Welwyn Garden City Study Report

Question 1

Welwyn Garden City is……………miles away form London

Answer 1

25 miles

Question 2

Welwyn Garden City ‘s geology is that of mostly…….and ……………………with a layer of …………….

Answer 2

chalk and limestone with a layer of flint

Question 3

Welwyn Garden City is bordered by the river…………..to the ………….and the river………………..to the north

Answer 3

Lea to the south, and Mimram to the north

Question 4

the shredded wheat factory was built in

Answer 4

1926

Question 5

the shredded wheat factory closed down completely in

Answer 5

2008

Question 6

plans to build………..new homes on the old shredded wheat factory site were put forward in…………..

Answer 6

1,340 new homes, 2014

Question 7

……% of the town’s population are 0-17 years old while the national figure is……..%

Answer 7

23.4% in WGC, 15.1% nationally

Question 8

Tesco pays £………. in business rates for its HQ in Shire Park

Answer 8

£1.5 million

Question 9

Roche employs around ……………. people in its Shire Park buildings

Answer 9

1,400 people, a large portion of whom are in the quaternary and tertiary sector, though it is true that manufacturing is still a large portion of Roche’s workforce is involved in the secondary sector (manufacturing)

Question 10

around …% of the commercial buildings in WGC are chain stores or restaurants

Answer 10

90%

Question 11

WGC’s quakers had a large influence on the town’s character, with very few …………………. being present.
this has impacted its character because:

Answer 11

• very few public houses
• people are more likely to meet in other places for social time, like local sports clubs, go to the cinema or attend charity events

Question 12

in the late 1960s, there was a rise in the number of ……………. class people moving to WGC because of

Answer 12

more working class people moving out of London as poorer boroughs proved to be as bad as slum conditions
this matches up to the ceration of the 'London Overflow Towns' and the expansion of places such as Stevenage. (New Towns Act 1946 led to 60,000 people moving there from London in the 1950s and 1960s)

Question 13

wgc’s population is

Answer 13

50,000 in 2016

Question 14

average income in wgc is £………….. per year while on a national level this is £………..

Answer 14

WGC: £31,018
(UK:£29,400)
England: £27,901

Question 15

in ………….. WGC is celebrating the………………..of its creation

Answer 15

2020

centenary

Question 16

new signs with the words “…………………..” have been put up on the main roads into the town, to reflect…………..

Answer 16

“a true marriage of town and country”

this reflects how the local council wishes outsiders as well as insiders, to see WGC, and so attract people based on exogenous factors (countryside) and the town’s character (endogenous)

Question 17

in …………….. a specially commissioned …….. was raised to celebrate the centenary

Answer 17

March 2020

celebratory flag

Question 18

a Henry Moore statue, …………………. was loaned for the duration of the celebrations, as Moore was a ………………

Answer 18

Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge

Moore was a local artist and visited the town during the 1970s, being impressed by its wide green spaces