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Harlow
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Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Harlow was a small town until the mid-20th century. In 1947 it was designated as a new town. Housing estates, industrial areas and a new town centre were subsequently developed, lying mostly to the west and south of the old town, which became known as Old Harlow.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Harlow is referenced by 1,242 other articles, and connects out to Southend-on-Sea, ceremonial county of England and Uttlesford.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ESS, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Former civil parishes in Essex, Harlow and Non-metropolitan districts of Essex.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Harlow
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and non-metropolitan district
- Settlement.total_type
- District
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Trains
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- Cambridge
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Trains
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- London Liverpool Street
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bird by Hebe Comerford.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Harlow Water Gardens
- Settlement.image_map
- Harlow UK locator map.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 240px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Shown within Essex
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- East of England
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Ceremonial County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Essex
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 82059
- Area
- 30.54
- Official website
- www.harlow.gov.uk
- Image
- Bird by Hebe Comerford.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
34 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Early history
- Harlow before the new town
- The New Town
- Redevelopment and expansion
- Permitted development (office to residential) flats
- Environment
- Economy
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Transport
- Railway
- Road
- Air
- Bus
- Harlow First Avenue Multi-Modal Corridor
- Healthcare
- Education
- Sir Frederick Gibberd College
- Sport and leisure
- Cricket
- Football
- Greyhound racing
- Rugby Union
- Other sports facilities
- Art and culture
- Media
- People from Harlow
- Listed buildings
- Twin towns
- Arms
- References
- External links
Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Harlow was a small town until the mid-20th century. In 1947 it was designated as a new town. Housing estates, industrial areas and a new town centre were subsequently developed, lying mostly to the west and south of the old town, which became known as Old Harlow.
The town lies on the south bank of the River Stort, which also forms the county boundary with Hertfordshire. The M11 motorway passes to the east of the town. At the 2021 census the Harlow built up area had a population of 93,580 and the local government district had a population of 93,300.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harlow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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