Harlow

Worth seeing in and around Harlow

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Hunsdon House

   Hunsdon House is a historic house in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Harlow. Originally constructed in the 15th century, it was most notably the estate of King Henry VIII. It has been rebuilt several times since then, and is no longer as grand as it was in the Tudor era.

   5.3 km · Grade I listed English country house in East Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Harlow Town Park

   Harlow Town Park is a 164-acre public park in Harlow, Essex, England. The park is one of the largest urban parks in Britain.

   1.9 km · park in Harlow, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Mary the Virgin, Harlow

   St Mary the Virgin Church is located in Latton, Harlow, Essex, England. It is an Anglican church and is liberal catholic in tradition.

   500 m · church in Harlow, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   BMAT STEM Academy

   BMAT STEM Academy is a University Technical College within the Harlow College campus in Harlow, Essex, England, which opened in September 2014 as Sir Charles Kao UTC. It was named after the Nobel Prize winning scientist Charles K. Kao who worked and studied at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in Harlow. The Academy is currently rated as "Good" in all areas by Ofsted following an inspection in January 2023.

   1.5 km · college in Essex, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Harlow Sportcentre

   Harlow Sportcentre was a cricket ground in Harlow, Essex. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1964, when the Essex Second XI played the Warwickshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship.

   2.5 km · cricket ground in Harlow, Essex, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Briggens House

   Briggens House is a Grade II listed 18th-century house and parklands in Hertfordshire, England, near the border with Essex and the village of Roydon. It has a number of features from the garden designer Charles Bridgeman from 1720.

   5.5 km · country house in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Harlow Woods

   Harlow Woods is a 47.1-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Harlow in Essex. It is composed of three woods, Hospital Wood Risden's Wood and Parndon Wood.

   5.3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Parish Church of St Mary

   St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Gilston, Hertfordshire, England. It dates from the 13th century.

   3.8 km · church in Gilston, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Harlow Marsh

   Harlow Marsh is a 13.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Harlow in Essex. It is owned and managed by Harlow District Council.

   1.7 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Contrapuntal Forms

    Contrapuntal Forms is a stone sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, one of her first public commissions, made in 1950–51 for the Festival of Britain and installed outside the Dome of Discovery on South Bank, London. It was one of two Hepworth commissions for the festival: the other was an abstract rotating sculpture, Turning Forms.

    1.1 km · sculpture by Barbara Hepworth · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

Harlow Sculpture Collection (sited across the town). which includes works by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.

1. 01
   Harlowbury Chapel

   Anglican church that was built around 1180.

2. 02
   Gibberd Garden

   The Gibberd Garden, Marsh Ln, CM17 0NA (20 minute walk from centre).

3. 03
   North Weald & District Minature Railway

   Harlow Garden Centre, Canes Lane, Hastingwood, CM17 9LD.

From Wikivoyage: Harlow, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Walks in fields around Churchgate Street Walk along River Stortford, north to Sawbridgeworth, or south to join Lee Valley Walk

From Wikivoyage: Harlow, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Apart from the pubs below, several cafes and restaurants in the High Street and in the town centre.

From Wikivoyage: Harlow, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Harlow

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 14 km · London Luton (LTN), 36 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 53 km

Stations

Harlow Town railway station, 2.3 km · Sawbridgeworth railway station, 4.5 km · Harlow Mill railway station, 1.3 km · Hunsdon Airfield, 5 km

• London → Harlow

  34 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £4–5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Harlow

  158 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £18–24
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Harlow

  156 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £18–24
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