Harlow was one of Britain’s ‘new towns’ carefully planned to make a pleasant living environment and to ease the congestion of inner London. Today it still has many of the green spaces that made it so attractive and, if you have a hire car, you can visit one of Britain’s largest urban parks, Harlow Town Park.
Many of Britain’s top architects were involved in the design of the town and its buildings and several of them stand as definitive examples of their work. A walk around the town will find examples by Powell, Moya, Fry and Drew, all prominent architects.
Harlow Mini Guide
This ‘new town’ was built by the government to help house Great Britain’s growing population.
Just under 80,000 people live in Harlow which is considered to be part of the London commuter belt and is within easy driving distance of England’s capital city.
Although the centre of Harlow where all of its shops are located you will definitely need to have a car to get to places of interest so check out our cheap Harlow car rental deals now and secure yours.
Some of the main roads around Harlow are the A1019, the A1025 and the A1169. The largest of them is the A414 which goes west from Harlow towards Hertford. If, however, you take the A414 east then you will get to the east coast of England.
Harlow is close to both
London Stansted and London
Luton airports, two major international hubs which have connections with many world wide destinations. From Luton you can get low cost flights with Ryanair, easyJet and Wizzair to places such as Amsterdam in Holland, Ibiza in the Balearic Islands and Zurich in Switzerland. Luton is a half hour drive to the north west of Harlow.
London Stansted is even closer to Harlow, just a short drive to the north of the town, and is also a major hub for Ryanair and Easyjet.
There are a couple of golf clubs near Harlow. The Manor of Groves Country and Golf Club is to the north of the town while the Cannons Brook Golf Club is to the west of Harlow.
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