What is Welwyn Garden City?
'''Welwyn Garden City''' is a town in [[Hertfordshire]], England. It is about 20 miles north of [[Charing Cross]].<ref>All distances from London are measured from Charing Cross.</ref> Welwyn Garden City was the second garden city in [[England]] (founded in 1920) and one of the first 'new towns'. == History == In 1948 Welwyn Garden City was designated as a New Town under a 1946 [[Act of Parliament|Act]]. Welwyn Garden City was designed by the same person who also founded [[Letchworth|Letchworth Garden City]]. The creator ([[Ebenezer Howard|Sir Ebenezer Howard]]) wanted to make towns that had the good things that towns had but also good things that countryside areas also have. The company that planned and built the city was created on the 29th April 1920. The first person to live in a house in Welwyn was in before Christmas 1920. Welwyn shares its area of control with [[Hatfield]], under the Welwyn Hatfield Borough. The local hospital is the [[Queen Elizabeth II Hospital]]. == Population == Welwyn Garden City had a population of 46,619 in 2011 according to the national census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/|title=Data from the 2011 census in England and Wales - UK Census Data 2011|first=Good Stuff IT|last=Services|website=UK Census Data|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=2019-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223231420/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 51,735 (estimated) in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-eastofengland.php?cityid=E35001153|title=Welwyn Garden City (Hertfordshire, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information|website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> == Transport links == Welwyn has easy access to [[London]] and the [[Midlands]] area. The [[M1 motorway]] and the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] trunk road are near. The [[railway]] station is in the town centre. Trains run south to London [[King's Cross station|King's Cross]] and [[Moorgate stat