On 8th July a Blue Plaque was unveiled at St John’s ARC in Old Harlow to celebrate the Alberni String Quartet. The Alberni became the resident quartet in Harlow in 1963 following an invitation from the Harlow Music Association and with funding from the then Harlow Urban District Council.  They had a huge impact on Harlow as…

Harlow Council has been invited by the Government to resubmit their Playhouse Quarter proposals that were developed last year. Their consultants have just finished updating the scheme which now has a bigger focus on providing facilities to support arts, culture and heritage. They are keen to get feedback on the updated proposals from as many…

Harlow Council is consulting on the draft Wych Elm Development Brief. You can view the draft brief here: Wych Elm Development Brief The consultation closes at 5pm on 22nd July 2022. Please let us know your views, which will inform our own response. You may want to send in your own personal response too. Further…

Our next walk, led again by John Curry, will be on Saturday 18th June. The walk, of about 3 miles will start and finish at Harlow Museum, Muskham Road. Departing at 10.30am. All are welcome and there is no charge. Our destination is Harlow Town Park via circuitous route that takes in some of the…

Rowan Moore argued in the Observer of 15th May that a national housing plan with positive public intervention is needed to meet our housing needs.

This item appears in part 1 of our 75th Anniversary Newsletter. Friday 25th March 2022 marked 75 years since the signing of the Designation Order by Lewis Silkin MP, Minister for Town & Country Planning in the Attlee government. Harlow Civic Society organised a walk to mark the occasion, on what turned out to be…

Here is part 2 of our 75th anniversary newsletter. You can view the newsletter from the following link: Spring Newsletter 2022 – Part 2 If you have any comments or wish to contribute to future newletters, please contact Barbara Burge – b_a_burge@yahoo.co.uk.

Here is our latest newsletter , the first part of an edition for the 75th anniversary of the designation of Harlow as a New Town. Part 2 will follow in a week or so. You can view the newsletter from the following link: Spring 2022 Newsletter Part 1 If you have any comments or wish…

On March 25th in 1947 Lewis Silkin MP, Minister for Town & Country Planning signed the Designation Order that was the official starting document for the construction of a New Town at Harlow. To mark the 75th anniversary of this historic event Harlow Civic Society is organising a led walk. The  walk will be on Friday 25th March, starting at…

We send all our members and supporters very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. We have all had another challenging  year and we very much hope that you have kept safe and well. As a Society we have only been able to hold our AGM in October but not any other events. We hope…