DSCF4890 Arriva the Shires 4288 (GN14 DYH) in Letchworth - 22 Sep 2018

Saturday 22 September 2018 (1351) – Arriva the Shires 4288 (GN14 DYH), a Wright Streetlite DF new in July 2014, seen in Station Place, Letchworth.

Letchworth, full title Letchworth Garden City, the world’s first Garden City established in 1903 inspired town planning across the globe. Created as a solution to the squalor and poverty of urban life in Britain in the late 19th Century based on the ideas of Ebenezer Howard as published in his book of 1898 ‘Tomorrow: A Peaceful Path to Reform’.

The splendid building in the background dates from the early period of the founding of the town (circa 1903-1925) and was the original estate office for First Garden City Limited. It now houses a legal practice at street level and apartments above.