Letchworth Garden CityHertfordshire

The world's first Garden City (founded 1903 by Ebenezer Howard), the Broadway Cinema (the first purpose-built cinema in Britain), the Norton Common, and a Hertfordshire new town that became the template for planned cities worldwide

Letchworth Garden City, founded in 1903 by Ebenezer Howard following his visionary 1898 book 'To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform', was the world's first garden city. Its principles of combining town and country, green spaces and planned streets influenced urban planning across the globe. The Broadway Cinema, built in 1936, is Britain's oldest purpose-built cinema still operating.

The First Garden City Heritage Museum tells the story of this genuinely world-changing urban experiment. Norton Common for walking and nature. The Broadway Cinema is extraordinary and still showing films. The town centre arts and crafts architecture.