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Dist:0.3km<br/>A broad avenue in the centre of the town. Stretches well into the next square north.
©Robin Hall
Dist:0.4km<br/>I am not certain of the function of the flyover but I think that it allows down suburban trains from Kings Cross terminating at Welwyn Garden City, that arrive using the down slow track on the left side of the photo, to return to London using the up slow track on the right by crossing but not actually touching the up and down fast tracks of the East Coast Main Line in the centre. Some confirmation or not of this would be welcome. Apparently the flyover was built in 1976. This view was taken from [[875244]]. Update 13 May 2010. A correspondent has confirmed my thoughts regarding the purpose of the flyover.
©Nigel Cox
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©Jo Turner
Dist:0.4km<br/>1925-1937 home of Louis de Soissons, architect and town planner of Welwyn Garden City http://www.lemsfordonline.co.uk/Blueplaques.html#blueplaques
©Jo Turner
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.5km<br/>Number 96 on the left of picture was the home of C B Purdom author and pioneer of garden cities from 1928 to 1938.
©Jo Turner
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©Nigel Chadwick
Dist:0.5km<br/>Twentieth Mile Bridge is so-called because it is twenty miles north of Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line railway. It originally carried the B190 road over the railway but the road is now the A6129. A newer bridge [[875267]] has been built to the south and parallel to this one, and this one now only carries eastbound traffic. The footbridge on the right appears to have been an afterthought.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km<br/>Twentieth Mile Bridge is so-called because it is twenty miles north of Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line railway. The original bridge [[875244]] carried the B190 road over the railway but the road is now the A6129. This is a new bridge built to alleviate traffic flow over the original bridge, and only carries westbound traffic.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km<br/>Two weeks ago this fountain was "fountaining" pink water for breast cancer awareness week. It looks better this week.
©Robin Hall
Dist:0.5km<br/>Viewed looking from [[875267]] the points on the trackwork on the left allow London-bound suburban trains from Welwyn that have crossed the ECML on the flyover to join the up slow line.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.5km<br/>Class 365 Networker Express EMU number 365540 sporting 'Garden cities of Hertfordshire' advertising livery stops on the down platform, while a Class 91 Bo-Bo electric locomotive powers an up express.
©Roger Templeman
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©David Gearing
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©Julian Osley
Dist:0.6km<br/>Broadwater Road serves a mainly Industrial area of the Town. The famous (for its aroma) Wheat Processing plant is the tallest building, seen on the left of shot.
©Richard Thomas

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