Spring at last.

General Information

Tewin, a village with a population of about 1440, is located in Hertfordshire part way between the towns of Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage.  Some of its inhabitants work locally, while many commute to London each day.  The village dates back, at least, to Anglo Saxon times and its name has its origins in Anglo Saxon English.  Tewin has most of the features typical of English country villages, a Church, two pubs, a village green, a red telephone box and a shop .  It is set in a superb rural landscape which retains many features characteristic of ancient countryside and which supports a rich variety of wildlife.  The village contains areas set aside for the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust which are carefully managed by volunteers.

We have active sports clubs, and social events are organised by various groups around the village. Details of these can be found on the Events Calendar. The telephone numbers of the contacts for these sports and social clubs are available in the Directory.

The Tewin Society  has produced a map of the footpaths around the village and a booklet, “The Tewin Nature Trail”;  both of which can be purchased at Tewin Stores. The current edition of the Tewin Society newsletter can be found on this link.

Tewin Horticultural Arts & Crafts Society, which now has more than 150 members, has a busy programme of events planned, including the Spring and Autumn shows.  In the past it has organised visits to art exhibitions and well known gardens.

The village Memorial Hall in the heart of the village provides accommodation for many of our activities, and funds raised by a new supporters club, as well as money from other sources, has enabled a programme of repair and redecoration to take place.

A record of people resident in the village during the year 2000, to be known as the Tewin Millennium Register, has been copied by a local calligrapher, bound in leather and put on display in a case in the Church.

 

Our site includes a section dedicated to St. Peter's Church, including an article on our Millennium Tapestries.  There is an Events History section with many photographs and a Tewin Parish Council section, which includes the minutes from recent meetings. Tewin Cowper School, which continues to be over-subscribed is also featured. 

 


 

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Click for a map of Tewin

 

 

 

 

How to find us

Tewin is situated at Grid Reference   TL 272147.   It is best approached from the A1(M).  Exit at junction 6 and take the A1000 signposted to Welwyn Garden City and Hertford.   After 0.4  miles of dual carriageway, at a roundabout, take the first exit to Digswell.  (The A1000 turns right to Welwyn Garden City.)  Pass under the viaduct at Digswell and continue on this road for a further  1.5 miles and turn left, signposted Tewin, the village is 1.0 miles along this road.  Click HERE for a map showing the location of Tewin in respect to our neighbouring towns. 


Walking around Tewin

Every Thursday commencing at 9.25 am, there is an organised walk along the footpaths of Tewin. Click HERE for descriptions of typical routes.  For further information, including where to obtain maps, please email chaden28@hotmail.com


 

Seven Acres Planning Proposal 

following the meeting 

on 16 July 2007, the Parish Council has published further information, which can be viewed by clicking HERE

A plan of the location may be found HERE


 

 

Page updated 7 JE 08 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: Derek Adams

 

THACS

Open Gardens

Sunday, 15 June 2008

10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Entrance by programme. Available from Tewin Stores, Tebbutts, and Datchworth Stores.

£2.00 per adult, accompanied children free.

 


 

Concert

Music for a Summer Evening

featuring the Mosaic Choir

in 

St Peter's Church

on

Saturday, 7th June 2008

at

7.30 p.m.


 

NGS Open Gardens

Linda Adams' Garden 

at 

106, Orchard Road

will be open on 

Wednesday, 18 June 2008

from 

10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

and on

Sunday, 22nd June 2008 

from 

2.00 - 6.00 p.m.

Click HERE for more details


 

Tewin Village Fete

Saturday, 28 June 2008

on

Lower Green

from

2.00 - 5.00 p.m.


 

Barn Dance

organised by 

The Friends of Tewins 

at 

Muspatts Farm

on 

Saturday, 26 July 2008

time to be advised.


Walking in Hertfordshire.

There is a new website with lots of information about walking in the countryside of Hertfordshire.  It can be found at www.walkinginherts.co.uk

 

   The Village Shop

 

 

 

 Click on this LINK to see some photographs

 


 

Neighbourhood Watch

 

A burglary occurred in Orchard Road, Tewin between 8.30a.m. and 2.00 p.m. on Monday, 10 March 2008.  It is thought that the suspect may have been in the area of Tewin, Bramfield, Burnham Green or Marden Hill prior to the incident.  If you saw anybody acting suspiciously in these areas, please contact the Burlary Unit at Hoddesdon Police Station on 

01992 533271

Or call Crimestoppers on 0845 3300222 and quote A6/08/137


 

Tewin Residents' Group

This group was formed earlier this year in response to the plan by East Herts. District Council to change Tewin from a Category 3 (small village) to a Category 1 (large village) under the evaluation by the government to look for potential areas to build new housing in the South East. The Group has sent a submission to the East Herts. Local Plan Enquiry presenting reasons why this change should not happen.  The full submission can be found at Tewin Residents' Group.    Further information may be obtained at

tewinresidentsgroup@hotmail.co.uk

 


Tewin Photography

We are grateful to Michael Clark

Les Borg, Peter Walters, Alf Fulford, Michael Sullivan and Derek Adams for their photographic work.

See pictures of all past events in the village in Events History