Harlow is a town in the South East of England in the County of Essex.
The town is about 25 miles from the centre of London and 9 - 12 miles from Stansted airport.
Harlow is on the borders of the county of Essex and the county of Hertfordshire, so close that while standing in Harlow you can have a foot in both counties.

Harlow's current population is around 85,000.
Harlow is twinned with two towns;
Havířov(Czech Republic)
Velizy-Villacoublay (France)
Harlow Town Twinning Association

Harlow has all of the amenities you would expect of a modern town.
Sports are well catered for, a new althletics track is open, a new wet and dry centre Leisure Zone is open, replacing the existing swimming pool and sportcentre.

When it comes to retail there are two main shopping areas, The High, (town centre) Map and Temple Fields Map where the larger "out of town" warehouse type shops are. Link to Harlow Live Harlow Town Centre shops
Industry is diverse, many firms taking advantage of the M11 and the nearby A10 linking Harlow with London, Cambridge, Stansted Airport and the M25.
Harlow is also served by two stations, Harlow Town and Harlow Mill linking to London and Cambridge, neither station is in the town centre, in London the train terminates at Liverpool Street and Stratford Stations, the trains are operated by
National Express East Anglia.

Harlow Public transport links:
HarlowRide lists all the bus time tables and routes around Harlow.
a-beecars.co.uk offer a licensed mini cab service
ABC cars offer a licensed mini cab service

Harlow was one of the first new towns constructed since the Second World War
Harlow "new town" is now over 60 years old.
In the 1950's the majority of the new town settlers came from North London, around Edmonton and Walthamstow, consequently there are a lot of Tottenham Hotspurs and Arsenal also West Ham fans within the town.
With so many Spurs fans they opened a Spurs shop in the Harvey Centre to serve them,Spurs Store location map
The Spurs Legends now use Harlow football club ground for their home games.

Harlow is the main town in the area for the emergency services, the fire and rescue , police and ambulance service all use it for their main base. The Police have the Western divisional headquarters in Harlow, covering the areas of Brentwood, Ongar and as far South as Chigwell.
The hospital, Princess Alexandra is the main accident and emergency hospital for the area, if you're unfortunate enough to have a accident on the M11 or at Stansted Airport .....welcome to Harlow

A sad announcement in the papers July 8th, Ten-17 the local Harlow radio station which is owned by Global Radio will be leaving Harlow by the end of the month and moving to Chelmsford to become "Heart Essex" .
Ten-17 have over the years supported many local charities and events, many with outside broadcast.
This loss will hit the Harlow community, many factories / shops have Ten-17 playing, an advertisement or local announcement on Ten-17 can have a very quick positive response locally.
Now with the new station based in Chelmsford the local content will be lost, only the breakfast and drive time shows will have some local content.
Monday 26th of July I awoke to cries of "Terry's gone" read more


Navigation: Links to Hundreds of Harlow sites can be found on the menu at the left of this page or just below the top of all of the pages.
Harlow photos can be found here and some more at Harlow pubs.