In 2020 Welwyn Garden City will be 100!
We would like to extend sincere thanks to all our sponsors and partners, without whom our year of celebrations would not have been possible.
Our official launch event will light up the town with Garden City Lights on 17 and 18 January 2020. A huge carnival, complete with 15 floats, will take place on 11 July. Over 50 of the town’s sports and leisure clubs are planning events and competitions to run throughout the year, alongside the town’s music and performing arts groups with a Festival.
This autumn 20 primary schools each planted 2020 bulbs and a share of 100 fruit trees in their school grounds, ready to bloom in spring of our centenary year.
A sculpture of Sir Ebenezer Howard is also being planned in celebration of his vision for Welwyn Garden City – ‘a true marriage of town and country’. To appreciate the beauty of our green space, a 20.20km Centenary Walk will circle the villages around Welwyn Garden City. Four new trails will be launched in our City of Trees will celebrate the c. 19,000 trees which can be found across the town.
Finally, no 100 year celebration would be complete without a Royal Visit and we hope to be lucky with our request.
We hope you enjoy exploring our site and finding out more about the celebrations for our Centenary year.
COMMUNITY
NATURE
HERITAGE
Here is the latest list of dates for our signature events.We look forward to celebrating with you!
Garden City Lights 2020
Howardsgate, WGC, AL8 6HA
Day of Dance by Welwyn Garden City’s Dance Schools and Groups
Howardsgate, WGC, AL8 6HA
Orienteering for All
Car Park, Rectory Road, WGC, AL8 7SU
Love Welwyn Garden City 10k
Stanborough Road, WGC, AL8 6DF
The Three Choirs – Tea and Song Party
Church Road, WGC, AL8 6PS (Opp. Sainsbury's)
Orienteering for all
Scout & Guide Centre, Canonsfield Road, Woolmer Green, AL6 0QA
The Three Choirs – Love to Sing Course
131 Parkway, WGC, AL8 6JD
Welwyn Half Marathon
Stanborough Road, WGC, AL8 6DF
Orienteering for all
Thieves Lane, Hertford SG14 2WN
Omnium
Stanborough Road, WGC, AL8 6XE
Centenary Tennis Tournament – April
WGC, AL8 7BE
Welwyn Hatfield Rotary Walk
Stanborough Road, WGC, AL8 6DF
We take great care to ensure the accuracy of every event listed at time of going to print, but advise that you confirm dates and other information in our listings just in case there have been changes.
