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Welwyn Hatfield is a local government district in southern Hertfordshire, England. Its covers the two towns of Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield. Each of these towns has a railway station on the East Coast Main Line and they are close to the A1 road. The district was formed on April 1, 1974, as a merger of the Welwyn Garden City urban district, with the Hatfield and Welwyn rural districts. It petitioned for borough status in 2005, which was agreed to by the Privy Council on November 15 2005. In April 2006 a charter conferring borough status was granted, and the title of the council officially changed to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council on May 22 2006. The first Mayor of the borough, John Hawkins, was chosen on May 22. Set within the London green belt, the towns retain something of their own identities although they clearly function, increasingly, as dormitory towns for householders who work in London. The Welwyn viaduct is a locally important landmark.
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