The Town

Harlow is situated on the border between Essex and Hertfordshire, directly between London and Cambridge. It is conveniently placed for access to London, the national centre for the media industry, but it is just far enough beyond the end of the tube lines to escape London’s high cost of living.

The town is divided into small neighbourhoods, each with its own shops, schools, pubs, churches, health, community and leisure centres. The designers of the town aimed to develop an attractive environment for its residents by creating park and landscaped areas - resulting in Harlow often being referred to as a "green town". The designers of the town also had a dream of providing art for the public, which has lead to Harlow having an impressive collection of sculptures by a variety of artists including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Auguste Rodin.

Social Scene

Bars/Clubs

Seen, CM20, Libertys.

Café Bars

Esquires, Starbucks, Costa.

Entertainment

The Square (live music, stand-up comedy, cabaret), Playhouse Theatre (drama, stand-up comedy, musicals), Bowling Alley. Six screen Cineworld cinema.

Sport & Fitness

New sports centre with swimming pool adjacent to campus grounds, athletics club, rugby club, football club, Esporta Health Club.

Shopping

HMV, Topshop, Next, River Island, TK Maxx, Monsoon, Jane Norman, Marks and Spencer, Carphone Warehouse.

Travel

Rail

Harlow Town is on the London Liverpool Street to Cambridge main line, which can also be reached via Tottenham Hale on the Victoria underground line. Fast trains run approximately every half hour from Harlow Town Station and take around 25 minutes to reach Tottenham Hale, 40 minutes to Liverpool Street and 50 minutes in the other direction to Cambridge. Some Stansted Express trains also stop at Harlow.

Road

Harlow is 10 minutes from the M11 and from there it is only 10 minutes to the M25 and North East London; while in the opposite direction the M11 links you to the Midlands and the North.

Bus and Coach

The college is less than 5 minutes walk from the town centre and bus station. There are buses around the town, to Harlow Town train station and many of the immediate surrounding towns and villages.

Accommodation

There are a number of Lettings Agencies in Harlow, who advertise in the local papers. We also have a list of landlords and landladies in the Harlow area. Contact the Admissions Office for further details and/or an accommodation list.