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 has all of the amenities you would expect of a modern town.
Sports are well catered for, a new wet and dry centre is being built to replace 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.
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 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
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
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.
Navigation of the menu above: To find the shop location pass your curser over the shop name, their address panel will appear, click on this panel for a map.
Click on the shop name to go to the shop web site.
Some stores provide a collect at store scheme, where you can purchase an item online and collect it at the store.
The shops listed above are a small selection
of shops in Harlow, they are part of an affiliation scheme that roysharlow.co.uk belongs to.
