We created two Heritage Trails for the Heritage Days in September. These are still available – you can pick them up at the Crown pub in Market Street, Old Harlow. You can also download a PDF of the walks here. Trail 1 covers Market Street and Fore Street. Trail 2 covers High Street, Mulberry Green,…

There are many heritage locations open for free in Harlow from 12th – 20th September. You can see details of all of them on the Heritage Open Days website here – https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/. Some require pre booking via the above website, though for many you can just turn up. This is a great opportunity to see places not…

Pauline Hockey is looking for volunteers to help with the opening of Parndon Hall during the Heritage Open Days in September – can you help? “I have had permission from The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust to open Parndon Hall again this year for guided tours.  I would be grateful for any volunteer hours that you might spare to…

Hub and Spoke say: “We pace our rides to suit the slowest rider and nobody is ever left behind. Our ride Leaders are there to help with punctures and minor mechanical problems.”

On Wednesday 17 June, Rob Sutton (Director of Heritage Consultancy at Cotswold Archaeology) and Jake Streatfeild James (Principal Consultant at WSP in the UK) will be speaking about Cotswold Archaeology’s excavations at M11 Junction 7A near Harlow — one of the largest archaeological projects undertaken in the Epping Forest District in recent years- (see Motorway discoveries – Cotswold…

Parndon Hall in Top Ten Endangered Buildings You may have seen the press reports that the Victorian Society named Harlow’s Parndon Hall as one of its 10 Most Endangered Buildings for 2026. The Civic Society nominated this Grade II listed building for the list as it had been concerned for many years about its dilapidation….

HADA Harlow Civic Society are proud to announce that the winner of the 2025 Harlow Architectural Design Award (HADA) for a Residential Development is Oakview Walk, Purford Green.  The award was accepted by representatives of Stanley Bragg Architects and Essex Housing at our AGM on April 28th. The panel of judges praised Oakview Walk for…

Our 2026 AGM will be held at Moot Hall, The Stow on Tuesday April 28th starting at 7pm. We are delighted that our speaker will be Laura Mark, Head of Casework for the Twentieth Century Society. Laura will be speaking on Conserving New Towns and exploring recent work in preserving the architecture and spatial qualities of British…

Please join us at our AGM on Tuesday 28th April. It will be held in the Council Chamber in the Civic Centre starting at 7pm. We are delighted that our speaker will be Laura Marks, Head of Casework for the Twentieth Century Society. We will also be announcing the winner of the 2026 Harlow Architectural Design Awards….

The event on ‘Harlow-Past, Present and Future originally planned for 20th November and mentioned at the bringing of the year, is cancelled. It was being planned in conjunction with New Arts Harlow and it was not possible to organise all the films and speakers and at a reasonable cost. We do hope that we can…