Stevenage
Stevenage | |
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The old town centre The new town centre (clock tower, fountain and Franta Belsky Joyride statue | |
Motto: "The heart of a town lies in its people" | |
Coordinates: 51°54′06″N 00°12′07″W / 51.90167°N 0.20194°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East of England |
Ceremonial county | Hertfordshire |
Admin HQ | Stevenage |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district |
• Governing body | Stevenage Borough Council |
• Mayor | Myla Arceno[1] |
• Council control | Labour |
• MP | Stephen McPartland (Conservative) |
Area | |
• Total | 25.96 km2 (10.02 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 89,320 (Ranked 265th) |
• Density | 3,081/km2 (7,980/sq mi) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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OS grid reference | TL2424 |
Police | Hertfordshire |
Fire | Hertfordshire |
Ambulance | East of England |
Website | stevenage.gov.uk |
Stevenage (
Etymology
"Stevenage" may derive from
The name was recorded as Stithenæce in c. 1060 and as Stigenace in the Domesday Book in 1086.
History
Pre-Conquest
Stevenage lies near the line of the
The first
During the 9th and 10th centuries AD, the Saxon village in Stevenage faced frequent attacks from
Middle Ages
According to the
The earliest part of St Nicholas's Church dates from the 12th century, but it was probably a site of worship much earlier. The list of rectors (parish priests) is relatively complete from 1213. Around 1500 the church was much improved, with decorative woodwork and the addition of a clerestory.
North of the Old Town is Jack's Hill, associated with the legendary archer
The remains of a medieval moated homestead in Whomerley Wood comprise an 80-yard-square trench almost five feet wide in parts. It was probably the home of Ralph de Homle. Pieces of Roman and later pottery have been found there.
Tudor, Stuart and Georgian eras
In 1558 Thomas Alleyne, then the Rector of Stevenage, founded a free grammar school for boys, Alleyne's Grammar School, which, despite becoming a boys' comprehensive school in 1967, had an unbroken existence (unlike the grammar school in neighbouring Hitchin) until 1989, when it was merged with Stevenage Girls' School to become the Thomas Alleyne School. Francis Cammaerts was Headmaster of Alleyne's Grammar School from 1952 to 1961. The school, which has been since 1989 a mixed comprehensive school and is now an academy as of 2013, still exists on its original site at the north end of the High Street. It was intended to move the school to Great Ashby, but the Coalition government (2010–15) scrapped the move owing to budget cuts.
During the 17th century, the Elizabethan
Stevenage's prosperity came in part from the Great North Road, which was turnpiked in the early 18th century on the site of the present day
On 10 July 1807, the Great Fire of Stevenage
Victorian era to 20th century
In 1850 the Great Northern Railway was constructed and the era of the stagecoach ended. Stevenage grew only slowly throughout the 19th century and a second church (Holy Trinity) was constructed at the south end of the High Street. In 1861 Dickens commented, "The village street was like most other village streets: wide for its height, silent for its size, and drowsy in the dullest degree. The quietest little dwellings with the largest of window-shutters to shut up nothing as if it were the Mint or the Bank of England."
At the turn of the century, the twin
In 1928 Philip Vincent bought the HRD Motorcycle Co Ltd out of receivership, immediately moving it to Stevenage and renaming it the Vincent HRD Motorcycle Co Ltd. He produced the legendary motorcycles, including the Black Shadow and Black Lightning, in the town until 1955.
Stevenage New Town
Slow growth in Stevenage continued until just after the
The plan was not popular and local people protested at a meeting held in the town hall before
The inaugural chairman of the Stevenage Development Corporation was the architect Clough Williams-Ellis, appointed by Lewis Silkin in 1946, with the radical town planner Dr Monica Felton as his deputy. In 1949 she became chairman but she was sacked within two years. There were a number of reasons for her dismissal by the government but a lack of hands-on town planning leadership and her opposition to the Korean War (for which she was later awarded the Lenin Peace Prize) sullied her reputation. Felton was replaced first by Allan Duff and later Thomas Bennett, who carried the project to completion. Gordon Stephenson was the planner, Peter Shepheard the architect, and Eric Claxton the engineer. Claxton took the attitude that the new town should separate bicycles from the automobile as much as possible. Mary Tabor was the Housing Director of Stevenage New Town from 1951 until 1972.[45] Tabor was a member of the Society of Women Housing Managers, which was founded by women trained under Octavia Hill. Mary Tabor, with the support of more than 40 housing management staff by 1960, provided a notably personal and caring service to tenants of the town. Many early residents of the town would recall with gratitude how much she had done for them and the town as a whole.[46]
In May 1953, Sir Roydon Dash took over the position of chairman from Bennett. In 1962, Sir Arthur Rucker was appointed Chairman of the Stevenage Development Corporation, retiring from the position in 1966. He was succeeded by Evelyn Denington, Baroness Denington, who joined the board in 1950.[47] Denington remained the chairman until the dissolution of the Corporation in 1980.[48] Having become a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1974, Denington was elevated to the peerage in 1978, choosing to assume the title of Baroness Denington of Stevenage.[49]
In keeping with the sociological outlook of the day, the town was planned with six self-contained neighbourhoods. The first two of these to be occupied were the Stoney Hall and Monks Wood 'Estates', in 1951. The Twin Foxes pub, on the Monks Wood estate, was Stevenage's first 'new' public house and was named after local notorious identical-twin poachers (Albert and Ebenezer Fox). It closed in 2017. At least two other public houses have a direct relationship to local history. The "Edward the Confessor" pub (closed 2006) could have had a connection to St Mary's Church in nearby Walkern as King Edward reigned from 1042 until his death in 1066 and Walkern's church dates from this period. The second pub with a link to local history is the "Our Mutual Friend" in Broadwater. The name of the pub is the title of a novel by Charles Dickens. Dickens was an occasional guest of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton in nearby Knebworth House and knew Stevenage very well.
Next to be built and occupied were the neighbourhoods of Bedwell in 1952, and then came Broadwater and Shephall (1953), Chells in the 1960s and later Pin Green and Symonds Green. Another new development to the north of the town is Great Ashby. As of 2014[update] it was still under construction. The Government gave almost £2 million for a purpose-built homeless shelter, which will serve a large part of Hertfordshire.[50]
Industrial area
The primary industrial area is in a location that is separate--but adjacent to--the residential areas of town. British Aerospace (now MBDA) was the largest employer in this area, but it has now been replaced by GSK. The firm occupies a large complex, hosting one of GSK's two global R&D hubs.[51]
Airbus Defence and Space (previously British Aerospace) is located in a smaller industrial park.[52] This is the same area that both Matra Marconi Space and Astrium, a prime contractor and equipment supplier of spacecraft, previously occupied.[53][54]
There are also small- to medium-sized firms such as Stevenage BioScience Catalyst (SBC), a new science park aimed at attracting small and start-up life-sciences enterprises, opened in 2011 on a site next to GSK.[55]
Stevenage town centre
The pedestrianised town centre was the first purpose-built traffic-free shopping zone in
Next to the Town Garden, the Church of St Andrew and St George is an example of modern church design and has housed Stevenage Museum in its crypt since 1976. The church is a Grade 2 listed building. It is also the largest parish church to have been built in England since World War Two. Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother laid the foundation stone in July 1956 and was also present at the consecration of the Bishop of St Alban's, the Right Reverend Michael Gresford-Jones, on Advent Sunday 27 November 1960. The frame is constructed from a continuous pour of concrete into moulds, creating interlacing arches and leaving no apparent joints. There are twelve Purbeck-marble columns around the high altar and the external walls are clad in panels faced with Normandy pebble. The campanile houses the loudspeakers for an electro-acoustic carillon. A popular sculpture, 'The Urban Elephant' by Andrew Burton, was commissioned in 1992.
Although revolutionary for its time, the town centre is showing signs of age and, in 2005, plans were revealed for a major regeneration to take place over the next decade. Details are still being debated by the council, landowners and other interested parties. Multimillion-pound plans to redevelop Stevenage town centre were scrapped owing to the
Events
Stevenage holds a number of annual events, including Stevenage Day
In 2016, Stevenage "celebrated" its seventieth anniversary as a New Town.[64]
Later schemes
The Town Centre Regeneration Strategy (2002) called for better-quality shops (including a major department store), improved public transport with a combined
The town has a large central library[68] in Southgate, at the southern end of the pedestrian precinct, with facilities including printing, fax and photocopying, children's events, study space, a carers' information point and a large public computer suite, as well as a small branch library[69] at the northern end of the High Street in the Old Town. There is also a public library in nearby Knebworth,[70] located in St Martin's Road.
The town is still growing. It is set to expand west of the A1(M)
Regeneration
The town and the Stevenage First partnership has now launched a new, £1bn, 20-year regeneration programme designed to transform central spaces and introduce new residential, commercial and retail facilities, amongst others.[71] The programme is formed of a number of individual schemes including the £350m ‘SG1’ programme being led by Mace[72] and the £50m redevelopment of Queensway North, the former site of Marks & Spencer.[73][74] In addition, Stevenage's Town Square is also being regenerated with new bars, restaurants, flexible working facilities and shops being introduced to the area.[71] The plans are based on the local government authority's Local Plan which was given approval on 26 March 2019.[75] The town is also introducing a new public services hub which will consolidate services that are currently spread across Stevenage into one central space[76] and relocating its existing bus interchange to a site closer to the railway station.[77] A number of other developments, including the conversion of a series of commercial spaces into residential facilities, are already completed or underway with a series of additional programmes set to launch in the coming years.[78]
Geography
Climate
Stevenage experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.
Climate data for Stevenage | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7 (45) |
8 (46) |
11 (52) |
13 (55) |
17 (63) |
19 (66) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
19 (66) |
14 (57) |
10 (50) |
7 (45) |
14 (57) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2 (36) |
2 (36) |
4 (39) |
4 (39) |
7 (45) |
10 (50) |
12 (54) |
12 (54) |
10 (50) |
8 (46) |
5 (41) |
3 (37) |
7 (45) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45.1 (1.78) |
33.9 (1.33) |
28.7 (1.13) |
43.9 (1.73) |
34.9 (1.37) |
46.6 (1.83) |
42.1 (1.66) |
46.9 (1.85) |
54.9 (2.16) |
56.8 (2.24) |
48.0 (1.89) |
49.8 (1.96) |
531.6 (20.93) |
Source: [79] |
Governance
Stevenage | |
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Urban District (1894–1974) | |
Population | |
• 1891 | 3,309[80] |
• 1971 | 66,585[81] |
History | |
• Created | 2 October 1873 |
• Abolished | 31 March 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Stevenage Borough Council |
• HQ | Stevenage |
Contained within | |
• County Council | Hertfordshire |
There are two tiers of local government covering Stevenage, at district and county level: Stevenage Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council.
Stevenage was an
Under the Local Government Act 1894, the Local Board became Stevenage Urban District Council on 31 December 1894. Stevenage Urban District was enlarged several times, notably in 1953 when it absorbed the neighbouring parish of Shephall. Until 1964 the council met at the Town Hall on Orchard Road. With the designation of the New Town, several plans for a civic centre in the new town centre were put forward, but none came to fruition. In September 1964, the council moved its offices and meeting place to a recently-built office building in the new town centre called Southgate House (later renamed Vista Tower). The old Town Hall was demolished shortly afterwards to make way for Lytton Way. The council was based at Southgate House until 1980, when it moved to Daneshill House, which had previously been the headquarters of the New Town Corporation.[86]
The Local Government Act 1972 reconstituted Stevenage Urban District as a non-metropolitan district with effect from 1 April 1974.[81] The town was awarded borough status on the same date and has been governed by Stevenage Borough Council since.[87]
Demographics
The population of Stevenage increased significantly during the 20th century. Little more than a large village at the start of the 19th century, the population in 1801 was 1,430. By 1901, Stevenage opened the 20th century with a population of 4,048.
After Stevenage was designated a
Religion
As of the 2021 census, the religious makeup was as followed:
Area | All people | Christian (%) | Buddhist (%) | Hindu (%) | Jewish (%) | Muslim (%) | Sikh (%) | Other (%) | No religion (%) | Not stated (%) |
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England and Wales | 56,490,048 | 46.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 36.7 | 6.0 |
Stevenage | 89,495 | 43.26 | 0.44 | 1.56 | 0.18 | 3.15 | 0.34 | 0.58 | 44.87 | 5.60 |
Sport and leisure
Stevenage also won the
The town also has a number of other successful sports clubs, including a women's football team (Stevenage Borough Ladies FC) and Stevenage Town Rugby Club. Many top class sporting heroes have come from Stevenage, including footballers
Fairlands Valley is a large area of parkland with boating lakes. It is home to a Parkrun.[104] The town is a very green town, with avenues of trees (typically Norway Maple) throughout but also large woods such as Monks & Whomerley Wood, which is ancient semi-natural woodland. Indeed, the Woodland Trust ranks it as one of the best places in the UK for ease of access to large woodland, with 99.9% of the population having access to woodland over 2 hectares (5 acres) within 4 km (2.5 mi), only slightly behind those living in the Forest of Dean or New Forest.[105] There are also many playing fields (e.g. St. Nicholas playing fields near Ripon Road). The town's schools all have a substantial amount of ground; key examples are Ashtree Primary School, Moss Bury Primary School, Longmeadow Primary School and Barnwell.[106]
Stevenage also has a basketball team: East Herts Royals (Formerly known as Stevenage Scorpions)
The town is surrounded by the Stevenage Outer Orbital Path (STOOP), a 27-mile (43 km) circuit walk established by the North Herts Ramblers Group in 2008. The circuit provides an informal, active recreational leisure amenity readily available to the residents of Stevenage and the surrounding villages. The STOOP is split into several sections, accessible via a series of links from the town. The route passes through
Culture
A small community arts centre is located in the 9Yards Retail Park.[109] The Boxfield and Foyer Gallery is situated in the Gordon Craig Theatre, which forms part of the large central Leisure Centre.[110] Stevenage Museum is located under the St. Andrew and St. George's church on St George's Way.[111]
Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East and BBC London on BBC One and ITV Anglia and ITV London on ITV. Television signals are received from either the Sandy Heath or Crystal Palace transmitters.[112] [113]
Local radio stations are BBC Three Counties Radio on 90.4 FM and Heart Hertfordshire on 106.7 FM.
The Comet is the town’s weekly local newspaper.[114]
Nearby attractions
North of Stevenage Old Town, near St Nicholas' Church, lies
In the spring of 2023,
To the south of Stevenage is Knebworth House, a gothic stately home and venue of globally renowned rock concerts since 1974. The house was once home to Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Victorian English novelist and spiritualist.
Astonbury Wood, south-east of Stevenage, is a nature reserve of Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. It is ancient woodland, area 54 hectares (130 acres).[117]
Transport
A distinctive feature of Stevenage is its urban landscape. There are many
The
The main bus operator is Arriva Herts & Essex,[121] which have a depot situated on Babbage Road. They run over 10 routes in and around the town, with intercity services to Luton (on the 100/101), St Albans (on the 301), Welwyn Garden City (on the 908), and Letchworth Garden City (on the 55), among others. Another operator in the town is unō, who run the 635 between Watford and Hitchin via Stevenage, which provides discounted travel to University of Hertfordshire students.[122] Centrebus also operate some services out of their Luton depot, including the Connect Herts branded routes 390 and 907, to Hertford and Cheshunt respectively. Vectare, formerly Central Connect, also operate.
On Sunday 26 June 2022,[123] the new Stevenage Interchange opened, replacing the former bus station as that land needed to be repurposed for redevelopment. The new bus station has toilets, a heated and air conditioned waiting room with a help desk, a small shop and a small café. It has 10 stands lettered A to K, skipping I. On Lytton Way, there is a coach stand, lettered L.
Currently, the only coach service to operate to Stand L is the 006 between Cambridge and London, operated by FlixBus.
Stevenage railway station on the East Coast Main Line has regular commuter services to London King's Cross (taking 24 minutes) and Cambridge (taking 37 minutes), as well as connections to northern England and Scotland.
Education
Many schools were built in the 1950s/60s due to an influx of Londoners to affordable terraced housing in areas such as Shephall, Broadwater, Chells and St Nicholas. The town has around 23 primary schools (see below). Some go to the surrounding villages of Aston, Benington, Walkern, Datchworth for their schooling. Stevenage also has a number of secondary schools and the central campus for North Hertfordshire College.
Primary schools
- Almond Hill Junior[124]
- Ashtree Primary School and Nursery[125]
- Bedwell Primary School and Nursery[126]
- Broom Barns Community Primary[127]
- Camps Hill Community Primary[128]
- Fairlands Primary School and Nursery[129]
- Featherstone Wood Primary School and Nursery[130]
- Giles Junior[131]
- Giles Nursery and Infants[132]
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery[133]
- The Leys Primary and Nursery[134]
- Lodge Farm Primary[135]
- Longmeadow Primary[136]
- Martins Wood Primary[137]
- Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery[138]
- Peartree Spring Primary[139]
- Roebuck Primary School and Nursery[140]
- Shephalbury Park Primary[141]
- St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary[142]
- St Nicholas C of E Primary School and Nursery[143]
- St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary[144]
- Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery[145]
- Woolenwick Infant and Nursery[146]
- Woolenwick JM[147]
Special needs schools
- Larwood Primary[148]
- Lonsdale[149]
- Greenside[150]
- The Valley Secondary[151]
- Barnwell (containing the VIBase[152] for blind & visually impaired pupils and the SPLD Base[153] for Pupils with specific learning difficulties)
Secondary schools
- Barnwell School – in 2006, Barnwell school took in students from Collenswood School after its closure. Students are now taught on two sites: Barnwell Middle Campus and Barnwell Upper Campus[154]
- Barclay Academy
- The John Henry Newman School – a specialist arts school[155]
- Marriotts School – A sports college. Marriotts converted to sponsored Academy status with potential completion in September 2016[156]
- DCSF training school[157]
- The Thomas Alleyne Academy[158]
Colleges
- North Hertfordshire College (Stevenage Campus), Monkswood Way, Stevenage, SG1 1LA[159]
Former schools
- Round Diamond (site in Pin Green closed and relocated to Great Ashby, now officially classified as a North Hertfordshire school)[160]
- Pope Pius XII RC JMI (site in Chells closed and amalgamated with St John Southworth RC JMI, September 1990)
- St John Southworth RC JMI (site in Bedwell amalgamated with Pope Pius XII RC JMI to become St Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary, September 1990)
- Pin Green JMI
- Burydale (amalgamated with Shephall Green Infant School in September 2005, now closed)
- Collenswood School (secondary school, closed in 2006 and the site became part of Barnwell School)
- Stevenage Girls School (amalgamated with Alleyne's School to become The Thomas Alleyne School)
- Chells School (a secondary school, the former site of which is now occupied by The Nobel School)
- Heathcote School (secondary school, closed in 2012 and the site became part of Barnwell School)
- St Michael's (Catholic boys secondary school, moved from Mount St Michael France to Hitchin then to Stevenage now amalgamated with St Angela's to form John Henry Newman)
- Shephalbury Secondary Modern School (Shephalbury Park, now a housing estate)
- The Grange (c.1847–c.1939)
- Bedwell Secondary School (the former site is now occupied by Marriotts School)
- The Da Vinci Studio School of Science and Engineering – a studio school specialising in science and engineering[161]
Places of worship
Stevenage has an active network of Christian churches of many denominations. Many of the churches work together for town-wide projects under the banner of "Churches Together in Stevenage".[162] Stevenage also has a mosque and a Liberal Jewish Synagogue. Alongside "Churches Together in Stevenage", Stevenage also has an "Interfaith Forum" dedicated to dialogue between different religious presences in the town.[163]
Some of the places of worship include:
- All Saints Church (Anglican/Methodist Union)[164]
- Bunyan Baptist Church[165]
- Christ the King Church (Anglican)[166]
- City of David Church (Redeemed Christian Church of God)[167]
- The Cathedral of Saint George (Coptic Orthodox)[168]
- Elim Pentecostal Church[169]
- Grace Community Church (Newfrontiers)[170]
- Great Ashby Community Church (Baptist Joint Project)[171]
- High Street Methodist Church[172]
- Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)[173]
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses[174]
- Longmeadow Evangelical Church[175]
- Friends Meeting House (Quakers)[176]
- Oak Church Stevenage – A youth-focused Anglican Church[177]
- Roman Catholic Church of St Hilda[178]
- Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph[179]
- Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration[180]
- Salvation Army Corps[181]
- Church of St Andrew & St George (Anglican)[182]
- Seventh-day Adventist Church[183]
- Stevenage Liberal Synagogue (Liberal Judaism)[184]
- Stevenage Muslim Community Centre[185]
- St Hugh & St John Church (Anglican/Methodist Union)[186]
- St Mary's Church (Anglican)[187]
- St Nicholas' Church (Anglican)[188]
- St Paul's Church (Methodist)[189]
- St Peter's Church (Anglican)[190]
- Stevenage Vineyard Fellowship[191]
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Stevenage Ward[192]
- United Reformed Church[193]
- Whomerley Spiritual Church & Centre[194]
Notable people
- Born in Stevenage
- Omo Aikeremiokha (born 2005), trampoline gymnast
- Daniel Ballard (b. 1999), Sunderland A.F.C. footballer
- Harry Bates (1850–1899), sculptor
- Oliver Cheshire (b. 1988), fashion model
- Sir Thomas Clarke (b. 1527), knighted by Henry VIII.[195]
- E. E. Cowper (1859–1930), novelist
- Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), scenographer and theatre theorist
- Andrew Croft (1906–1991) explorer and SOE (Special Operations Executive) agent
- David Croft (b. 1970), Commentator for Sky Sports F1
- Keinan Davis (b. 1998), Aston Villa footballer
- Mark E'Beyer (b. 1984), footballer
- Albert and Ebenezer Fox (1857–1926, 1857–1936), infamous poachers
- Marshall Frost (born 2005), trampoline gymnast
- series 7 of Britain's Got Talent[196]
- Jack Gladman (b. 24 April 1997), International Para Athlete and Pro Boxing Matchmaker
- Sir Lewis Hamilton (b. 1985), 7-time Formula OneWorld Champion (2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- Nicolas Hamilton (b. 1992), racing driver
- Peter Harper (1921–2003) International Rally Driver
- Aleks Josh, contestant on The Voice UK[197]
- William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt (1885–1957), Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1945 to 1951
- Nadeem Leigh, contestant on The Voice UK[198]
- The Albion Country Band
- Edward Morse (born 1986), English cricketer
- Richard Norwood (c. 1590 – 1675), first person to survey the islands of Bermuda
- Alex Pettyfer (b. 1990), actor
- Elizabeth Poston, composer, born in Highfield House, Pin Green (now the site of Hampson Park) and later lived in Rooks Nest.[199]
- Jason Shackell (b. 1983), footballer
- Henry Trigg (c. 1667–1724), local grocer who became famous for his eccentric will
- Sam Wallace, Chief Football Writer at The Daily Telegraph since 2015.
- Ed Westwick (b. 1987), actor
- Ben Wilmot (b. 1999), Stoke City F.C. footballer
- Karen Woo, surgeon, killed along with other aid workers in Afghanistan (2010 Badakhshan massacre)
- Anthony (Tony) John Wright (b. 1962), cricketer
- Ashley Young (b. 1985), current Everton footballer and former Manchester United captain
- Gary Younge, (b. 1969), journalist, author. Lived in Stevenage until the age of 17.[200]
- Stevenage residents
- Vincent Motorcycle Companyfrom 1933 to 1951 and died in Stevenage in 1979.
- Francis Cammaerts (1916–2006), French Resistance leader, headmaster of Alleyne's Grammar School and witness in the Lady Chatterley Trial, October 1960.
- John Cooper Clarke, performance poet, briefly lived in Stevenage, and allegedly wrote "Evidently Chickentown" about his experiences in the locale.[201]
- Evelyn Denington, Baroness Denington (1907–1998), politician who served as chair of the Stevenage Development Corporation
- Denholm Elliott (1922–1992), actor, who lived in the house now known as the 'Little Folks Lab' nursery in North Road.
- Thomas Fellowes (1827–1923), Royal Navy officer
- Ken Follett (born 1947), author
- E. M. Forster (1879–1970), novelist, lived in the house at Rooks Nest from 1883 to 1893.
- Tommy Hampson (1907–1965), Olympic athlete. Hampson Park is named after him.[202]
- Ken Hensley (b. 1945), keyboard player and main songwriter of Uriah Heep in the 1970s
- Emma Kennedy (born 1967), who wrote the BBC drama The Kennedys based on her childhood there
- Stephen McPartland (born 1976), MP for Stevenage
- Wilf Mannion (1918-2000), English international footballer. Landlord of The Pied Piper, Oaks Cross.
- Miguel of Portugal, King of Portugal between 1828 and 1834, is reputed to have lived on the High Street around 1845[203]
- Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936 - 2021), Reggae artist, producer, recorded "battle of armageddon" album with local reggae band. Played at Stevenage college and at the Pyramid pub when he lived in the town during the 1980s.
- Second World War.[204]
- David Schaal, actor, spent his teenage years in Stevenage.[205]
- Naum Slutzky (1894–1965), designer, master of Bauhaus University, Weimar
- John Thurloe (1616–1668), secretary to Oliver Cromwell, lived in what is now the Cromwell Hotel
In popular culture
Stevenage was the setting for two feature films, Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967) and Boston Kickout (1995). Stevenage was the filming location, though not the on-screen setting, for two other films, Serious Charge (1959) and Spy Game (2001), standing in as the Washington, D.C. area for the latter film.[206] The 2009 psychological horror found footage short film and web series No Through Road by Steven Chamberlain follows four seventeen-year-old teenagers en route to Stevenage who find themselves trapped in a time loop along two road signs marking an intersection between Benington and Watton.[207][208] The 2015 BBC One comedy series The Kennedys is set on an estate in New Town Stevenage.[209] Saxondale a critically acclaimed 2007 situation comedy starring Steve Coogan as a divorcee and ex-roadie with anger management issues. The 2018 Channel 4 comedy series, Lee and Dean, is filmed and set in Stevenage.[210] In one episode of UK quiz show Only Connect, one of the contestants made what could be seen as a frivolous mention of Stevenage, playfully suggesting that that could be where the literary character Mrs Malaprop comes from. Coincidentally, the title of the quiz show is taken from the E. M. Forster novel Howards End, which Forster based on a house he lived in Stevenage between 1883 and 1893.[211]
Stevenage woman has been profiled as a crucial swing voter for the next general election.[212]
Twin towns
City | Country | Year |
---|---|---|
Ingelheim am Rhein | Germany | 1963 |
Autun | France | 1975 |
Kadoma | Zimbabwe | 1989 |
Shymkent | Kazakhstan | 1990 |
See also
- Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)
- Grade I listed buildings in Stevenage
- Grade II* listed buildings in Stevenage
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External links
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Stevenage travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Stevenage Health Profile 2011 (pdf)