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Welwyn Gardens City areas
pardal51
Posts: 427 Forumite
Hi all,
Have been to WGC and considering buying a property there.
I am wondering which are the best areas and which are the ones to avoid.
I would much appreciate your comments and replies.
Cheers, pd51
Have been to WGC and considering buying a property there.
I am wondering which are the best areas and which are the ones to avoid.
I would much appreciate your comments and replies.
Cheers, pd51
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Panshanger is quite nice"When life gives you lemons - sell them on eBay..."0
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Do you have children and so need good primary/secondary schools?
Do you need to be near the station for commuting?0 -
I grew up in old Welwyn and went to School in WGC.
Around the centre is the nicest area - over the other side of the bridge and towards the hospital was always considered a bit rough especially Knella Road where I had digs for a while.
A little further out is Oaklands just past Old Welwyn which is lovely.Here dead we lie because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is,
And we were young.
A E Housman0 -
I found WGC quite depressing - just nothing to do
The town center resembles ghost down after 17:00 hr and Sunday morning.
Even though the town has Tesco's head office situated, Tesco didn't bother to open a store there!Happiness is buying an item and then not checking its price after a month to discover it was reduced further.0 -
Even though the town has Tesco's head office situated, Tesco didn't bother to open a store there!
Tesco careers head office, Tesco's actual head office is in cheshunt
I also went to school in WGC but didn't live there. My memory is that the west side of the railway is all good. Don't know much about the east side but don't have a great impression of the area around the hospital and heronswood road area0 -
No children, threfore no need to be close to schoolsoramgepekoe wrote: »Do you have children and so need good primary/secondary schools?
Yes. I believe 1.1/1.2mile would be okay (20-25min walk)Do you need to be near the station for commuting?
To be honest this is one of the reasons why we liked the place.movilogo wrote:I found WGC quite depressing - just nothing to do
The town center resembles ghost down after 17:00 hr and Sunday morning.
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Many thanks to all for the comments, much appreciated.
more comments are very welcomed!!!!0 -
When I worked there, Panshanger was rough (ex council) as was Knella Road. Scholars Court was full of international Tesco workers. Digswell and Oaklands were lovely but very, very expensive.
The village was lovely and there was a nice new build located there (Nodeway Gardens).Emergency savings: 4600
0% Credit card: 1965.000 -
Even though the town has Tesco's head office situated, Tesco didn't bother to open a store there!
There is a waitrose and a John Lewis....:)Penny: I'm a little low on cash.
Leonard: How much you got?
Penny: Nothing!
Leonard: How can you walk around with no money?
Penny: I'm cute, I get by.0
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