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Letchworth b&b, guesthouse and hotel accommodation
Letchworth in Hertfordshire
Today's date: 21-May-2012
Ashworth Lodge - bed & breakfast
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Ashworth Lodge offers bed and breakfast in Knebworth, Hertforshire. It's a short walk from the railway station and therefore an easy commute to Stevenage and London. The accommodation has been refurbished and makes for a comfortable stay. Wi-fi internet access available.
The Pines Hotel
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Prices from: £52.00
Address: The Pines Hotel, 10 Marsh Road, LUTON, Bedfordshire, LU3 2NH
Stockwood Hotel
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Prices from: £45.00
Address: Stockwood Hotel, 41-43 Stockwood Crescent, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 3SS
KING WILLIAM HOTEL
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Prices from: £45.00
Address: KING WILLIAM HOTEL, Mangrove GreenCockernhoe, LUTON, Bedfordshire, LU2 8QE
Feathers Inn
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Prices from: £34.00
Address: Feathers Inn, Cambridge RoadWadesmill, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0TN
The Bell Motel
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Prices from: £50.00
Address: The Bell Motel, 65 High Street Codicote, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG4 8XD
The Chequers Inn
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Prices from: £49.00
Address: The Chequers Inn, 16 London RoadWoolmer Green, Woolmer Green (Stevenage), Hertfordshire, SG3 6JP
The Airman Hotel
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Prices from: £45.00
Address: The Airman Hotel, 16 Hitchin Road Nr Shefford, Meppershall, Hertfordshire, SG17 5JF
The Three Tuns Hotel
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Prices from: £39.00
Address: The Three Tuns Hotel, 6 High Street, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, SG7 5NL
Luton Hotel Residence
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Prices from: £35.00
Address: Luton Hotel Residence, 90-92 CHAPEL STREET, LUTON, Bedfordshire, LU1 5DD
Visit Letchworth and the surrounding villages and stay in bed & breakfast accommodation:
Letchworth, also known as Letchworth Garden City, in Hertfordshire now has a population of 33,000.
Founded and created in 1903 by Ebenezer Howard, a quaker, it was one of the first new towns, and is the world's first Garden City. In 1898, the social reformer Ebenezer Howard wrote a book in which he put forward the construction of a new kind of town having these features:
- combine the advantages of cities and the countryside while eliminating their disadvantages
- a new idea to keep industry separate from residential areas
- trees and open spaces would plentiful
- land should be held communally for the good of all
When built, First Garden City Ltd owned the entire estate, but leased plots to citizens for building houses, farming etc. The rents were intended to provide income for the company to be re-invested in the community. All citizens were shareholders to eveyone's benefit. Developments which the citizens disliked could be stopped. After a while, this arrangementwent wrong and the system for Letchworth government changed.
The Garden City estate began to turn a profit in the 1970s, leading to investment in a number of town amenities:
- a working farm, Standalone Farm, in 1980
- a leisure centre and a theatre named Plinston Hall in 1982
- a free hospital (the Ernest Gardiner Day Hospital) in 1984
- major refurbishment of the town's cinema and shopping centre in 1996 and 1997
- a 20km landscaped path for walkers and cyclists, known as the Greenway
The town had the UK's first roundabout on a public road, dating from circa 1909.
Letchworth is twinned with: Wissen, Germany; Chagny, France; Kristiansand, Norway.
State schools: Highfield, Fearnhill
Private schools: St. Christopher School, St Francis's College
Nearby villages: Clothall, Weston, Stotfold, Gravely, Walkern, Shillington, Preston. Lilley
Nearby towns: Baldock, Hitchin, Stevenage, Luton, Royston, Buntingford.
Have you decided to visit Letchworth or the surrounding villages? Please look above for somewhere to stay in:
- a Letchworth bed and breakfast (a Letchworth B&B or Letchworth b and b)
- a Letchworth guesthouse
- a Letchworth hotel (or motel)
- a Letchworth self-catering establishment, or
- other Letchworth accommodation