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The History of Welwyn Garden City

Welwyn Garden City was founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s as the second Garden City after Letchworth. Garden Cities aimed to combine the benefits of the city and the countryside and to avoid the disadvantages of both. 

Welwyn Garden was designated a new town in 1948, when the Welwyn Garden City company handed its assets to the Welwyn Garden City Development Corporation.

  • £20 million plan to rebuild homes

    £20 million plan to rebuild homes

    More than 500 houses to be demolished
  • Blue Plaques in Welwyn Garden City

    Blue Plaques in Welwyn Garden City

    Celebrating local history
  • Four hundred feet above sea level

    Four hundred feet above sea level

    Garden City Company Symbol
  • How Welwyn Garden City got its name

    How Welwyn Garden City got its name

    Could the town have been called Welwyn Forest?
  • Listed Buildings in Welwyn Garden City

    Listed Buildings in Welwyn Garden City

    Grade II Listed Buildings
  • Mud Larks

    Mud Larks

    Tackling the mud in the early days of the town
  • Our Town - Under Twenty Parade/ WGC on BBC Radio

    Our Town - Under Twenty Parade/ WGC on BBC Radio

    Audio recording about creating a programme for the radio
  • Pictures of Welwyn Garden City

    Pictures of Welwyn Garden City

    Various photos of the old Garden City.
  • QR PLATE LAUNCH

    QR PLATE LAUNCH

    On the 23rd October, 2017, the Welwyn Garden City Heritage Trust launched a new way of presenting the history of ...
  • The Second Garden City Ltd Prospectus

    The Second Garden City Ltd Prospectus

    Issued on 4th May 1920
  • The Sunshine Town

    The Sunshine Town

    Come and leave the slums far behind...
  • The Welwyn Garden City Light Railway

    The Welwyn Garden City Light Railway

    In the early days of building Welwyn Garden City, there was an immediate need to provide its builders with the ...
  • Welwyn Garden City from Above

    Welwyn Garden City from Above

    Aerial photographs of Welwyn Garden City
  • Welwyn Garden City through maps, 1921-1982

    Welwyn Garden City through maps, 1921-1982

    Handside Schools Consortium
  • Welwyn Garden City's beginings

    Welwyn Garden City's beginings

    The Panshanger Estate
  • Welwyn Garden's Coat of Arms

    Welwyn Garden's Coat of Arms

    By wisdom and design
  • Where Do You Think You Live?

    Where Do You Think You Live?

    A new project helping you to discover your roots
  • Building the Garden City

    Building the Garden City (7)

    Builders, surveyors and all
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