Her Majesty The Queen will be represented by Her personal representative for the county of Hertfordshire – The Lord-Lieutenant Robert Voss CBE, accompanied by his personal Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadets. They will join us for our Carnival on 19 June 2021.
The WGC Centenary Schools Photographic Competition was the first event launched in 2017 to celebrate the centenary, organised by the WGC Photographic Club.
Discover Hertfordshire magazine, published by Archant, has published a lovely four page article in this quarter’s edition. Read the introduction here and view the digital version online. Words by Ellie Fells.
One of the greatest pleasures of the town is the beauty and variety of the 19,000 trees in its streets and public places. Our City of Trees project is part of the centenary celebrations with four areas of the town chosen for their beauty and variety, some of which are seldom seen outside botanic gardens. What better time to explore and enjoy their beauty than autumn?
Memories of 1970 recalled in 2020 by Dr Dennis Lewis MBE
One of our signature projects is an international symposium now scheduled to take place on 22 and 23 April 2021.
Graeme Bell on the initiative to secure World Heritage Site status for the two English – and pioneering – Garden Cities
Welwyn Garden City is arguably one of the most beautiful and certainly the best planned towns in England. The man responsible for the much of what we see in the City was Louis de Soissons, its Chief Architect and Town Planner for 42 years – from its inception in 1920 till his death in 1962.
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