Our Town Park is now on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England and is listed at Grade II. This follows a review visit in December 2019 by Historic England and the Gardens Trust. Their report states: ‘Harlow Town Park was planned between 1949 and 1953 by the planner and…

You are warmly invited to join our first walk since the lockdown has relaxed. We invite you to join John Curry on 3rd September 2020 in an opportunity to view and review recent developments to Newhall. Starting at the excellent New Ground Cafe at 2pm, there is adequate street parking in the vicinity. The walk…

We now have the display boards from the PHE virtual consultation in June 2020 available for download here. You can also see the online PHE Hub community newsletter from May 2020 that was produced for the consultation here.

Harlow Council has released proposals for public consultation to improve and modernise Market Square, Playhouse Square and College Square in the town centre. The council has put together two proposed schemes which are aimed at supporting the regeneration of the town centre. Both schemes will be part of a business case for up to £25m…

A message to Harlow Civic Society members from Michael Beard, Head of External Community Engagement (Science Hub) at Public Health England. Public Health England is about to enter the next significant stage of the programme to create our new public health science campus and headquarters at Harlow. In July, we will be submitting a final…

You can download or view our latest newsletter from here .

The Harlow and Gilston Garden Town (HGGT) Partnership is holding a consultation on its transport strategy that runs until Friday 13th March. You can find information and documents on the strategy and a link to an online survey on their website  here: http://harlowandgilstongardentown.co.uk/transport There are three consultation events so far where you can speak to staff…

This was planned for Thursday 23 April, but will be postponed. We will update when the new date is known. We expect the walk to last about an hour and a half – we are hoping to then take in a visit to the Enterprise Zone/Science Park in Maypole Boulevard, to view the new buildings there,…

Harlow Civic Society has decided to devote the next blue plaque we erect to the memory of the Alberni Quartet, Harlow’s own music group, resident in the New Town in its infancy and supported by the Council. The original group became world-famous and launched the careers of its members, two of whom are alive today….

In August, we were invited by Dr Rebecca Madgin, Professor of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, to contribute an article for Context, the journal of the Institute of Historical Building Conservation. This was for an edition on New Town heritage, the aim which was to promote a rethink of the heritage of New Towns and how they…