Bittern 60019 At Hadley Wood
Monday 17 May 2010
King's Cross railway station
King's Cross railway station also known as London King's Cross, is a central London railway terminus opened in 1852. The station is located on the edge of Central London, at the junction of the A501 Euston Road and York Way, in the Kings Cross district and within theLondon Borough of Camden on the border of the London Borough of Islington.
Welwyn Garden City railway station
Welwyn Garden City railway station serves the town of Welwyn Garden City inHertfordshire. The station is 20 miles north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line towards Stevenage. The station is managed by First Capital Connect. The station has recently had a facelift, including new lighting, waiting rooms and toilets.
The station has direct access to the Howard Centre. The shopping centre also incorporates the station's ticket office on the first floor.
Saturday 15 May 2010
The London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Borough of Barnet, the London Borough of Haringey, the London Borough of Waltham Forest and Welwyn Hatfield Borough.
Enfield Town used to be a small market town on the edge of the forest about a day's travel north of London. As Greater London has grown, Enfield Town and its surrounds have become a residential suburb, with fast transport links into central London.
The current borough was formed in 1965 from the former area of the Municipal Borough of Southgate, the Municipal Borough of Enfield and the Municipal Borough of Edmonton. The armorial bearings of these three boroughs were also merged.
The creature on the shield of the Enfield coat of arms is known in heraldry as an "Enfield" (or colloquially as the Enfield beast), and is used extensively as a logo representing Enfield, particularly by the borough council.
In Roman times, Enfield was connected to Londinium by Ermine Street, the great Roman road which stretched all the way up to York. Artefacts found in the early 1900s reveal that there were Roman settlements in the areas that are now Edmonton and Bush Hill Park.
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Letchworth Garden City
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded (the other two being Willian and Norton) - all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was first purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the area and build a Quaker community. They very quickly discovered the soil to be chalky and of poor agricultural value.
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