 | Part of the London commuter belt, Stevenage can be found in the county of Hertfordshire in southern England. It current population stands at around 80,000 residents, which is an increase of about 78,500 over two centuries.
Evidence of Roman occupation in the area comes in the form of 2,000 silver Roman coins found during the building of new houses in 1986, while the Six Hills standing side by side along the old Great North Road also point to a Roman burial site.
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Stevenage's Lord of the Manor was named as the Abbot of Westminster, whilst the town was granted a Royal Charter in 1281 to hold a weekly market and annual fair, which are still held in High Street.
In more recent times, the pedestrianised town centre became the first traffic-free shopping zone in the UK when it was officially opened in 1959. Along with shopping, there are plenty of other attractions to keep visitors entertained, such as the Town Gardens, the Church of St George and St Andrew, Stevenage Museum, and Fairlands Valley, which is a large park with boating lakes.
For sports fans there is the Stevenage Leisure Centre, which is also home to the Gordon Craig Theatre, while the Stevenage Leisure Park has a cinema, bars and restaurants.
Postcodes for Stevenage begin with the letters SG and as well as Steveage itself the SG postcode includes Knebworth, Hitchin, Letchworth, Royston, Hertford, Sandy, Arlesey, Shefford, Buntingford, Henlow, Much Hadham, Ware, Biggleswade, and Baldock. |
