Harrow, London

Harrow
Harrow

 Harrow shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ145885
    - Charing Cross 12.2 mi (19.6 km)  ESE
London borough Harrow
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HARROW
Postcode district HA1
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
UK Parliament Harrow East
Harrow West
London Assembly Brent and Harrow
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Harrow is an area in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, United Kingdom. It is a suburban area and is situated 12.2 miles (16.4 km) northwest of Charing Cross. Harrow was a municipal borough of Middlesex before its inclusion in Greater London in 1965.

Harrow is home to a large University of Westminster campus and is widely known for Harrow School, with Harrow County School also located in the area.

The Harrow & Wealdstone Intensification Area is a London Plan (2011) designation which has been adopted by the London Borough of Harrow covering an area comprising Harrow town centre (Metropolitan centre), Wealdstone district centre, land to the east/north/west of the district centre (including the former Kodak site) and Station Road. The Intensification Area is tasked by Harrow's Core Strategy to deliver 2,800 new homes and at least 3,000 new jobs by 2026. The Council is preparaing an Area Action Plan to help co-ordinate development within the Area and it is expected that the Plan will be in place by the end of 2012.

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Etymology

Harrow's name comes from Old English hearg = "(heathen) temple", which was probably on the hill of Harrow, where St. Mary's Church stands today.[1] The name has been studied in detail by Briggs.[2]

Transport

Tube/Trains

The area has good public transport links and is served by the Metropolitan Line of the London Underground, Watford DC Line of the London Overground, and also by the National Rail services of Chiltern Railways, London Midland and Southern (train operating company). Stations in the area are:

Stations in Harrow

Stations outside but near Harrow

Roads

Harrow is located near the A406 North Circular Road and the M1 Motorway. The A40 Western Avenue is also nearby.

Buses

The town centre has a major bus station adjacent to Harrow-on-the-Hill station that serves as an important hub for buses in the area. Many London Buses routes to North and West London pass through this station. The following table represents all routes running in Harrow, including their start/destination and their bus operator.

114 Mill Hill Broadway Ruislip Transdev London
140 Harrow Weald Heathrow Airport Metroline
182 Harrow Weald Oxhey Lane Brent Cross Metroline
183 Golders Green Pinner Transdev London
186 Brent Cross Northwick Park Metroline
223 Harrow Wembley Central First Centrewest
258 Watford Junction South Harrow Arriva Shires & Essex
340 Edgware Harrow Arriva Shires & Essex
395 Harrow Greenford Metroline
H9/H10 Circular Harrow Harrow Transdev London
H11 Mount Vernon Hospital Harrow Transdev London
H14 Northwick Park Hatch End Transdev London
H17 Harrow Wembley Central Transdev London
H18/H19 Circular Harrow H18: circular, clockwise via North Harrow Harrow H19: anticlockwise via Kenton Arriva Shires & Essex
N18 Night Bus Trafalgar Square Harrow Weald Bus Garage First Centrewest

Railway accidents

On 7 August 1838 Thomas Port died from injuries received in a train accident near Harrow. His grave stone in the parish churchyard of Harrow-on-the-Hill states, "To the memory of Thomas Port, son of John Port of Burton-upon-Trent in the County of Stafford, Hat Manufacturer, who near this town had both legs severed from his body by the railway train. With great fortitude he bore a second amputation by the surgeons and died from loss of blood, August 7th 1838, aged 33 years."

On 8 October 1952, three trains collided at Harrow and Wealdstone station killing 112 people. Of the dead, 64 were railway employees on their way to work.

Nearby districts

Geography

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ Room, Adrian: “Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles”, Bloomsbury, 1988. ISBN 0 7475 0170 X
  2. ^ Briggs, Keith "Harrow", Journal of the English Place-name Society, volume 42 (2010), 43-64

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