or '''Harrow-on-the-Hill''' is the principal town in the
London Borough Of Harrow . It is a suburban development situated 10.2 miles (16.4 km) west north-west of
Charing Cross .
Harrow is widely known for
Harrow School where Winston Churchill and Indian Prime Minister Nehru attended. It also has a large campus for the
University Of Westminster near
Northwick Park Hospital ; although both these landmarks actually lie in the
London Borough Of Brent .
It also features a moderately large shopping area in the town centre. The main shopping district is located near Harrow-on-the-Hill tube station and Harrow Bus Station, and has two small shopping centres. The St. Ann's Shopping Centre, opened by
Princess Diana in 1987, is the older of the two and contains an extensive food court. St. George's opened by
Catherine Zeta Jones is a smaller mall, but features a gym and a 9-screen
Vue cinema. Complementing the shopping centres are a number of high street shops and a large Debenham's department store.
Nearest places:
Harrow is twinned with French town
Douai .
The area has excellent public transport links and is served by the
Metropolitan Line of the
London Underground and also by the
National Rail services of
Chiltern Railways and
Silverlink . Stations in the area are:
Harrow is near to the
A40 and the
M1 Motorway .
The town centre also boasts a major Bus Station adjacent to
Harrow-on-the-Hill Station that serves as an important hub for buses in the area. Many routes to North and West London pass through this Station. Notable routes that pass through the station include:
- The 140 route starting and terminating at Harrow Weald and Heathrow Airport
- The 182 route starting and terminating at Harrow Weald and Brent Cross
- The 183 route starting and terminating at Pinner and Golders Green Bus Station
- The N18 nightbus which starts at Trafalgar Square and terminates at either Sudbury or Harrow Bus Station
- Sir Roger Bannister , famous runner and neurologist
- Mrs Beeton , 1st celebrity cook
- Mr Biffo , aka Paul Rose - screenwriter and co-creator of Digitiser .
- Lord Byron , poet
- Gavin Fisher , engineer, former chief designer for the WilliamsF1 team
- Tom Fletcher , singer/guitarist with McFly .
- Elton John , musician
- Linsey Dawn McKenzie , model.
- Professor David Pearce , The Enviromental Economist
- Courtney Pine , jazz legend
- Lord Sutch
- Leo Mullane , Geographer. Coined the phrase "Cultural halfway-house".
