Top 10 PRETTIEST Towns in HERTFORDSHIRE
What are the 10 prettiest towns in the county of Hertfordshire? To determine this, I visited them all. Here's what I found out.
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10 Most Hated Towns in England
What are the most hated towns in England? No matter how good a country is, every part of it can’t be loved equally. In fact, some parts of it are bound to be hated. Even the most fanatic lover of a country will love some parts of it less than others. I have heard some people complaining about some towns in England, the home of the Queen that some people are dying to live and work in. That prompts research into the 10 most hated towns in England.
This ranking is based mainly on the comments and complaints of residents of England and visitors to those towns. But it’s not limited to that since some complaints can be completely baseless. We dig deeper in researching these 10 most hated towns in England.
10. Slough
Let’s begin with Slough, a town in Berkshire, within the historic county of Buckinghamshire. This town is 20 miles west of central London and 19 miles northeast of Reading. You will find the town in the Thames Valley and within the London metropolis around the area at the intersection of the M4.
In spite of its location, Slough according to those visitors, is a town whose streets are littered with empty takeaway and full of packets or empty beer cans. This assertion hasn’t been contradicted by even just one resident. The quality of food in the town’s restaurants appears, kind of, made for losers who’re just out to eat as much unhealthy food as they can get away with.
9. Scunthorpe
It’s not desirable to find Scunthorpe among the most hated towns in England. Unfortunately, we can’t afford to take it out of our list because the facts obviously place it there. This industrial town in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire should normally be the pride of Lincolnshire as its main administrative center. But the town with an estimated population of 82,334 in 2016 had many things going against it.
Residents of the UK’s largest steel processing center, also known as the Industrial Garden Town, are frustrated by a lack of the liveliness and diversity in the town only known for work. However, the loudest grouse that lists Scunthorpe alongside the most hated towns in England is the indiscriminate censorship and blocking of websites for spurious reasons.
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Exploring Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England - 10 June, 2023
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Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It is noted for being the first garden city. As the world's first garden city, Letchworth has had a notable impact on town planning and the new towns movement; it influenced nearby Welwyn Garden City, which used a similar approach. To read more about Letchworth Garden City, click here: .
This film features views around Letchworth, beginning and ending at the railway station. Within the film, the following locations and features are identified: Station Place, Broadway, Letchworth Town Hall, Broadway Gardens, Broadway Gardens Fountain, Pixmore Way, St. Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Church, Gernon Road, North Hertfordshire District Council, Letchworth Free Church, Norton Way South, Leys Avenue, The Wynd, Openshaw Way, Garden City Brewery, The Arcade, Eastcheap and the First World War Memorial.
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Places to see in ( Letchworth - UK )
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Letchworth, officially Letchworth Garden City, is a town in Hertfordshire, England, It is a former civil parish. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded (the other two being Willian and Norton) – all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the area and build a Quaker community. The town of Letchworth was laid out by Raymond Unwin as a demonstration of the principles established by Ebenezer Howard who sought to create an alternative to the industrial city by combining the best of town and country living. It is also home to the United Kingdom's first roundabout, which was built in 1909.
As one of the world's first new towns and the first garden city it had great influence on future town planning and the New towns movement; it influenced Welwyn Garden City, which used a similar approach and inspired other projects around the world including the Australian capital Canberra, Hellerau, Germany, Tapanila, Finland, and Mežaparks in Latvia.) There is a link to town planning in Stalingrad through the architect V. N. Semionov and an account of Lenin visiting the town when he visited England for a congress of the Russian Bolshevik party, then banned in Russia.
Letchworth was one of the ancient parishes of Hertfordshire. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin was built in the 12th or 13th Century. The village was located along the road now called Letchworth Lane, stretching from St Mary's and the adjoining medieval manor house (now Letchworth Hall Hotel) up to the crossroads of Letchworth Lane, Hitchin Road, Baldock Road and Spring Road, where there was a post office. Letchworth was a relatively small parish, having a population in 1801 of 67, rising to 96 by 1901.
Several housing estates have been added to Letchworth since its inception. To the north of the town The Grange began construction in 1947 and to the south east Jackmans was built from 1961. These were council / municipal housing estates with many residents originally coming from the London overspill. Two more prosperous (and private) estates – Lordship and Manor Park – were built from in 1971 to the south west.
Letchworth experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) similar to almost all of the United Kingdom. One sport that has had a remarkably difficult history (considering its national popularity) is association football. Letchworth's main semi-professional club – Letchworth F.C. (the Bluebirds) – went out of business in 2002, only a few years after reforming following Letchworth Garden City FC's financial problems, but nearly a century of struggle and repeated name changes.
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Letchworth Garden City Walk: Town Centre【4K】
Located in the county of Hertfordshire, and around 30 miles north of London, is the town of Letchworth Garden City. And yes, it is a town despite the name. It is often referred to as, simply, Letchworth.
The origin of Letchworth comes from a book. In 1898 Ebenezer Howard wrote 'To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform' (later republished as 'Garden Cities of To-morrow'). In it he advocated the construction of a new kind of town combining the advantages of cities and the countryside while eliminating their disadvantages. Industry would be kept separate from residential areas, and trees and open spaces would feature prominently.
These ideas were mocked in the press, though they struck a chord with many. A competition was held to find a town design which would translate Howard's ideas into reality and in 1903 the company First Garden City Ltd was formed. Six square miles of land were purchased for building near the village of Letchworth - a tiny parish of less than 100 people. The Garden City was, of course, named after Letchworth, which became part of the town.
In 1903 a railway station opened in Letchworth, despite the town being very much in the construction phase at this point. Visitors would stop by to either marvel at the social experiment or mock it. Letchworth's founding citizens would be caricatured as health freaks. This may be partly down to the town initially banning the selling of alcohol in public premises. This position wasn't reversed until 1958 after it was put to a referendum.
Industry in Letchworth Garden City included manufacture of fire engines, bin lorries and even corsets until they went out of fashion. The British Tabulating Machine Company was based in Letchworth from 1920, where they would go on to produce around 200 bombes - machines that were used in Bletchley Park to break the German Enigma ciphers during the Second World War.
Another of Letchworth Garden City's claims to fame (or infamy in this case depending how you see it) is being home to the UK's first roundabout, which was built in 1909.
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0:00 Broadway
0:19 Broadway Gardens
1:54 Broadway
2:26 Letchworth Town Hall (built 1935)
2:32 Broadway
2:48 Gernon Road
3:10 Eastcheap
6:37 Leys Avenue
10:12 Norton Way South
13:17 Station Road
16:46 Leys Avenue
17:15 Station Place
17:57 Broadway
Cycling at World's First Garden City (Part-1) | Letchworth Garden City | Hertfordshire, UK
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Picking Towns brings for you a virtual cycling tour of the World's First Garden City. It's Letchworth Garden City in the country of Hertfordshire, UK.
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Walks in Hertfordshire 10 - Letchworth, Fairfield | Sunny day discovering lagoons
Our first walk for a while. It was a beautiful, sunny day so we headed out to discover some local scenery. Intrigued by a green and blue lagoon on OS maps, we plotted a rough route and set off.
Our Old Home Town Memories, Letchworth, A Day Trip
We get all nostalgic on a trip to our old home town, Letchworth, home of the world's first roundabout and the rare black squirrel.
A nice meal at The Fox in Willian and a walk around Willian Arboretum.
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Great North Road in 1939
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10 Most Hated Towns in the UK
What are the most hated towns in the United Kingdom? Many towns in the United Kingdom are more developed with basic amenities than many places described as cities in some other countries. Thus, every town in the UK deserves some love. Still, the insatiable nature of man always craves more, even under the most convenient condition. Hence, some the UK towns are hated. We shall be unraveling here the 10 most hated towns in the UK.
Regardless of the passion or intensity of the frustration, the hatred shouldn’t be transferred to the persons living in those towns. It should be limited to the conditions making such towns unlivable and infuriating so that the concerned authorities can be called to order. Here are those 10 most hated towns in the UK.
10. Llangefni, Wales
We start our discussion of the most hated in the UK in Wales. Our first point of call is the Welsh town of Llangefni, the county town of Anglesey which also contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. Llangefni is located near the center of Anglesey. It’s also on the River Cefni, from which it derives its name.
This county town and the second largest on the island is hated because it has only one thing going well for it, namely playing host to local government, enterprise, and industry. Social life and sports are not doing well in the town. And anytime it features in the news, it’s mostly for the wrong reasons.
9. Slough, England
Our entry to England to find most hated towns in the United Kingdom lands us in Slough. This town in Berkshire, within the historic county of Buckinghamshire, is our next point of call.
Its vantage location notwithstanding, Slough is one of the 10 most hated towns, not only in England but also in the entire UK. According to visitors, it’s a town whose streets are littered with empty takeaway and full of packets and empty beer cans. No single resident has ever contradicted this assertion. The quality of food in the town’s restaurants appears, kind of, made for losers who’re just out to eat as much unhealthy food as they can without paying for it.
8. Didcot, England
The next town on our list is Didcot, a railway town which is also a civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire. Also in the historic county of Berkshire, Didcot is 15 miles south of Oxford and 10 miles east of Wantage. The town noted for its railway heritage is just 15 miles northwest of Reading, with its station opening as a junction on the Great Western Main Line back in 1844.
The town of Didcot has been described many times as the most aggressive town not only in England but also in the United Kingdom. Regardless of whatever any dissenter found about this town, it will boil down to the same thing—it's a hated town in the UK. Traveling through the station for which it’s known today will put you in confrontation with touts and gangs jumping onto passing trains.
7. Stevenage, England
Stevenage is another one of the most hated towns in the United Kingdom. It’s a large town which many won’t take any offense if it’s referred to as a city. It’s a borough in Hertfordshire, 29 miles north of London. It is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M). It is located between Letchworth Garden City and Welwyn Garden City to the north and south respectively.
Even at that, those in England hate this town because it’s far cry from what other towns in England have to offer. According to residents, greeting others with eye contact can be considered offensive in this town. Besides, there are a lot of fake brand names in Stevenage this town. A higher rate of pilferage is being reported in this town, even at the instance of the parents.
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Letchworth Garden City 3D Buildings Tour
This is a flyby tour of some of the notable buildings in Letchworth Garden City. These 3D buildings, which are displayed in Google Earth, were produced for Letchworth's 2012 3D Buildings competition.
Places to see in ( Welwyn Garden City - UK )
Places to see in ( Welwyn Garden City - UK )
Welwyn Garden City is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It is located approximately 20 miles from Kings Cross, London. Welwyn Garden City was the second garden city in England and one of the first new towns.
Welwyn Garden City is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and exemplifies the physical, social and cultural planning ideals of the periods in which it was built. Welwyn Garden City experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) similar to almost all of the United Kingdom. The town experiences warm summers and cold winters.
Welwyn Garden City was once well known as the home of the breakfast cereal Shredded Wheat, formerly made by Nabisco. The disused Shredded Wheat factory with its large white silos is a landmark on rail routes between London and the north of England. Welwyn Garden City's proximity to London makes it a convenient commuter town.
The 301 additionally connects both the nearby hospitals in Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City, while the 300 provides a direct link to recreational areas such as Stanborough Lakes in Welwyn Garden City and Verulamium Roman town in St Albans. Buses run every 15 minutes Monday-Friday, every 20 minutes Saturday, and hourly on Sunday. Additional bi-hourly service 314 is provided by Centrebus, connecting Welwyn to Codicote and Hitchin. The bus station is located very closely to the railway station too.
Uno buses serve the nearby towns of Hatfield, St Albans, Potters Bar, Hemel Hempstead, Watford and Barnet. Uno buses also serve further out into North London. Uno is the only provider in Welwyn Garden City to offer a regular double decker bus service, although not guaranteed, on the 601 service. Both the 601 and 653 also provide links to the University of Hertfordshire with the 601 leaving Welwyn Garden City station every 30 minutes on weekdays only and the 653 leaving every 20 minutes on weekdays and Saturdays.
The nearest railway station is Welwyn Garden City railway station in the town centre. Trains are operated by Great Northern and run every 20 minutes Monday to Friday south to London Moorgate and north to Hitchin and Stevenage, and every 30 minutes south to London Kings Cross and north to Cambridge or Peterborough with a weekend service of every 30 minutes on Saturday and Sunday south to London's Kings Cross and north to Cambridge. Welwyn Garden City is well-served by major arterial road routes, namely the A1(M) and the A414. The Great North Road also passes around it next to the A1(M).
Welwyn Garden City's Music Society gave its first concert in 1921 within weeks of the town's foundation; its choir and orchestra, led by James Ross, have performed a regular concert season in the town ever since. The town also boasts a Concert Club, which promotes chamber music recitals, and a Male Voice Choir. Welwyn Garden City Band was founded in 1934.
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Welwyn Garden City Walk: Town Centre【4K】
Located in the county of Hertfordshire, and around 20 miles north of central London, is the town of Welwyn Garden City, often referred to as, simply, Welwyn (pronounced 'WEL-in').
Welwyn is the second of two garden cities in England. The first was Letchworth Garden City, located around 15 miles to the north, also in Hertfordshire. Both towns (not actual cities, despite the names) share similar origins.
In 1898 Ebenezer Howard wrote 'To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform' (later republished as 'Garden Cities of To-morrow'). In it he advocated the construction of a new kind of town combining the advantages of cities and the countryside while eliminating their disadvantages. Industry would be kept separate from residential areas, and trees and open spaces would feature prominently.
Work on Letchworth Garden City began in 1903. Having proven his doubters in the press wrong, Ebenezer Howard went on to purchase land in Hertfordshire that had been identified as a suitable site. In 1920 the company Welwyn Garden City Ltd was formed to plan and build the garden city. The first house was occupied just before Christmas of that year.
The layout of the town comprises of wide tree-lined boulevards with green spaces in the middle. The architecture is typically neo-Georgian, i.e. taking inspiration from the 18th and early 19th century.
In 1948 Welwyn Garden City was designated as a new town. This was part of a post-war scheme to rehouse those whose homes had been destroyed in the Blitz during the Second World War. Fortunately in Welwyn's case, much of the architecture had been established, so it missed out on the blocky mid 20th century buildings typical of other new towns.
Since its inception Welwyn Garden City has always attracted a strong commercial base. The head office of supermarket giant, Tesco, is located in Welwyn. Other companies trading in the town include Xerox, Roche and Ocado. It was also home to a Shredded Wheat factory from 1926 until 2008. For the benefit of those outside the UK or North America, this is a breakfast cereal consisting of one single ingredient - wholewheat.
Famous people from Welwyn Garden City include Nick Faldo, Lisa Snowdon and Alesha Dixon.
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0:12 Howardsgate
4:09 Parkway
4:32 Coronation Fountain
4:47 Parkway
7:21 Howardsgate
10:35 Stonehills
11:29 Sir Theodores Way
12:29 Bridge Road
14:23 Parkway
15:14 The Campus
Cycling at World's First Garden City (Part-3) | Letchworth Garden City | Hertfordshire, UK
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Picking Towns brings for you a virtual cycling tour of the World's First Garden City. It's Letchworth Garden City in the country of Hertfordshire, UK.
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Letchworth Garden City is developed next to the village of Letchworth.
WELWYN GARDEN CITY Walk in England UK | Walking London [4K/HD]
A Very Windy WELWYN GARDEN CITY Walk in England UK | Walking London [4K/HD]
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