Symonds Green is a neighbourhood within the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 new town

New town

A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...

 of Stevenage

Stevenage

Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south....

 in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

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Symonds Green is predominantly a residential area, dating mostly from the 1970s, with a mixture of public-sector, charitable, and private housing. It has a neighbourhood shopping centre, a playing fields complex at Meadway, a nursery, infant and primary schools, a community centre, church, dentists, two public houses, and several children's playgrounds. Symonds Green covers much of the area of the ancient hamlet of Woolenwick, after which the local primary school is named.

An interesting history pertains to the area in the form of the notorious Fox twins

Albert and Ebenezer Fox

Albert Ebenezer Fox and Ebenezer Albert Fox were infamous poachers who lived in Stevenage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They are also known as the Twin Foxes...

, who lived locally.