Welwyn Garden City

Welwyn Garden City is an early new town in Hertfordshire. Unlike most towns, which have grown up around a river crossing or around a junction between two major routes, Welwyn Garden City was built on privately owned land close to the Great North Road and alongside the East Coast Main Line. Until 1971 when the main north-south route through the town was reclassifed as A1000, there were no A roads in the town, although the A1 (now B197) Great North Road passes between Welwyn Garden City and the adjoining village of Lemsford.

Connections to Major Routes

Welwyn Garden City is located to the east of the A1(M) and is served by junctions 4, 5 and 6. Junction 4, known as Oldings Corner connects the A6129 and A414 to the A1(M), as well as the A1001 to Hatfield. Junction 5 comprises a single northbound on-slip from the B197 at Lemsford. The A1000 runs from junction 6 into Welwyn Garden City from the north.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
A1(M)	The North, Stevenage
A1(M)	London
A1000	Hatfield, Hertford (A414)
A6129	M'way A1(M), Wheathampstead (B653)
B195	Hertford, Hatfield (A414)
B197	Knebworth
B653	Welwyn, Codicote
B656	Wheathampstead
B1000	Hertford, Tewin
A600	Bedford, Hitchin, Codicote
A6129	Luton, Wheathampstead
B190