Harrow

Worth seeing in and around Harrow

7 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
   Wembley Stadium

   Wembley Stadium, branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London, England. It opened in 2007 on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which had stood from 1923 until 2000.

   5.6 km · stadium in London, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Live Aid

   Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fund-raising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.

   5.6 km · Global concert raised massive funds for famine and had Queen's Iconic performance · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Wembley Arena

   Wembley Arena is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, Greater London, England. The 12,500-seat facility is Greater London's second-largest indoor arena after the O2 Arena, and the ninth-largest in the United Kingdom.

   5.2 km · indoor arena adjacent to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London · Wikipedia
4. 04
   The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness

   The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, also known as A Concert for Life, was a benefit concert by British rock band Queen and a number of supporting artists. It took place on 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

   5.6 km · 1992 benefit concert · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Concert for Diana

   Concert for Diana was a benefit concert held at the then newly built Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 1 July 2007, which would have been her 46th birthday. 31 August that year brought the 10th anniversary of her death.

   5.5 km · benefit concert in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   The Hive Stadium

   The Hive London is a football centre near Edgware, London, offering football pitches for hire, conference and banqueting facilities, an on-site gym, cafe, bar and more. It was built on the former site of the municipal Prince Edward Playing Fields in Canons Park in the London Borough of Harrow.

   4.3 km · soccer ground in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Watkin's Tower

   Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, Middlesex, England. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a 358-metre -high visitor attraction in Wembley Park to the north of the city, led by the railway entrepreneur Sir Edward Watkin.

   5.6 km · partially completed iron lattice tower in London, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Harrow

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 15 km · London Luton (LTN), 32 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 50 km

Stations

Wembley Central station, 4.9 km · Harrow & Wealdstone station, 1.3 km · Wembley Park tube station, 5.1 km · Rayners Lane tube station, 1.9 km · Alperton tube station, 5.7 km

• London → Harrow

  16 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £2–2.5
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• London, Essex → Harrow

  16 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £2–2.5
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Harrow

  147 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £16–21
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