58-605: The A4008 is a local road in south east England. It starts at Hatch End in the London Borough of Harrow at a roundabout on the A410 . It runs North from the roundabout and is known as Oxhey Lane. After 1 mile (1.6 km) it passes over the route of the Grims Dyke and Grimsdyke Golf Course is to the East. Very soon afterwards it passes in to Hertfordshire . At the border a white post with
116-534: A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) adjacent to another SSSI called Bentley Priory Nature Reserve which comes under Stanmore . The area also has the highest elevation in Harrow, as high as 492 feet (150 m) above sea level. There is also agricultural land close by the town, on fields at the eastern side of Harrow on the Hill, on Watford Road. This open farmland is only half a mile away from Harrow's town centre and
174-507: A 55-acre site at Kodak Harrow , employing 5,500 people, including a research centre. This facility operated for 125 years. The long chimney has been a landmark in Harrow ever since. In 1914, a major department store named Sopers opened on Station Road. The site became a Debenhams store; it closed in May 2021 after the collapse of the Debenham's chain. Its facade dated from the 1960s. During
232-455: A decade after St Anns, gave Harrow a stronger competitive retail standing. On one index, the town centre's league position went from 106th (out of 1,000) to 71st (out of 1,400) from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. Harrow's competing shopping centres were recognised to be Watford , Uxbridge and Brent Cross Shopping Centre . A 2003 council report showed that Harrow was less competitive as a retail centre by comparison. In 2015, Harrow ranked 99th in
290-455: A road which by-passes the mainly-pedestrianised and modernised shopping area based around College Road and St Anns Road. The name is also still used for the local electoral ward . It is possible that Greenhill went by an even older name, Norbury , c.1300, but the hamlet of Norbury has not been identified with certainty. The name may have been correspondent to Sudbury , being north of what was then Harrow Hill. The modern town centre of Harrow
348-505: A separate ecclesiastical parish in 1896. The church building has been Grade II listed since 1994. The Metropolitan Railway connection dates from 1880 with the building of Harrow-on-the-Hill station , which led to a housebuilding boom and a population of 4,892 by 1902. Developments westward along the railway in the Headstone and Pinner as well as Roxborough and Wealdstone engulfed Greenhill with new developments, and soon enough there
406-494: A set of traffic lights and via a roundabout into Stephenson Way. On the west is a Tesco Extra supermarket, on the east is the West Coast Main Line running on an embankment between Bushey and Watford Junction . This section of the road dates from the late 1980s. On 23 January 1975, there was a train accident on this embankment and a locomotive and carriages rolled down onto what were then fields just by point at which
464-525: A £1 million grant from the Mayor of London that will go towards a new public square and a "pop-up test eatery" at the site of the former Cumberland Hotel on Lyon Road, expected to be completed by 2020. The 1930s art deco facade of the Safari Cinema, which has been hidden since the 1960s, is set to be restored from 2020. The council aims to invest over a billion in the town centres of Harrow and Wealdstone and
522-684: Is above average. The ethnic minority population includes a large and established Gujarati Indian community, who originally settled in large numbers in the borough after their expulsion from Uganda in 1972. The highest life expectancy (as of 2009–2013) for females was 89.5 years in Headstone North, and for males was 83.8 years in West Harrow. The lowest expectancies were 82.4 years in Wealdstone and 78.6 years in Greenhill respectively. The median age
580-607: Is adjacent to Northwick Park Hospital and Northwick Park open space. The farm borders Harrow Park and other open spaces and golf courses that are within Harrow on the Hill; other open spaces include: The Grove open space and Harrow Recreation Ground near the town centre; West Harrow Recreation Ground; Kenton Recreation Ground; Alexandra Park in South Harrow ; Newton Park in Rayners Lane ; Byron Recreation Ground in Wealdstone ; and
638-417: Is an area of North West London , situated within the London Borough of Harrow . It is located 12.2 miles (19.6 km) north west of Charing Cross . Hatch End is home to Harrow Arts Centre , a complex which centres on the 404-seat Elliott Hall and a 120-seat studio theatre. Music, dance, theatre, film, comedy and literature events are all hosted here, along with many workshops and summer schemes run during
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#1733084855339696-548: Is classified as one of 13 metropolitan centres in the London Plan . The area has two shopping centres, St Anns and St George's , containing chain stores typical of British high streets. There are also parades of shops throughout Station Road and the ascending, traditional College Road, and over 300 metres (980 ft) of a fully pedestranised shopping/café streets roads (north of St Anns). A large Debenhams department store (174,000 square feet (16,200 m ) of floorspace)
754-419: Is located to the southeast of Hatch End and is a regional centre for higher order goods, with two shopping malls and a nine-screen cinema, along with numerous restaurants, places of entertainment and bookshops. Pinner town centre, to the southwest, offers many additional amenities and is linked to the area by the frequent H12 bus service. Hatch End is also convenient for Watford , around 4 miles (6.4 km) to
812-712: Is on the London Overground Watford DC Line in London fare zone 6. In normal off-peak conditions it roughly takes three quarters of an hour to Euston railway station and a quarter of an hour to Watford Junction railway station . Harrow, London Harrow ( / ˈ h ær oʊ / ) is a large town in Greater London , England, and serves as the principal settlement of the London Borough of Harrow . Lying about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north-west of Charing Cross and 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south of Watford ,
870-554: Is served by Northwick Park Hospital and specialists St Mark's Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital , which are run by the National Health Service . Due to the large and increasing elderly population in Harrow, and Hatch End in particular, there is also a large public and private provision of homecare services in Harrow. Hatch End railway station was opened between 1842 and 1844 and
928-473: The A411 and passing under Bushey Arches at a roundabout and it becomes Lower Watford High Street. On the east of the road just after the roundabout there is a metal turnpike marker with a plaque commemorating it as the last of its type. A gyratory system takes the northbound traffic around a retail park , via Dalton Way and under Oxhey Arches. The southbound traffic is along Lower High Street. The two routes meet at
986-558: The Harrow East constituency which is represented by Bob Blackman ( Conservative ). Harrow is best known for Harrow School . An independent boarding school for boys, founded in 1572, Harrow School is considered one of the finest secondary schools in the world. The nearby John Lyon School is another boys' independent school, while another known school is the North London Collegiate School for girls located further in
1044-492: The National Coal Board ) have been regenerated into new mixed use buildings in the 2010s, whereas on Pinner Road behind St George's centre a new eight storey development called Trident Point was built which includes a Morrisons supermarket opened in 2013. The former post-office sorting building on College Road, next to the train station, remained vacant for some years until plans for a 19-storey skyscraper were approved by
1102-591: The Borough of Watford . There is a pub, the Load of Hay on the western side and then a small green known as Watford Heath. The road swings eastwards and winds through the village of Oxhey , now a suburb of Watford . At Bushey Station , the northbound traffic runs straight on, whereas southbound traffic is via Chalk Hill and right into Aldenham Road (passing the Victoria public house at a set of traffic lights). The road has now joined
1160-505: 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 26 November 1870, two trains collided at Harrow & Wealdstone station , killing 9 and injuring 44. On 8 October 1952, three trains collided at Harrow & Wealdstone station, killing 112 people. Of
1218-416: The Hill into urban districts . The new town centre which had grown up around the station became known simply as Harrow to distinguish it from the original hilltop village. The name of the urban district which contained both places remained Harrow on the Hill until 1934 when the district was enlarged and renamed just Harrow. The Harrow Urban District was incorporated to become a municipal borough in 1954, with
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#17330848553391276-511: The Hot 100 UK retail locations published by CACI ; it was 5th in Greater London, behind Croydon , Kingston upon Thames , Bromley and Enfield Town . In 2018, Harrow was ranked 59th in the nationwide "High Street Investment Ranking" carried out by Knight Frank , and 6th in Greater London beaten by Uxbridge and Richmond . The Wealdstone district has a strong industrial connection, having been
1334-521: The Station Road corridor in between. The borough of Harrow has a leafy, suburban character, much of which is a legacy of it being at the centre of the Metroland developments of the early 20th century. The town centre is about 220 feet (67 m) above sea level, almost 200 feet (61 m) below the top of Harrow Hill , which is an outlying knoll. The hill is half a mile south of the town centre, and
1392-488: The borough in Edgware . Harrow is also home to a large University of Westminster campus, located near Northwick Park and the hospital . It serves as the university's base for Media, Arts and Design. The school dates back to 1897 specialising in art, photography and fashion, becoming a college in the 1960s under the name Harrow College of Higher Education. It merged with Polytechnic of Central London (PCL) in 1990, now known as
1450-678: The borough was found to be the "least friendly" in London. Average house prices within the borough stood at £479,682 as of 2017. Harrow Council has been governed by the Labour Party since 2014. The town of Harrow generally is represented by 13 wards , each represented by three councillors. Harrow is in the Brent and Harrow constituency for the London Assembly which has been represented since May 2021 by Krupesh Hirani ( Labour ). Prior to this, it
1508-446: The council in 2015. The development, called Harrow Square, was partly completed with 318 apartments across four buildings in 2018. It includes a bottom floor 1,450 square metres (15,600 sq ft) library still under construction which will replace the current Gayton Library on St John's Road. The building next to it, formerly First National House, has been refurbished into luxury apartments called The Hub. The borough received
1566-783: The course of the River Colne . The road is some 7 miles (11 km) in length. The A4008 was originally numbered the B460. For a while, in the 1970s and 1980s, the route from Bushey Station to the A41 was along the Aldenham Road. This was originally the B462 and it reverted to this number after the opening of Stephenson Way and the M1 link. 51°38′26″N 0°22′57″W / 51.6405°N 0.3824°W / 51.6405; -0.3824 Hatch End Hatch End
1624-496: The dead, 64 were railway employees on their way to work. This is the greatest loss of life in any United Kingdom railway accident in peacetime. Although The Blitz is generally claimed to have started on 7 September 1940, many sources state that one of the earliest bombing raid from the Luftwaffe occurred in Harrow and Wealdstone on 22 August 1940. It caused damage to cinemas, houses and a bank, but with no fatalities. Although Harrow
1682-560: The entire borough and stretches into neighbouring boroughs: west into Ruislip and Northwood , and east to Edgware and Wembley . The postcodes for Harrow town itself are HA1, HA2 and HA3. Harrow is 1.9 miles (3.1 km) from Pinner, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) each from Wembley, Stanmore and Northolt, and 3.6 miles (5.8 km) from Ruislip. Central Harrow forms a commercial hub in the north-west of Greater London, with many retail outlets and commercial offices, and increasingly residential apartments in more recent regeneration schemes. Harrow
1740-413: The entire town including its localities had a population of 149,246 at the 2011 census , whereas the wider borough (which also contains Pinner and Stanmore ) had a population of 250,149. The original settlement was at Harrow on the Hill , atop the 408 feet (124 m) Harrow Hill. The modern town centre of Harrow developed at the foot of the hill, in an area historically called Greenhill , following
1798-495: The grounds of Headstone Manor . Much of Kenton , and before 1716 all of Pinner , were parts of Harrow. Pinner is now a separate district within the borough of Harrow. Harrow Weald is the district north of Wealdstone , and both of these are historically also part of Harrow. It is the principal settlement of the London Borough of Harrow, which also includes the towns of Pinner and Stanmore . The Harrow postcode area covers
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1856-552: The holidays. The area also features several sports facilities, including Hatch End Swimming Pool, Hatch End Cricket Club and Hatch End Tennis Club. Additionally, the Bannister Stadium & Bannister Sports Centre (containing sports pitches and an athletics track) are located off the Uxbridge Road. Also of interest is Letchford House on Headstone Lane, a Grade II listed building which was built in 1670. Harrow town centre
1914-454: The home of Wealdstone F.C. , was sold to Tesco and demolished. In its place a new large Tesco superstore was built. The town centre has undergone a new wave of redevelopment. In 2011, the one-way single lane section of Station Road was widened to allow two-way bus traffic. The 11 storey luxury apartments of Bradstowe House were completed in 2016 after long delays. Former office buildings on Lyon Road (including Coal House, once belonging to
1972-491: The inter-war period Harrow had grown into a suburb. Almost two-thirds of housing stock in the present day Borough of Harrow dates back to the interwar period. The modern town of Harrow and much of the borough overall has been defined historically by the growth of the railways, as Harrow expanded and saw housing developments as a result of the building of the Metropolitan Railway into what was, in early Victorian times,
2030-429: The location for the manufactures Winsor & Newton (artists' materials), Whitefriars Glass, and Kodak . The town includes its localities within the Harrow post town: Harrow on the Hill , Harrow Weald , Headstone , North Harrow , Kenton , Rayners Lane , South Harrow , Wealdstone and West Harrow . The Borough's population was 250,149 in 2011. Harrow Borough's proportion of Jewish, Muslim and Hindu residents
2088-537: The north, which also serves as a regional retail centre. Watford and Hatch End are linked by regular rail services from Hatch End railway station on the London Overground . Using data from the 2001 Census, 74.02% of the population of the Hatch End electoral ward identify as 'white', 18.94% as 'Asian', 3.12% as 'Black', 2.16% as 'mixed', 1.14% as 'Other ethnic group' and 0.61% as Chinese. Christians make up 52.98% of
2146-438: The opening of Harrow-on-the-Hill station on the Metropolitan Railway in 1880. Harrow became the unofficial "capital" of the Metroland suburbia in the early 20th century. Harrow & Wealdstone station on the West Coast Main Line had opened in 1837, but was more distant from Harrow, lying 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the hill. Workers were drawn to the area by the opening of several factories in Wealdstone ; Harrow
2204-519: The population of Hatch End. In addition, in common with many other parts of North West London, the area is also home to a sizeable Jewish community; Jews make up 11.38% of the population and Hatch End has a synagogue (and a second in Pinner town centre). The suburb is also home to a Hindu community which represents 11.86% of the population. The 2011 census showed that 57% of the population was white (48% British, 6% Other, 3% Irish), and 24% Indian. Hatch End
2262-405: The rural areas to the north-west of London. The borough now has many railway stations. Harrow has been the location of several serious train accidents. On 7 August 1838, Thomas Port died from injuries received in a train accident near Harrow . His gravestone in the parish churchyard of St Mary's , Harrow-on-the-Hill, states: "To the memory of Thomas Port, son of John Port of Burton-upon-Trent in
2320-617: The same area becoming the London Borough of Harrow on being transferred from Middlesex to Greater London in 1965. One of the oldest surviving buildings in what is today Harrow is the Grade I listed Headstone Manor from the 15th century. Harrow contributed to the growing photographic industry in the UK; a large industrial premises was built in 1890 by the American Eastman Kodak company in Wealdstone , and by 1965 there were over 100 buildings on
2378-457: The settlement contains historic architecture and has a village atmosphere. The steep climb towards the hill is clearly visible from Lowlands Road. Other parts of Harrow are not as affluent but are still mostly leafy, particularly the northern part called Harrow Weald . The rural northern slopes of Harrow, around Harrow Weald Common , are part of the Green Belt and contain a conservation area and
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2436-711: The seven major boys' boarding schools in England as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868 . The modern-day town meanwhile is an established commercial centre of outer north-west London and houses a campus of the University of Westminster . Harrow's name comes from Old English hearg = '(heathen) temple', which was probably on the hill of Harrow, where St. Mary's Church now stands. The name has been studied in detail by Keith Briggs . The original Greenhill hamlet derived its name from either an unidentified local green hill, or
2494-413: The shield of London on it marks the Greater London border. There is also a plate emblazoned with the name and arms of the former county of Middlesex . In the trees to the east, a BT microwave tower may be seen. The road continues northwards passing the estate of Carpenders Park on its western side. There is also a cemetery here. 2 miles (3.2 km) after crossing into Hertfordshire, the road enters
2552-477: The town and borough's links with Kodak. The town underwent regeneration in the 1980s with the building of a bus station in College Road and the pedestrianisation of St Anns Road. A statue called "Skipping Katie" was unveiled by the local council in May 1987 to celebrate the completion of the pedestrianisation. The landmark was designed by James Butler inspired by watching his daughter skip . A plaque on Katie
2610-551: The traffic lights mark the exit from the supermarket. The road leaves the route of the A412 at a roundabout at the end of Stephenson Way and heads east along a link road to join the A41 and M1 at junction 5, Berrygrove. At the start of this link road the route again passes under the railway, which is carried on the Colne Viaduct . At this point, in the 1930s, an open-air pool was crafted into
2668-491: Was built which was opened as St George's Shopping and Leisure Centre on St George's Day in 1996. The town's Woolworths store on Station Road closed and was replaced by a new branch inside St George's. Other landmarks built during the decade include the Hygeia building in 1991, which has an erected golden coloured sculpture of Roman goddess Hygeia facing the bus station. Furthermore, in 1991, Lower Mead stadium on Station Road,
2726-433: Was established for the central part of the ancient parish of Harrow on the Hill, including the old village and the adjoining hamlets of Greenhill, Roxeth , and Sudbury . By 1865, a series of roads had been built in Greenhill, including College, Roxborough, Kymberley, Headstone, Clarendon, Byron and St Anns - but few houses. A parish church, St John's Church, was built in 1866 on a farm and Greenhill subsequently became
2784-510: Was expected to be imminently redeveloped. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, many new office blocks were built in the town, especially in Lyon Road and the western end of College Road. In 1974, the Kodak Mural designed by Pentagram was completed on the first floor of the recently opened Civic Centre. It contains almost one thousand photographic tiles representing Harrow and designed to commemorate
2842-406: Was formed in 1965 as the only London borough unaffected by boundary changes. By the 1950s, Harrow was described as the "capital city of Metro-land ". The borough's council Civic Centre building complex was built in 1970–1972, opened 6 May 1973, on Station Road in Wealdstone . Six storeys high and designed by architect Eric Broughton, the building is considered "outdated and costly" in 2018 and
2900-409: Was formerly known as Greenhill, and was a small hamlet of farms at the foot of Harrow Hill. For almost a millennium, the centre of Harrow was atop the hill, but this began to change during the 19th century. Circa 1852, the village had 8 houses, 17 cottages, and one inn, with 141 people. This area was part of the hundred of Gore , in the historic county of Middlesex . In 1850 a local board district
2958-513: Was highest in Headstone North (40 years) and lowest in Greenhill and Wealdstone (both 33 years). The life expectancies for Harrow are lower than both Pinner and Stanmore in the borough. According to a 2018 survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the borough of Harrow was the "happiest" in London and scored higher than the English average. Adversely, in another survey by an estate agent in 2019
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#17330848553393016-519: Was imported from a manorial surname. It was not recorded in the Domesday Book but was mentioned as early as 1334 as Grenehulle . In addition, one or more families bearing the Greenhulle or Greenhill surname lived there from at least 1247, and are likely to have taken their name from this location. The name Greenhill survives and the local council has continued the name by using it for Greenhill Way,
3074-531: Was nothing left of the original village. . In 1899, the junction of Grove Hill and Lowlands Road is said to have been the scene of Britain's first fatal car accident. There is a plaque to commemorate this at the top of Grove Hill where it meets the High Street and Peterborough Hill. In Greenhill, there was a workmen's club from the 1860s and a public hall, Victoria Hall, by 1888. The Local Government Act 1894 converted local board districts such as Harrow on
3132-408: Was on Station Road. After Debenhams was liquidated, the site is to become an independent department store called The Landmark due to open on 14 October 2021. There are also large Morrisons and Tesco superstores. As of 2012, Harrow has 1,128,050 square feet (104,799 m ) of total town centre floorspace, the lowest of London's metropolitan centres. The creation of St George's in 1996, less than
3190-553: Was represented by Navin Shah ( Labour ) between 2008 and 2021. Keekira Thammaih was the first Indian and a first Asian to be the Mayor of Harrow, England in 2000 – 2001. Since the 2010 general election , most of Harrow town has been part of the Harrow West parliamentary constituency, most recently represented by Gareth Thomas ( Labour ), but eastern districts such as Kenton fall within
3248-456: Was the base of the large Kodak factory , used for the manufacture of photographic materials and R&D , which was in operation for more than a century. Historically in the hundred of Gore in the county of Middlesex , Harrow became part of Greater London in 1965. Today, the historic area is distinguished as Harrow on the Hill and is a conservation area with listed buildings of Georgian architecture and home to Harrow School , one of
3306-761: Was then in Middlesex , it was classed as a London area by the civil defence as it came under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police . The very first air raid on the present day London area is believed to be the accidental bombing of Croydon Airport on 15 August 1940, which was then in Surrey . The town was part of the Harrow Urban District , a district council within the county of Middlesex , from 1934 until 1965, which also included parts of Edgware , Hendon , Wembley and Pinner . The London Borough of Harrow
3364-590: Was unveiled in 2004 by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to mark the 50th anniversary of the London Borough of Harrow. In the autumn of 1987, Diana, Princess of Wales visited Harrow, where she officially opened the new St Anns shopping centre amid a large crowd of locals. Located opposite the central train station on College Road, the centre was built on demolished buildings including Heathfield School for Girls , which moved away to Pinner in 1982. Nearby St Anns shopping centre, another indoor retail outlet
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