Harrow, London
Harrow is the principal town in the London Borough of Harrow. It is a suburban development situated 10.2 miles west north-west of
Charing Cross. It is one of ten major metropolitan centres identified in the
London Plan.
Harrow is the principal town in the London Borough of Harrow. It is a suburban development situated 10.2 miles west north-west of
Charing Cross. It is one of ten major metropolitan centres identified in the
London Plan.
where Winston Churchill and Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru attended, but Harrow County School also has a tradition of noted staff and pupils.
Encyclopedia
Harrow is the principal town in the London Borough of Harrow. It is a suburban development situated 10.2 miles west north-west of
Charing Cross. It is one of ten major metropolitan centres identified in the
London Plan.
Harrow is widely known for
Harrow School where Winston Churchill and Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru attended, but Harrow County School also has a tradition of noted staff and pupils. It also has a large campus for the
University of Westminster near Northwick Park Hospital .
It also features a moderately large shopping area in the town centre. The main shopping district is located near Harrow-on-the-Hill tube station and Harrow Bus Station, and has two small shopping centres. The St. Ann's Shopping Centre , opened by
Princess Diana in 1987, is the older of the two and contains an extensive food court. St. George's opened by
Catherine Zeta Jones is a smaller mall, but features a gym and a 9-screen vue cinema. Complementing the shopping centres are a number of high street shops and a large Debenham's department store.
Districts of Harrow:
Twinning
Harrow is
twinned with:
Transport
The area has excellent public transport links and is served by the
Metropolitan Line of the
London Underground and also by the
National Rail services of
Chiltern Railways and
Silverlink. Stations in the area are:
Harrow is near to the
A40 and the
M1 motorway.
The town centre also boasts a major Bus Station adjacent to
Harrow-on-the-Hill station that serves as an important hub for buses in the area. Many routes to North and West London pass through this Station. Notable routes that pass through the station include:
- The 140 route starting and terminating at Harrow Weald and Heathrow Airport
- The 182 route starting and terminating at Harrow Weald and Brent Cross
- The 183 route starting and terminating at Pinner and Golders Green Bus Station
- The N18 nightbus which starts at Trafalgar Square and terminates at either Sudbury or Harrow Bus Station
- The 258 route starting and terminating at Watford Junction and South Harrow Station
- The 114 route starting and terminating at Ruislip Stn and Mill Hill.
Notable people born or brought up in Harrow
- Peter Andre, singer and husband of Jordan
- Sir Roger Bannister, famous runner and neurologist
- Mrs Beeton, 1st celebrity cook, lived in Hatch End
- Lord Byron, poet.
- Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
- Gavin Fisher, engineer, former chief designer for the Williams F1 team
- Tom Fletcher, singer/guitarist with McFly born in Harrow
- Reg Dwight, musician, born in Pinner
- Simon Le Bon, musician, brought up in North Harrow
- Linsey Dawn McKenzie, model
- Oswald Mosley, Local MP
- Courtney Pine, jazz musician
- Brian Cookman, musician, artist and Tai-Chi expert
- Claire Rayner, journalist
- Lord Sutch, late eccentric politician
- Pam St. Clement, actress who plays Pat Evans in EastEnders is a popular BBC [i] television [i] soap opera [i], first broadcast on 19 February [i] 1985 [i] ...
- Ruebeus Marx, Bodybuilder and Co-Writer and Voice in online cartoons
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