Celebrating & Protecting the Heritage of the Finest Garden City
Welwyn Garden City (WGC), as its name suggests, is a garden city, founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s following his previous experiment in Letchworth Garden City, and designed by Louis de Soissons. Howard had called for the creation of new towns of limited size, planned in advance, and surrounded by a permanent belt of agricultural land, as a role model for lower-density urban development. Howard believed that such Garden Cities were the perfect blend of city and nature.
Heritage Trust Says No to Tesco
Heritage Trust Says No to Tesco on Broadwater Road
The Welwyn Garden Heritage Trust is dedicated to promoting the heritage of Welwyn Garden City and its worldwide importance as an icon of town planning...
Memories - Can You Help?
After the successful Summer Show at Oaklands College the focus for the Where Do You Think You Live? project returns to the Memories collection.
Summer Show
The Where Do You Think You Live? project displayed the wealth of material generated over the past 11 months since its launch in September 2010.
Now Available - A Brave Vision DVD
The Trust has recently issued the DVD "Welwyn Garden City - A Brave Vision".
Produced by Angela Eserin, Steve Sullivan and John Watson and directed by Maggie Clarke it has a running time of approximate...
Read more...History
Welwyn Garden City, as its name suggests, is a garden city, founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s following his previous experiment in Letchworth Garden City, and designed by Louis de Soissons. ...
Read more...Our Welwyn Garden City
As part of the Where Do You Think Live? Project the Trust has been able to contribute material to the Hertfordshire Memories project run by HALS Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies. Read more...A Town Trail Followed
On Thursday 30th June, a dozen House Detectives from the Where Do You Think You Live? project dodged the showers to enjoy a guided walk around some of the oldest parts of the town.
Read more...Online Photo Gallery Just Launched
A photo gallery has just been added to this website!
We are currently showing images from the Louis De Soissons archive and donations made by contributors to the Memories element of the Where Do You Th...
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