garden City places to visit

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Welwyn Garden City has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Welwyn Garden City’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Welwyn Garden City’s information audio spots:

Digswell House Digswell House was built c. 1805–07 by Samuel Wyatt for the Honourable Edward Spencer Cowper, who lived there for some years. It is now in the Knightsfield area of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. A portico, with four massive Ionic columns, is its most impressive external feature.

New QEII Hospital The New QEII Hospital is located in Welwyn Garden City. It is managed by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The hospital is located on the outskirts of Welwyn Gardens City.

Howard Centre The Howard Centre is a shopping centre in Welwyn Garden City. It is named after Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement.

Welwyn Garden City railway station Welwyn Garden City is 20 miles 25 chains (32.69 km) from London King’s Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Train services are currently provided by Thameslink and Great Northern.

Hatfield Town F.C. Hatfield Town Football Club is a football club based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. They are currently members of the Herts County League Premier Division and play at Birchwood Leisure Centre.

Lemsford Lemsford is a village and parish in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. It was created in 1858 out of Hatfield parish. It is nearly 3 miles north of the town, on the southeast side of Brocket Hall Park. The yearly Lemford Fete garners thousands of visitors.

Pishiobury Pishiobury was a manor and estate in medieval Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. Its denomination emerged in the mid to late 19th century.

Marden Hill Marden Hill is a Grade II* listed country house close to the village of Tewin, Hertfordshire. The house was originally Jacobean but substantially rebuilt in the 18th-century and modified in the 19th.

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