Harlow
Harlow District | |
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Essex location |
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status | District |
region | East of England |
Administration County | Essex |
Administrative headquarters | Harlow |
surface | 30.54 km² (337.) |
Residents | 78,300 (304.) |
ONS code | 22UJ |
Website | www.harlow.gov.uk |
Harlow is a town in Essex in south east England . It was founded in 1947 as a New Town from the hamlets of Harlow, Great Parndon, Latton, Little Parndon and Netteswell and is now one of the largest northeastern suburbs in London with around 80,000 inhabitants . Administratively, Harlow is both a city and a district in Essex.
Harlow was the first British city to have a downtown pedestrian zone; In addition, the country's first residential high-rise was built here in 1951; it is now a listed building.
location
Harlow is about 30 km northeast of central London. It has a motorway connection to the M11 (London-Cambridge) and a train station on the London-Cambridge route. The River Stort flows in the north, as well as the Todd Brook in the south and the Canons Brook in the west of the city.
history
The area has been inhabited since the Neolithic; An ax was found in Parndon that dates back to about 6000 BC. Was dated. There are the remains of a Roman temple . The place name Harlow indicates a foundation by the Anglo-Saxons. Harlow was mentioned in the Magna Charta and for a long time remained a typical rural village.
politics
Harlow is a constituency for the British House of Commons and is currently (2006) represented by Labor politician Bill Rammell. In 2005, he was able to prevail against his conservative challenger by a narrow 97 vote. The expansion as a New Town after the Second World War goes back to the city planner Sir Frederick Gibberd.
Sports
Harlow is home to the Harlow Town FC football club
Personalities
The following famous personalities were born or lived in Harlow:
- Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848), poet
- Darren Ambrose , soccer player (Charlton Athletic)
- Aidan Collins , football player (Ipswich Town)
- Charlie Daniels (* 1986), football player (AFC Bournemouth)
- Glen Hoddle , England football team coach
- Carl Jenkinson (* 1992), football player
- Nick Kamen (born 1962), pop singer
- Jodie Marsh (* 1978), model
- Rik Mayall (1958-2014), actor
- Shaun Murphy (born 1982), snooker player
- Daryl Selby (* 1982), squash player
- Martin Taylor (* 1956), guitarist
- Laura Trott (* 1992), racing cyclist
Twin cities
- Havířov , Czech Republic
- Prague 15 , Czech Republic
- Stavanger , Norway
- Tingalpa , Australia
- Vélizy-Villacoublay , France
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ' N , 0 ° 8' E