59-460: South Harrow is the southern part of the town of Harrow , located south-west of Harrow-on-the-Hill in the London Borough of Harrow . Its development originally spread south and west from the hamlet of Roxeth in the urbanisation process and easier access from Central London by rail . Six roads now converge at Roxeth hamlet centre at the bottom of Roxeth Hill. Its areas include, in the west,
118-534: 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
177-507: 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
236-455: 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
295-455: 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
354-505: 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
413-612: A site in Torbay Road. The schools were known as Roxbourne Middle School and Roxbourne First School between 1974 and 2010, when the London Borough of Harrow adopted a comprehensive system of education that transferred children to secondary schools at age 12 (after year 7). In 2010 the borough changed the age ranges catered for, and took the opportunity to replace the additional wing that had been added in 1974 to accommodate year 7. The new classrooms are used by Reception and by year 6, at
472-525: 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
531-463: Is Northolt Park ( Chiltern Main Line ). Roxeth Recreation Ground is a large recreational ground containing Cricket and Football pitches, Ball courts, natural roughland and a children's play area. A bowling green , operated by Roxeth Bowls Club, risked to close in 2007, following rent increases from Harrow Council. This recreation ground was donated to the people of South Harrow in the early 20th century and
590-684: 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
649-607: 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
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#1732859561722708-548: 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)
767-981: Is known as Roxeth Park. During the Second World War it was made into a market garden; it was then returned to recreational use. It also hosted the Roxeth Show each summer up until 2013, and has been given several Green Flag awards. Adherents of many religious denominations have places of worship in South Harrow, including: Anglican , Catholic , Free Church , Methodist , Salvation Army and Welsh Congregational . Tamils and Koreans meet in churches on Sunday afternoons. Shops on Northolt Road (the main shopping street in South Harrow) sell Sri Lankan and Polish groceries. There are five Halal butchers, nine public houses and four chicken shops . Built in 1938, Roxbourne Junior School and Roxbourne Infant School share
826-416: Is now an established community comprehensive school with a sixth form and is a specialist Science College . In September 2010 the school moved to a new building. Whitmore High School's last two Ofsted inspections, one in 2007 and the latest in 2015, have both judged the school as "Outstanding". Whitmore opened its sixth form in 2006 as part of the borough's " collegiate " post-16 offer. Along with
885-558: 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
944-492: 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
1003-505: 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
1062-416: 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
1121-431: The Hill. A three-storey Sainsbury's supermarket building was built in the 1960s; it subsequently closed, and after a refit and redesign of its layout (now including an entrance direct to its car park) is now an Aldi. South Harrow has two recreational grounds : Alexandra Park was named after Queen Alexandra , who frequently visited the area. There is a children's play area, natural rough area, and fitness zone. Nearby
1180-511: 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
1239-521: 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
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#17328595617221298-479: The University of Westminster. Other educational institutes in or near central Harrow include: Harrow High School , Whitmore High School , St Dominic's Sixth Form College , Salvatorian College and Harrow College . Whitmore High School Whitmore High School is a state secondary school in the London Borough of Harrow . The school's students are mostly drawn from the wider Harrow area. In March 2015,
1357-490: The area of Shaftesbury Circus/Avenue and in the south a shopping area, South Harrow tube station and the high street , Northolt Road. South Harrow succeeded Roxeth and outlying southern fields of Harrow in which that hamlet stood. This was a rural area until the late 19th century with remaining agricultural fields converted to housing by the mid-20th century. South Harrow was in the parish of Harrow which has its well-conserved historic clustered village centre at Harrow on
1416-488: 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
1475-678: 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
1534-446: 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
1593-496: 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
1652-560: 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
1711-413: 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
1770-438: 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
1829-454: 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
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1888-491: 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,
1947-429: 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
2006-500: 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
2065-581: The rubble. Two survived, but a man was pronounced dead at the scene. Residents of Stanley Road were evacuated . Scotland Yard announced that the explosion could have been a murder , but it was later found to be an accident. 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 ,
2124-405: 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
2183-617: 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
2242-558: The same time a Nursery class was added to the Infant school. The Infant school now covers ages 4 to 7 as Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and year 2. The Junior school covers ages 8 to 11, as years 3, 4, 5 and 6. The Roxbourne schools have three classes in each year, each class numbering up to thirty pupils. Welldon Park Junior School and Welldon Park Infant School are built on separate sites in Wyvenhoe Road. The original school opened in 1910 and
2301-571: The school became a part of the Pegasus Academy Trust, and is now named Welldon Park Academy. Whitmore High School was formed in 1974 from Lascelles Secondary Boys' and Girls' Schools, and is now a sixth form specialist science school. Whitmore was demolished and was completely rebuilt by September 2010, following a £30 million grant. South Harrow is mostly covered by the Roxbourne and Roxeth wards. According to 2011 Census data, White British
2360-527: The school was judged "Outstanding" by Ofsted for the second time. The current headteacher of the school is Mr James Rebbitt. It is the only school that is not an academy in the London Borough of Harrow . Whitmore High School was created in September 1974 when the London Borough of Harrow adopted a comprehensive system of education. It was formerly two schools on one site, Lascelles Boys' Secondary School and Lascelles Girls' Secondary School. Whitmore
2419-457: 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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2478-711: 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
2537-477: 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
2596-491: 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,
2655-433: 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
2714-510: 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
2773-406: 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
2832-409: 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
2891-513: 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
2950-519: 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,
3009-481: Was known as Welldon Park Primary School. At the outbreak of war the deputy headmaster was Mr Goodhead. A pupil at that time was Peter Walker, later Lord Walker, and he lived in Eastcote Lane. The school was overcrowded by 1942 as more people moved from central London and as other schools were destroyed by the enemy. Classes had up to 40 children. In the main hall two classes sat back to back simultaneously. The same hall
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#17328595617223068-531: 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
3127-408: 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
3186-553: 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
3245-456: 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
3304-434: Was the largest ethnic group in both wards, 24.8% and 23.1% respectively. Other Asian was second biggest, 22% for both, followed by Indian, 19% and 20% respectively. The most spoken foreign language in both wards was Tamil . On 7 May 2008 at 9.18pm, two houses were destroyed completely and the third badly damaged by a gas explosion in South Harrow. Three people were treated by paramedics after being rescued by firefighters in
3363-761: 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
3422-590: 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
3481-412: Was used for school meals as well as the central ground floor corridor. The school served pupils from age 4 to 11 years and had a reputation for academic rigour under the headship of Mrs. Cooper in the 1950s and '60s. After being separated into Welldon Park First School and Weldon Park Middle School, and then Infant and Primary, both schools amalgamated in circa 2015. In 2019, at the start of the school year,
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