Belsize Close, Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead
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Belsize Close, Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 30 Sep 2008
This part of the town was developed in the 1950s following the grant of 'New Town' status in the late 1940s. I found this on the local authority website for the area which encapsulates the post war history in a few words: "The new town is one of the original 'Mark 1' types dating from the early 1950s. Today it has a population of approximately 81,000 (Census 2001). Effectively it comprises a planned, linear town centre on the floor of the Gade Valley with residential development extending up the valley sides. Although important differences do exist, much of the housing is of a similar size, design and layout, reflecting the original construction work carried out by the Hemel Hempstead Development Corporation."
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Image Location
Latitude
51.748735
Longitude
-0.447391