London Borough of Harrow: superb school district resources including the top Harrow Public School in the UK, multiple transport links, lots of greenery and one of the safest places to live

The borough of Harrow is located in north-west London and is part of Outer London. It is bordered by four other boroughs: Barnet, Brent, Ealing and Hillingdon.

Postcodes: HA, NW, UB

History

Harrow has its origins in three ancient parishes: Harrow on the Hill, Great Stanmore and Little Stanmore (also known as Whitchurch).

Harrow was created in 1934 under the Middlesex Review Order 1934 as an urban area of Middlesex, formed by the amalgamation of the former areas of Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District, Wealdstone Urban District and most of Hendon Rural District.

In 1965 the City Borough was abolished and its former borough transferred from Middlesex to Greater London under the London Government Act 1963 to form the London Borough of Harrow. It is the only London borough that exactly replicates the unchanging boundaries of the former single district.

Extremely low crime rate

Harrow can claim to be one of the safest boroughs in all of London, with a much lower crime rate compared to the London average.

Data from 2017-2018 reported that Harrow ranked 28th out of 32 London boroughs in terms of the number of criminal offences committed, with only one murder recorded during this period.

According to a 2018 survey by the Office for National Statistics, Harrow is the 'happiest' borough in London, scoring above the UK average.

Traffic

There are more than 5 transport lines intersecting.

Metropolitan line underground line (both directions)

Bakerloo line

Piccadilly line

London Overground line

Aylesbury Line

Chiltern Railways 

London Northwestern Railway

Southern 

Chiltern Main Line

The Metropolitan line in particular is very quick to Baker street, taking about 15 minutes.

Overground is directly connected to Euston station and there are many buses in town, making it very easy to get around.

Underground：

- Harrow-on-the-Hill (Metropolitan and Aylesbury Lines/Chiltern Railways)

- Harrow & Wealdstone (Bakerloo Line, London Overground, London North Western Railway and Southern)

- West Harrow (Metropolitan Line)

- South Harrow (Piccadilly Line)

- Rayners Lane (Metropolitan/Piccadilly Line)

- North Harrow (Metropolitan Line)

- Kenton (Bakerloo Line and London Overground)

- Tombstone Lane (London Overground)

- Northolt Park (Chiltern Main Line/Chiltern Railway) [boundary between Ealing and Harrow

- Sudbury Hill Harrow (Chiltern Main Line/Chiltern Railway)

- Northwick Park (Metropolitan Line) [boundary between Brent and Harrow

- Sudbury Hill (Piccadilly Line)

Bus Station：

1. Harrow-on-the-Hill is Harrow's central station, located on College Road/Lowlands Road.

The station provides direct underground connections to the West End, City and Uxbridge.

2. The other main station, and Harrow's largest and busiest, is Harrow & Wealdstone, where there are direct trains to the West End, Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Watford, Hemel Hempstead and further afield to Brighton and Birmingham.

Art

Usurp Art Collective

Usurp Art Collective opened its first and only contemporary artist-led gallery and studio in Harrow in 2010.

Usurp Art provides professional support to artists, cultural projects and runs the only public artist studio in the borough.

VUE Cinema

Opened in 1937, it became a 3-screen cinema in 1973.

Education

Harrow is known for Harrow Public School.

Harrow Public School is an independent boys' school founded in 1572 by John Lyon and Queen Elizabeth I. Harrow's history, wealth and influence have made it one of the most prestigious schools in the world.

Its alumni include：

eight former British Prime Ministers and Indian Prime Ministers (including Peel, Palmerston, Baldwin, Churchill and Nehru), the

foreign politicians, the

past and present members of both Houses of the British Parliament, the

five kings and several other members of the royal family.

Three Nobel Prize winners.

Twenty Victoria Crosses.

One recipient of the George Cross.

Oscar and BAFTA winners.

as well as many distinguished figures in the arts and sciences.

Not only that, but Harrow has branches in other parts of the world: Harrow International School Beijing; Harrow International School Shanghai; Harrow International School Bangkok and Harrow International School Hong Kong.

Nearby is the John Lyon School, another well-known independent school for boys, and another well-known school is the North London Collegiate School for Girls in the Borough of Edgware.

As well as Harrow Public School, Harrow is also home to the University of Westminster and is close to Northwick Park and the hospital. It is the University's media, art and design base.

With a history dating back to 1897, this school specialised in art, photography and fashion and became a college in the 1960s under the name of Harrow College of Higher Education. It merged with the Central Polytechnic of London (PCL) in 1990 and is now known as the University of Westminster.

Other notable schools in Harrow include.

Harrow High School, Whitmore High School (twice rated by Ofsted as "

Outstanding"), St Dominic's High School, Salvatorian College and Harrow College, so many middle class families choose to buy homes in Harrow.

Harrow also has a very wide range of other highly rated school resources (the list is only partial)

Films shooting places

The 1918 novel, The Return of the Soldier, is based in Harrow.

The Peggy Mitchell wedding scenes in the 1999 film EastEnders were filmed in Harrow.

The classrooms in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone were filmed in the Fourth Form Room at Harrow Public School.

Harrow Public School was also used to film many scenes for the play The Crown.

The soap opera Cloud 9 was filmed in Harrow in 2013.

The exterior of Clark's house in the 2016 film Me Before You was filmed in Harrow.

Business Centre

The modern town of Harrow is a well-established commercial centre in the outer suburbs of north-west London, with many retail outlets and commercial offices, as well as a growing number of residential flats in the recently regenerated scheme. Harrow is listed as one of the 13 planned metropolitan centres in London. 

The area is home to two shopping centres, St Anns and St George's, which houses several typical British high street chains. st George's was established in 1996, less than a decade after St Anns, giving Harrow an even stronger retail edge.

Greening

Harrow also has a high level of greenery and is a very pleasant place to live. Approximately one fifth of Harrow is green and with excellent transport links to central London, Harrow is a very pleasant place to live and is an ideal place to live.

Celebrities

Elton John

John is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and composer. John has sold over 300 million records since 1967, making him one of the best-selling musical artists of all time.

He has over 50 singles in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, including #7 in the UK and #9 in the US, and seven consecutive #1 albums in the US.

John has won five Grammy Awards, five All-British Music Awards; including Outstanding Contribution to Music; two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, a Disney Legend Award and a Kennedy Center Honors Award.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 49th on its list of 100 Influential Musicians of the Rock Era, and in 2013, Billboard ranked him as the most successful male solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists, behind only the Beatles and Madonna.

Kate Nash

Kate is an English singer, songwriter, musician and actress.

Her debut album 'Made of Bricks' went to number one in the UK and achieved some international success. She subsequently won the Best British Female Artist award at the 2008 All British Music Awards.

Furthermore, she is a feminist activist against gender inequality.

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