Old Harlow

Old Harlow is in Essex.

Get in

By bus

A low-cost minibus company, Stansted Transfer [1] operates between London and Stansted Airport. Their shared hotel transfers are available for less than £10.

There are regular buses to Old Harlow and Harlow New Town from Stansted Airport and Bishop's Stortford. There is also a network of bus route within the town.

By plane

1 Stansted Airport (STN ^IATA) is 20 minutes away by road or train. The Stansted Express train runs regularly to and from Harlow. There are also five alternative international airports within easy reach – Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Luton and Southend.

By train

• 2 Harlow Town. (updated Apr 2022)
• 3 Harlow Mill. (updated Apr 2022)

Greater Anglia provides regular service to Harlow Town and Harlow Mill from London Liverpool Street, Tottenham Hale and Cambridge. The Stansted Express operates through Harlow. The rail network links with the Channel Tunnel’s Eurostar service to provide a route into mainland Europe via Tottenham Hale, London Underground Victoria line and London St Pancras.

Harlow Mill station primarily serves Old Harlow, while Harlow Town is best for the new town and town centre.

By road

Harlow is on the M11 (Junction 7) which runs north to Cambridge and south to London, linking up with the M25 at Junction 27. To the west of Harlow is the A10 which provides a route to Cambridge or London. The A414 runs through Harlow and provides an east-west route from Chelmsford to St Albans. Buses from Stansted Airport to Heathrow run via Harlow.

Get around

Most places in Old Harlow are within a 30-minute walking distance.

See

• Harlow Sculpture Collection (sited across the town). which includes works by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. 

1 Harlowbury Chapel, Curteys, CM17 0HE. Anglican church that was built around 1180. (updated Apr 2022)

2 Gibberd Garden, The Gibberd Garden, Marsh Ln, CM17 0NA (20 minute walk from centre). (updated Apr 2022)

Do

Walks in fields around Churchgate Street

Walk along River Stortford, north to Sawbridgeworth, or south to join Lee Valley Walk

1 Escape Space, Sheering Lower Rd, CM17 0NE, info@escapespace.co.uk. (updated Sep 2023)

Buy

Supermarket in the High Street in Old Harlow. A large number of shops in the town centre.

Eat

Apart from the pubs below, several cafes and restaurants in the High Street and in the town centre.

Drink

1 The Crown Inn, 40 Market St, Old Harlow, Harlow CM17 0AQ, ☏ +44 1279 41 44 22. This traditional English pub is situated in the center of Market Street, which is part of the original village of Harlow. It has been an inn since 1703 but the building is much older, probably dating back to the 16th century. (updated Sep 2023)

2 The Queen's Head, 26 Churchgate St, CM17 0JT. (updated Sep 2023)

3 Harlow Mill (Beefeater), Cambridge Rd, CM20 2EP (next to the River Stort), ☏ +44 1279 217 535. 6:30AM-11PM. (updated Sep 2023)

The Green Man Hotel

The Marquis of Granby

Sleep

1 Swallow Churchgate Hotel. 

• Country House Hotel, Churchgate Street Village, ☏ +44 1279 420246, gm.churchgate@crerarmgmt.com. near M25 and Stansted Airport. 

2 The Green Man Hotel, Mulberry Grn, CM17 0ET (Only a short drive from Stansted Airport).  

• Harlow International Hostel, 13 School Lane, ☏ +44 1279 421702, mail@h-i-h.co.uk. 
• Park Inn Hotel, Southern Way (M11 Jct7), ☏ +44 1279 829988. Comfortable hotel only 10 minutes away from Stansted Airport. 

Go next

Routes through Old Harlow

Cambridge ← Stansted Airport/Bishop's Stortford ←

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→ Woodford → London