Letchworth

North Hertfordshire Population 111,994

JHME

The Town Trader

Hitchin Population 29,707

Letchworth Garden City Population 32,107 (correct 2000)

Letchworth is about 40 miles North of London, there are very good road, rail and air links. The Town Centre and the industrial areas are less than 5 minutes drive from the A1M motorway. Rail links are out of London Kings Cross, Finsbury Park or Moorgate with an average journey time of 40 minutes, there are also connections from both Heathrow and Gatwick airports. London Luton airport is about 10 miles from the town.

LETCHWORTH

The fountain in the then Kennedy Gardens (named after the former US president) was demolished by the local authority due to vandalism. Several years later it was rebuilt and gardens remodeled through a lottery grant and renamed "Broadway Garden"

HITCHIN

St Mary's Church by Night

Recreational amenities include the Broadway Cinema this has three screens showing the latest films. town centre location.) The Leisure Centre (Baldock Road) has indoor an swimming pool with a wave machine. There is also an open air pool which usually opens May through September (Norton Way) Open spaces are Kennedy Gardens (now Broadway Gardens) (Picture taken when Kennedy Gardens before removal of the fountain.) Howard Park this has a small children's paddling pool. Norton Common a short walk from town has over 60 acres of un-spoilt grassland and woods this also close to the historic Roman highway the Icknield Way.

Letchworth was the worlds first Garden City, originally Letchworth was just a village dating back to the 12th century but the story of the Garden City started in 1903. The idea came from a book written in 1898 by Ebenezer Howard called "Tomorrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform."

Other towns close by also have historical interest, Hitchin, Cambridge and St Albans are all within easy reach.