2021 marks 75 years since the New Towns Act was passed, leading to the creation of 32 #NewTowns across the UK which are today home to 2.8m people.

To celebrate, we'll be sharing facts about each New Town on their designation days throughout the year.

#NewYearNewTown #NTA75

Our first stop is #Basildon:

Designated on this day in 1949, it was the most ambitious #NewTown of its time in size and population

The 'Mark One' New Town, is currently undergoing a major regeneration programme

https://tcpa.org.uk/basildon 

#NewYearNewTown #NTA75 @BasildonCouncil

New link: https://www.tcpa.org.uk/basildon 

Next up on our virtual #NewTowns tour is #Crawley - designated 74 years ago today.

Crawley's mix of old and new, built and natural has blended over the years to shape its distinct sense of place.

#NTA75 #RegeneratingCrawley @NewTownsAPPG

https://www.tcpa.org.uk/crawley 

Happy Birthday #Telford! Designated in 1963 as #Dawley, the New Town sought to provide overspill housing for Birmingham & regenerate East Shropshire coalfields.

Its rich #heritage offer played an important part in its development.

#NTA75 @lucyallan

https://www.tcpa.org.uk/telford-formely-dawley

'Preservation and Planned Change'

We delved into our journal #archives to find this 1968 article about the challenge of preserving #Dawley's iron industry history in the New Town's development.

#NTA75

https://archive.tcpa.org.uk/archive/journals/1960-1969/1968/january-march-51/1605581-tcpa-journal-no-1-2-january-february-page-114?q=dawley