54-544: Pinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow , northwest London, England, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Charing Cross , close to the border with Hillingdon , historically in the county of Middlesex . The population was 38,698 in 2021. Originally a mediaeval hamlet , the St John Baptist church dates from the 14th century and other parts of the historic village include Tudor buildings. The newer High Street
108-475: A Music Service which provides instrumental tuition for 15% of all Harrow state sector pupils (the national figure is 8% of all state pupils receiving instrumental tuition) and a range of ensemble opportunities for pupils. The independent schools of the Borough are dominated by the presence of Harrow School and John Lyon School for boys and North London Collegiate School for girls which consistently rank as among
162-571: A car or van, 1.6%. Harrow is twinned with: A coat of arms was granted to Harrow Urban District Council in 1938. Supporters to the arms were granted in 1954, when the urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough. The municipal borough became the London Borough of Harrow in 1965, with unaltered boundaries, and thus the council retained use of the arms. The arms are also used by Harrow Borough F.C. The motto reads as "Salus Populi Suprema Lex" which translates from Latin as "The well-being of
216-408: A handful of large tertiary colleges. For a long time the secondary schools of Harrow did not feature integrated sixth form education, with all school leavers having to join the tertiary colleges such as Harrow College and Stanmore College , or the faith-based St Dominic's Sixth Form College . The tertiary system was implemented in 1987 after years of discussions and delays, with Harrow becoming
270-442: A museum to Illustrator Heath Robinson as well as a cafe which hosts regular music events throughout the summer; while Roxbourne Gardens also hosts a pop-up cafe and music venue on Sundays year-round. Much of Pinner has an elevation of about 148 feet (45 m) to 200 feet (60 m). Nower Hill rises to a peak of about 260 feet (80 m) above sea level while Pinner Park peaks at 203 feet (62 m). The semi-rural Pinnerwood area
324-583: A part of the London Borough of Harrow in the newly formed ceremonial county of Greater London. Pinner's St John the Baptist parish church was consecrated in 1321, but built on the site of an earlier Christian place of worship. The west tower and south porch date from the 15th century. Harrow Council has been governed by the Conservative Party since 2022. Pinner has two wards , Pinner and Pinner South, each represented by three Conservative councillors. Pinner
378-569: A rugby union team, Pinner and Grammarians RFC, a member club of the Rugby Football Union . It is the most junior team to have supplied a President to the RFU. Pinner also has a cricket team, Pinner Cricket Club, and a youth football club, Pinner United FC. The area also has a golf course, Pinner Golf course. In addition to numerous restaurants and a number of public houses, Pinner has an amateur theatre group, Pinner Players, who have been performing in
432-407: A subsequent failure to raise enough funds to build a new one, the club moved to Elstree in 2011. Harrow also had a professional rugby league team when London Broncos played at The Hive Stadium in 2014 and 2015. The club relocated to Ealing from 2016 onwards. The borough is often perceived as having a good educational record, and features many state-funded primary and secondary schools as well as
486-653: A world food zone and outside radio broadcast. Faith in Harrow (2021) Harrow is the most religiously diverse local authority area in the UK, with a 62% chance that two random people are from different religions, according to Office for National Statistics, October 2006. According to the 2011 census, 25.3% of Harrow's population identified themselves as Hindu - the highest in the UK. A large number of Jewish people live in Stanmore and Hatch End . The Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue boasts
540-530: Is a London borough in northwest London , England ; it forms part of Outer London . It borders four other London boroughs – Barnet to the east of ancient Watling Street (now the A5 road) , Brent to the southeast, Ealing to the south and Hillingdon to the west and the Hertfordshire districts of Three Rivers and Hertsmere to the north. The local authority is Harrow London Borough Council . The London borough
594-448: Is a diverse borough, having 63.8% of its population from the BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) communities, with the largest group being of Indian ethnicity (specifically those from Gujarat and South India ). The borough can also claim to have the largest concentration of Sri Lankan Tamils in the UK and Ireland as well as having the highest density of Gujarati Hindus in the UK. Wards with
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#1732852267144648-584: Is in the Brent and Harrow constituency for the London Assembly which has been represented since 2024 by Krupesh Hirani ( Labour ). Since the 2010 general election , Pinner has been part of the Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner parliamentary constituency, currently served by David Simmonds . Pinner includes Pinner Village at its centre, along with the localities of Pinner Green and Pinnerwood Park Conservation Area to
702-454: Is mainly 18th-century buildings, while Bridge Street has a more urban character and many chain stores . Pinner was originally a hamlet , first recorded in 1231 as Pinnora , although the already archaic -ora (meaning 'hill') suggests its origins lie no later than circa 900. The name Pinn is shared with the River Pinn , which runs through the middle of Pinner. Another suggestion of the name
756-407: Is steep, and rises to a peak of over 390 feet (120 m) around Pinner Hill Golf Course. Pinner is both a religiously and culturally mixed area, with the ethnic minority population having grown significantly since the 1970s. Pinner ward nonetheless had the highest concentration of people describing themselves as white in the London Borough of Harrow, at 72 per cent of the population in 2011. In 2013
810-528: Is that it means 'hill-slope shaped like a pin'. The oldest part of the town lies around the fourteenth-century parish church of St. John the Baptist, at the junction of the present day Grange Gardens, High Street and Church Lane. The church was originally a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Harrow on the Hill , and was first mentioned in 1234. It was rebuilt in the early fourteenth-century, and rededicated in 1321. The parish became independent of St Mary's in 1766, when
864-419: The Brent and Harrow constituency. Its site on and near the green belt and ease of access to central London (20 minutes by train to Marylebone and 12 minutes to Euston via West Midlands Trains ) make Harrow a convenient place to live. Rising property prices in all London areas have helped to see a large increase in property redevelopment of its existing Edwardian and 1920s to 1940s housing stock. Harrow
918-716: The Grand Union canal before joining the Frays River , an anabranch of the Colne, at Yiewsley . During the Second World War only, the Pinn was dammed near Pinner High Street for water for putting out fires from air raids. The middle and lower thirds of the course are between the Colne and Crane, all flowing south, thus making up parallel drainage . This is a 12-mile (19 km) walk through woodland, meadows and parks. It finishes at
972-593: The London Borough of Sutton 's 35.1% (highest proportion nationally) and Bournemouth 's 34.6%. The first and only contemporary artist-led gallery in Harrow was set up in 2010 by the Usurp Art Collective. The space is called the Usurp Art Gallery & Studios and is based in West Harrow, a bohemian part of Harrow. Usurp Art provides professional support to artists and runs the only public artists studios in
1026-476: The Metropolitan Railway – grew around its historic core. It was largely from this time onwards that the area (including Hatch End , which forms the northeastern part of Pinner) assumed much of its present-day suburban character. The area is now contiguous with neighbouring suburban districts including Rayners Lane and Eastcote . Pinner contains a large number of homes built in the 1930s Art Deco style,
1080-661: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Ladbrokes , which formally has its headquarters in Harrow. Crime figures are generally lower compared to the Greater London average; the borough had 2,618 notifiable offences in April 2009, compared with an average of 2,204 across London's boroughs. Between the annual year of June 2017 to June 2018, Harrow was ranked 28th out of the 32 London boroughs in terms of number of criminal offences, and recording just one murder in
1134-521: The Tideway . This spares the Pinn from the incident nitrogen, bleach (ammonia) and other chemical biohazards which many of its catchment homes and business use and/or discharge. The Pinn's flow is weak save for after moderate or heavy rain. Worn tyre and motor oil run-off is from some roadside drains at biohazardous levels, particularly below the A40 road which is a trunk route of six lanes at this point (this becomes
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#17328522671441188-812: The Grand Union Canal towpath parallel to the Fray's River anabranch of the Colne. A short walk east along the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal connects. The Grand Union Canal towpath connects, linking in Brentford (east south-east), Watford and the Midlands (north), and the Paddington Arm (central London, east). All local sewerage runs to the distant Mogden Sewage Treatment Works discharging its treated waters to
1242-525: The Harrow Heritage Trust, who secure the protection, preservation, restoration and improvement of the character and amenities of the London Borough of Harrow. London's blue plaques scheme, run by English Heritage , celebrates the links between notable figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived and worked. The architecture in Pinner has evolved greatly over the centuries. The majority of
1296-477: The London Borough of Harrow are: Whitefriars High School (co-ed); Bentley Wood High School (girls); Canons High School (co-ed); Harrow High School (co-ed); Hatch End High School (co-ed); Nower Hill High School (co-ed); Park High School (co-ed); Rooks Heath School (co-ed); Whitmore High School (co-ed). Mountview High School in Wealdstone - a comprehensive school formed out of Whitefriars Secondary Modern in
1350-604: The Pinner South ward had a crime rate of 24.5, which was the lowest out of all 628 wards of Greater London. The ward also has (data from 2009 to 2013) the second highest female life expectancy in the capital: 91.7 years, only bettered by Holland ward in Kensington and Chelsea . Pinner holds a number of Fairs and Fetes that are renowned in North West London for bringing its diverse and cosmopolitan community together. Pinner has
1404-409: The Pinner South ward had the next highest proportion of white people in the borough at 69.4 per cent. Various churches, a synagogue and others serve the religious needs of the community. Pinner also has the lowest crime rate in the whole of London, with several independent schools and single-sex schools with a prestigious reputation, making it a popular area for affluent families. In the 2014/15 period,
1458-765: The Worlds : He learned they were the wife and the younger sister of a surgeon living at Stanmore, who had come in the small hours from a dangerous case at Pinner, and heard at some railway station on his way of the Martian advance. Pinner Underground station was opened in 1885 and is on the Metropolitan line in London fare zone 5 . In normal off-peak conditions the train takes approximately half an hour to Baker Street Underground station and approximately three-quarters of an hour to Aldgate Underground station . Hatch End railway station
1512-491: The architecture is conserved by private residents or by Harrow council's Conservation Team. Norman , Gothic and Tudor architecture (1066–1603) Georgian architecture (1714–1811) Victorian architecture (1837–1901) Metro-land architecture (1903–1939) Art Deco architecture (1919–1939) Modern architecture (1945–1980) Postmodern architecture (1980–present) London Borough of Harrow The London Borough of Harrow ( / ˈ h ær oʊ / )
1566-719: The area since 1936 and currently stage productions at Pinner Village Hall off Chapel Lane. The Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner Memorial Park was opened in 2016 and is dedicated to the work of the cartoonist William Heath Robinson . Edward Lear makes reference to Pinner in More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc : There was an old person of Pinner, As thin as a lath, if not thinner; They dressed him in white, And roll'd him up tight, That elastic old person of Pinner. H. G. Wells mentions Pinner in The War of
1620-460: The area. The Bakerloo and Jubilee lines terminate in the borough, at Harrow and Stanmore respectively. Meanwhile, the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines pass through the southern edge of the borough on shared track before both terminating at Uxbridge . The Northern line terminates just outside Harrow at Edgware tube station in the London Borough of Barnet . The London Overground also serves
1674-533: The best schools in the country. Notable independent primary schools include Orley Farm School and Reddiford School, both of which are co-educational . There are also a number of voluntary aided schools in the Borough. These include: Salvatorian College (Roman Catholic, boys), Sacred Heart Language College (Roman Catholic, girls) and Moriah Jewish Day School (Jewish, co-ed). There are two special needs high schools; Kingsley High School (co-ed) and Shaftesbury High School (co-ed). Other state secondary schools in
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1728-467: The borough was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London under the London Government Act 1963 . It kept the same boundaries, but was renamed the London Borough of Harrow, becoming one of the 32 London Boroughs. It was the only London borough which comprised a single pre-1965 district with no changes to its boundaries. There has since been an adjustment to the borough's northern boundary, where
1782-503: The borough's secondary schools, which led to the first admission of school sixth form students in September 2008. Both Catholic faith-based Salvatorian College and Sacred Heart Language College were unaffected, the students of which could transfer to St Dominic's Sixth Form College. From September 2010, the primary sector was modified to enable transfer to secondary education at age 11 in line with other London Boroughs. The Borough has
1836-642: The borough, sharing track with the Bakerloo line between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone before it continues beyond the latter station to eventually terminate at Watford Junction. The numerous National Rail , London Overground and London Underground stations in the borough are: In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 27.5% of all residents aged 16–74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 5.9%; bus, minibus or coach, 5.9%; train, 4.5%; on foot, 4.3%; work mainly at or from home, 3.5%; passenger in
1890-637: The borough. It is a flagship project for Arts Council England. There are 289 listed buildings located in the London Borough of Harrow, including more than 80 in Harrow-on-the-Hill ward and over 50 in Pinner ward . Grade I and II* buildings in the borough include the Church of St Lawrence, Stanmore and Headstone Manor , and Grade II listed buildings include Bentley Priory , Grim's Dyke and Harrow and Wealdstone station . Major employers included Kodak ,
1944-411: The county of Middlesex . Harrow on the Hill was the largest of the three parishes. Pinner was a chapelry of Harrow on the Hill until 1766 when it was made a separate parish. The central part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill was made a local board district in 1850, with an elected board overseeing public health and responsible for the provision of infrastructure. The local board district covered
1998-522: The early 1970s - closed in 1986 with the site being partially redeveloped into industrial units. The catchment area was dispersed between Nower Hill and Hatch End Schools. Middle schools include Whitchurch Middle School . All of Harrow's pupils have the chance to be elected onto the Harrow Youth Parliament. This is a group of around 50 young people in the Borough who come together to work on projects that benefit other young people. They are also
2052-559: The first London borough with a complete change to tertiary; the Pinner Observer called it an education "revolution". There have been critics of the tertiary colleges, with many arguing the standard of education does not continue the standard set by the Borough's secondary schools. The council eventually went into another re-organisation, creating the Harrow Sixth Form Collegiate, a co-ordinated partnership between many of
2106-470: The first perpetual curate was appointed; not until the Wilberforce Act of 1868 did it appoint its first vicar, one William Hind. The earliest surviving private dwelling, East End Farm Cottage, dates from the late fifteenth century. The village expanded rapidly between 1923 and 1939 when a series of garden estates, including the architecturally significant Pinnerwood estate conservation area – encouraged by
2160-470: The highest white British population were: The lowest wards meanwhile were: Since 2005, on the last Sunday in June Harrow Council hosts Under One Sky - Harrow's largest festival, to celebrate and the joint communities of Harrow. This has a programme of dance, world music, sports activity, youth music, spoken word, free children's activity, a carnival parade, information and stalls, health promotion,
2214-489: The historic county of Middlesex . The river runs through Pinner , the northern halves of Eastcote and Ruislip : the latter may be a notable rise-lip of land as 17th century maps often have the place name but likely derives from "rush leap" from the local width of the river. It then runs through Ickenham and on to Uxbridge , where it passes through the former grounds of RAF Uxbridge and Brunel University . The Pinn continues on to Pield Heath and Cowley , passing under
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2268-606: The largest membership of any single synagogue in the whole of Europe . Harrow also has a sizable Muslim community, about 1 in 10 of its population. As per the 2011 census, Harrow has a larger than average Jewish, Hindu and Muslim population. In a national detailed Land Use Survey by the Office for National Statistics in 2005 it was found that the London Borough of Harrow had the second highest proportion of land being domestic gardens: 34.7% of all 326 districts in England; this compared with
2322-539: The most grand of which is the Grade II listed Elm Park Court at the junction of West End Lane and Elm Park Road. Pinner is also the site of one of the UK's oldest chartered fairs, called Pinner Fair, which has been held annually since 1336. Pinner lay within the historic county of Middlesex ; it was located at the western end of the hundred of Gore , before it was in the Hendon Rural District . In 1965 it became
2376-585: The neighbouring London Borough of Barnet in 2013 after disagreements with the local authority over their former home Underhill Stadium . Five of the 30 cricket clubs which play in the Middlesex County Cricket League are based in the London Borough of Harrow: Harrow, Harrow St Mary's, Harrow Town, Kenton and Stanmore. Hatch End Cricket Club previously played at Shaftesbury playing fields in Hatch End but following an arson attack on their clubhouse and
2430-419: The north. To the north east is the larger area of Hatch End , served by Hatch End railway station (originally opened as Pinner ). The River Pinn flows through Pinner, flowing in a diagonal direction. Large parks and open spaces are Pinner Memorial Park, Pinner Village Gardens, Roxbourne Gardens, Pinner Wood (woodlands) and Pinner Park (farmland). Pinner Memorial Park has a large house in it which includes
2484-527: The official youth voice for the council and are in constant communication with the council on all youth matters. The London Borough of Harrow was historically in the heart of an area known as " Metro-land " and therefore is very well served by the London Underground compared with other boroughs in Outer London . It is located near the northwestern extremity of the modern-day network, with 4 lines serving
2538-503: The old parish of Harrow on the Hill outside the urban district were therefore split into three new parishes called Harrow Weald , Wealdstone and Wembley (the latter now part of the London Borough of Brent ). Wealdstone and Wembley were both made into urban districts at the same time. The urban district was significantly enlarged by the Middlesex Review Order 1934 to take in the neighbouring urban district of Wealdstone and
2592-486: The original hilltop village and the adjoining hamlets of Roxeth , Sudbury and Greenhill . Greenhill subsequently developed into the modern town centre of Harrow following the opening of Harrow-on-the-Hill station there in 1880. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 , which also said that parishes could no longer straddle district boundaries. The parts of
2646-429: The parishes of Harrow Weald, Pinner, Great Stanmore and Little Stanmore. The urban district was renamed from 'Harrow on the Hill' to just 'Harrow' as part of the 1934 expansion. Harrow Urban District was incorporated as a municipal borough on 4 May 1954. At the 1961 census, the borough had a population of 209,080, making it the most populous local government district in the administrative county of Middlesex. In 1965
2700-576: The people is the highest law." The following people and organisations have received the Freedom of the Borough of Harrow. River Pinn The Pinn is a suburban, outer west London river. It has dendritic headwaters , the furthest is considered its source – in Harrow Weald . Its confluence with Frays River makes it a tributary of the Colne . It is one of three principal rivers wholly in
2754-506: The period. The Pinner South ward was recorded as having the lowest crime rate out of all wards of Greater London in 2014/15. The London Borough of Harrow has 4 non league football clubs, including Wealdstone FC who play at The Vale , Harrow Borough F.C. who play at Earlsmead Stadium and Rayners Lane F.C. who play at the Tithe Farm Social Club. Barnet F.C. are also based in Harrow, having moved into The Hive Stadium from
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#17328522671442808-579: The village of Elstree straddled Harrow and Hertfordshire ; on 1 April 1993 Elstree was placed entirely in Hertfordshire (and its district of Hertsmere ). The local authority is Harrow Council, which meets at the Harrow Arts Centre in Pinner and has its main offices at the Council Hub on Kenmore Avenue in Wealdstone. Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly , the borough forms part of
2862-405: Was formed in 1965, based on boundaries that had been established in 1934. The borough is made up of three towns: Harrow , Pinner and Stanmore , but also includes western parts of Edgware . The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the three ancient parishes of Harrow on the Hill , Great Stanmore and Little Stanmore (also known as Whitchurch), all of which were historically in
2916-586: Was opened in 1842 and 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 . Public Transport in Pinner is governed by Transport for London . The Metropolitan Quietway Cycle Route runs through Pinner, as well as street-running cycle lanes on Pinner Road and Eastcote Road. The Celandine Route from West Drayton terminates at Pinner Memorial Park. The brown plaques are awarded by
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