Stevenage
| Borough of Stevenage | |||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 54 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | TL2424 | ||
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| Residents | 81,482 (as of April 29, 2001) | ||
| surface | 25.96 km² (10.02 mi² ) | ||
| Population density: | 3139 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| Post town | STEVENAGE | ||
| ZIP code section | SG1, SG2 | ||
| prefix | 01438 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East of England | ||
| Shire county | Hertfordshire | ||
| District | Stevenage | ||
| ONS code | 26UH | ||
| Website: stevenage.gov.uk | |||
Stevenage is a town and district in Hertfordshire , England , about 25 miles north of London . Stevenage is east of Junctions 7 and 8 of the A1 (M) between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south.
Residents
The population was 1430 in 1801, 4049 in 1901 and 79,724 in 2001 - with the greatest increase in the 1950s and 1960s after the city became the first " New Town " in the London area on August 1, 1946 . This "New Town" was planned as a city of separation; As a so-called Sennstadt , it should completely separate pedestrian and car routes. You actually get from z. B. Pin Green to downtown without having to cross a street.
Development and districts
Stevenage has a small old town "Old Town" with all amenities such as banks, shops, cafes, bars, hotels, churches and a library.
Other districts are u. a. Stoney Hall, Monks Wood, Bedwell, Broadwater, Shephall, Chells, Chells Manor, Pin Green, Symonds Green and St.Nicholas.
The new Great Ashby district is located on the border area with the North Hertfordshire District. There are 3 schools, a parish, a medium-sized supermarket, a pharmacy, a hairdresser, a Chinese snack bar and soon a small hospital.
The Stevenage pedestrian mall, opened in 1959, was the first of its kind in the UK and is due for renovation over the next few years. So far, only a few shops have renovated their facades and showrooms.
Culture and recreation
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The Fairland Valley Recreation Park consists of an extensive park and three ponds or lakes, the two larger ones can be accessed with small boats.
There are parks in all parts of the city, some of them quite large and with small forests.
The Stevenage Brook flows south of the city.
The Stevenage Leisure Center in front of the train station includes a theater and several sports facilities. Stevenage Leisure Park behind the train station has an old movie theater, club and a variety of restaurants.
The famous sculptor Henry Moore created the bronze sculpture Family Group for Stevenage in 1950 , which today stands at the entrance to the Barclay School. It was Moore's first large public sculpture. The idea for the sculpture assignment came from Chief Education Officer John Newsom.
Stevenage is home to the "Six Hills", the largest collection of Roman burial mounds in England.
Sons and daughters and prominent residents
The city is the birthplace of the six-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton , the professional footballers Ashley Young (Manchester United FC) and Jack Wilshere (Arsenal FC), the model and actor Alexander Richard Pettyfer , the actor Ed Westwick , known from the American hit Series Gossip Girl , by the actor Rupert Grint known from the Harry Potter films and the pop singer Charli XCX . The theater reformer Edward Gordon Craig was also born here.
Here lived Naum Slutzky , the famous industrial designer and master at the Bauhaus in Weimar . He died in Stevenage in 1965.
Town twinning
- Autun , France , since 1963
- Ingelheim am Rhein , since 1963
- Kadoma , Zimbabwe , since 1989
- Schymkent , Kazakhstan , since 1990
In 1975 the three-way partnership between Ingelheim, Autun and Stevenage was sealed.
Economy and Infrastructure
Small and large industrial areas are connected to the residential areas. There have been many large companies in Stevenage in the past. What remains are still Astrium , Betfair , DuPont , GlaxoSmithKline , IBM , MBDA and others.
Central London can be reached from the train station in 30 minutes. As a result, a large number of commuters live in Stevenage. The central bus station offers connections to all surrounding districts, some neighboring towns and cities and long-distance buses to Stansted and Luton Airports and to Manchester and London.
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The number of underage mothers is one of the highest in the country (similar to Greenock in Scotland). The divorce rate is also very high. Despite the relatively high number of national and international high-tech companies, the willingness to achieve a higher level of education is low, and many young people work in low-wage jobs.
