Editing London Borough of Harrow

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
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| leader_name3       = [[Gareth Thomas (English politician)|Gareth Thomas]] <br/> [[Bob Blackman]] <br/> [[David Simmonds]]
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| leader_name4       = Cllr Paul Osborn (Conservative)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://moderngov.harrow.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=44&_gl=1*11fgc36*_ga*MTc1MjI0NDAxNC4xNjYyODE0ODEy*_ga_M5S4MNQ3H6*MTY2MzA4MzU2Ni4yLjEuMTY2MzA4Mzc0MC4wLjAuMA | title=Councillor Paul Osborn | date=24 September 2022 }}</ref>
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The '''London Borough of Harrow''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ær|oʊ}})<ref>{{citation|last=Wells |first=John C. |year=2008 |title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary |edition=3rd |publisher=Longman |page=368 |isbn=9781405881180}}</ref> is a [[London boroughs|London borough]] in northwest [[London]], [[England]]; it forms part of [[Outer London]]. It borders four other London boroughs {{endash}} [[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]] to the east of ancient [[Watling Street|Watling Street (now the A5 road)]], [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]] to the southeast, [[London Borough of Ealing|Ealing]] to the south and [[London Borough of Hillingdon|Hillingdon]] to the west and the [[Hertfordshire]] districts of [[Three Rivers District|Three Rivers]] and [[Hertsmere]] to the north. The local authority is [[Harrow London Borough Council]]. The London borough was formed in 1965, based on boundaries that had been established in 1934. The borough is made up of three towns: [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[Pinner]] and [[Stanmore]], but also includes western parts of [[Edgware]].

==History==
The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the three [[ancient parish]]es of [[Harrow on the Hill]], [[Great Stanmore]] and [[Little Stanmore]] (also known as Whitchurch), all of which were historically in the county of [[Middlesex]]. Harrow on the Hill was the largest of the three parishes. [[Pinner]] was a [[chapelry]] of Harrow on the Hill until 1766 when it was made a separate parish.<ref>{{cite book |title=Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society: Volume 3 |date=1870 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5joQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA181 |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>

The central part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill was made a [[Local Board of Health|local board district]] in 1850, with an elected board overseeing public health and responsible for the provision of infrastructure. The local board district covered the original hilltop village and the adjoining hamlets of [[Roxeth]], [[Sudbury, London|Sudbury]] and [[Greenhill, Harrow|Greenhill]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lawes |first1=Edward |title=The Act for promoting the Public Health, with notes |date=1851 |publisher=Shaw and Sons |location=London |pages=264–265 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRJXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA264 |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref> Greenhill subsequently developed into the modern town centre of [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] following the opening of [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station]] there in 1880.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hibbert |first1=Christopher |last2=Weinreb |first2=Ben |last3=Keay |first3=John |last4=Keay |first4=Julia |title=The London Encyclopaedia |date=2011 |page=352 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&pg=PA352 |access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref>

Such districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]], which also said that parishes could no longer straddle district boundaries.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1894|year=1894|chapter=73|access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> The parts of the old parish of Harrow on the Hill outside the urban district were therefore split into three new parishes called [[Harrow Weald]], [[Wealdstone]] and [[Wembley]] (the latter now part of the [[London Borough of Brent]]). Wealdstone and Wembley were both made into urban districts at the same time.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1895 |page=269 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFIwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA269 |access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref><ref>Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. {{ISBN|0-901050-67-9}}</ref>

[[File:Harrow1961.svg|thumb|left|Harrow within Middlesex in 1961]]
The urban district was significantly enlarged by the [[Local Government Act 1929|Middlesex Review Order 1934]] to take in the neighbouring urban district of Wealdstone and the parishes of Harrow Weald, Pinner, Great Stanmore and Little Stanmore. The urban district was renamed from 'Harrow on the Hill' to just 'Harrow' as part of the 1934 expansion. Harrow Urban District was incorporated as a [[municipal borough]] on 4 May 1954.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harrow Urban District / Municipal Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10001833 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref> At the 1961 census, the borough had a population of 209,080, making it the most populous local government district in the [[administrative county]] of Middlesex.<ref>{{cite web |title=1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/census/table/EW1961COU_M3?u_id=10061441&show=DB&min_c=1&max_c=12 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref>

In 1965 the borough was transferred from Middlesex to [[Greater London]] under the [[London Government Act 1963]]. It kept the same boundaries, but was renamed the London Borough of Harrow, becoming one of the 32 London Boroughs. It was the only London borough<!-- Note the City of London is not a London borough --> which comprised a single pre-1965 district with no changes to its boundaries.<ref>{{cite web |title=The naming of the London Boroughs: Part One |url=https://lccmunicipal.com/2018/06/29/the-naming-of-the-london-boroughs-part-one/ |website=LCC Municipal |access-date=20 August 2023 |language=en |date=29 June 2018}}</ref> There has since been an adjustment to the borough's northern boundary, where the village of [[Elstree]] straddled Harrow and [[Hertfordshire]]; on 1 April 1993 Elstree was placed entirely in Hertfordshire (and its district of [[Hertsmere]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/elstree%20and%20potters%20bar.html|title=Elstree and Potters Bar|publisher=UK Births, Marriages and Deaths|access-date=8 November 2021}}</ref>

==Governance==
{{main|Harrow London Borough Council}}
[[File:Elliott Hall, Harrow Arts Centre.jpg|thumb|Elliott Hall, [[Harrow Arts Centre]], Pinner]]
The local authority is Harrow Council, which meets at the [[Harrow Arts Centre]] in Pinner and has its main offices at the Council Hub on Kenmore Avenue in Wealdstone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harrow's regeneration business plans approved |url=https://www.harrow.gov.uk/news/article/11284/harrow-s-regeneration-business-plans-approved |website=London Borough of Harrow |access-date=12 April 2024 |date=26 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Grant |title=Harrow Council's town hall will be demolished and turned into housing |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/harrow-town-hall-demolished-turned-26133849 |access-date=12 April 2024 |work=My London |date=1 February 2023}}</ref>

===Greater London representation===
Since 2000, for elections to the [[London Assembly]], the borough forms part of the [[Brent and Harrow (London Assembly constituency)|Brent and Harrow]] constituency.

==Demographics==
[[File:Harrow population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid Harrow in 2021]]

===Location===
Its site on and near the green belt and ease of access to [[central London]] (20 minutes by train to [[Marylebone railway station|Marylebone]] and 12 minutes to [[Euston railway station|Euston]] via [[West Midlands Trains]]) make Harrow a convenient place to live. Rising property prices in all London areas have helped to see a large increase in property redevelopment of its existing Edwardian and 1920s to 1940s housing stock.

===Ethnicity===
[[File:Ethnic makeup of Harrow by single year ages in 2021.svg|thumb|Ethnic makeup of Harrow by single year ages in 2021]]
Harrow is a diverse borough, having 63.8% of its population from the BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) communities, with the largest group being of Indian ethnicity (specifically those from [[Gujarat]] and [[South India]]). The borough can also claim to have the largest concentration of [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamils]] in the UK and Ireland as well as having the highest density of [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[Hindus]] in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/gangs/projects/harrow/index.jsp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184646/http://www.london.gov.uk/gangs/projects/harrow/index.jsp|url-status=dead|title=London against gun and knife crime|archivedate=30 September 2007}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Migration and London's growth |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/74375221.pdf#page=94 |publisher=LSE}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref>{{Cite book |last=Surveys |first=Great Britain Office of Population Censuses and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zcIAQAAMAAJ |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 Census: Demographic characteristics of the ethnic minority populations |date=1996 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6 |language=en}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref>{{Cite book |last=Surveys |first=Great Britain Office of Population Censuses and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zcIAQAAMAAJ |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 Census: Demographic characteristics of the ethnic minority populations |date=1996 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1991 census – theme tables |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |access-date=20 January 2017 |publisher=NOMIS}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/submit.asp?forward=yes&menuopt=201&subcomp= |title=KS006 - Ethnic group  |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=Ethnic Group by measures |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
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|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!–
!95.8%
!164,781
!85%
!149,689
!73.4%
!121,543
!58.77%
!100,991
!42.07%
!95,233
!36.46%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 103,207 || 49.90% || 73,826 || 30.8% || 53,567 || 20.51%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 9,057 || 4.38% || 7,336 || 3.0% || 5,608 || 2.15%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 181 || 0.07% || 179 || 0.07%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 9,279 || 4.49% || 19,648 || 8.2% || 34,458 || 13.19%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total 
!–
!–
!22,223
!11.4%
!42,732
!21%!! 61,314 !! 29.65% !!101,808 !! 42.2% !! 118,152 !! 45.23%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|17,515
|9%
|33,246
| 16.3%|| 45,310 || 21.91% || 63,051 || 26.3% || 74,744 || 28.62%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|1,395
|
|2,406
| || 4,317|| 2.09% || 7,797 || 3.2% || 10,264 || 3.93%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|290
|
|552
| || 953 || 0.46% || 1,378 || 0.5% || 1,820 || 0.70%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|1,003
|
|1,854
| || 2,567 || 1.24% || 2,629 || 1.0% || 2,784 || 1.07%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 
|–
|–
|2,020
|
|4,674
| || 10,734 || 5.19% || 26,953 || 11.2% || 28,540 || 10.93%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total 
!–
!–
!4,724
!2.4%
!7,664
! 3.8%!! 12,703 !! 6.14% !!19,708 !! 8.1% !! 19,151 !! 7.33%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|941
|
|1,731
| || 5,656 || 2.73% || 8,526 || 3.5% || 10,584 || 4.05%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|2,857
|1.5%
|4,537
| 2.2%|| 6,116 || 2.96% || 6,812 || 2.8% || 6,514 || 2.49%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|926
|
|1,396
| || 931 || 0.45% || 4,370 || 1.8% || 2053 || 0.79%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 5,840 !! 2.82% !!9,499 !! 3.8% !! 9,833 !! 3.76%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,371 || 0.66% || 2,344 || 0.9% || 2,187 || 0.84%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 633 || 0.31% || 1,053 || 0.4% || 1,104 || 0.42%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 2,018 || 0.98% || 3,417 || 1.4% || 3,140 || 1.20%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,818 || 0.88% || 2,685 || 1.1% || 3,402 || 1.30%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total 
!–
!–
!2,208
!1.1%
!3,714
! 1.8%!! 2,847 !! 1.38% !!7,050 !! 2.8% !! 18,836 !! 7.21%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 3,708 || 1.5% || 6,239 || 2.39%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 2,847 || 1.38% || 3,342 || 1.3% || 12,597 || 4.82%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total 
!–
!4.8%
!29,155
!15%
!54,110
!26.6%!! 85,271 !! 41.23% !!138,065 !! 57.93% !! 165,972 !! 63.54%
|-
|
|
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|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total 
!–
!100%
!193,936 
!100%
!203,799
!100%!! 206,814 !! 100.00% !! 239,056 !! 100.00% !! 261,205 !! 100.00%
|}

{{Historical populations
|type = UK
|title = Population
|footnote = Source: [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10064028&c_id=10001043&add=N ''A Vision of Britain through time, citing Census population'']
|1801|3240
|1811|3969
|1821|4383
|1831|5342
|1841|5829
|1851|5980
|1861|7424
|1871|8869
|1881|10313
|1891|12231
|1901|22683
|1911|42065
|1921|64431
|1931|98694
|1941|146617
|1951|217811
|1961|210424
|1971|203309
|1981|196147
|1991|203769
|2001|207389
|2011|239056
}}

Wards with the highest white British population were:
*Pinner
*Pinner South (a long-stretched ward covering Pinner Village, the area west of North Harrow and Rayners Lane, and east of [[Eastcote]])
*Stanmore Park (an area mostly covering [[Stanmore]])

The lowest wards meanwhile were:
*Kenton East (the area west of Honeypot Lane, bordering Kenton Lane),
*Queensbury (the area north of the station, around Honeypot Lane)

Since 2005, on the last Sunday in June Harrow Council hosts ''Under One Sky'' - Harrow's largest festival, to celebrate and the joint communities of Harrow. This has a programme of dance, world music, sports activity, youth music, spoken word, free children's activity, a carnival parade, information and stalls, health promotion, a world food zone and outside radio broadcast.

===Religion===
{{Pie chart
| caption=Faith in Harrow (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS031/editions/2021/versions/1|title=Religion - Religion in England and Wales (detailed dataset including Jain: Census 2021, ONS}}</ref>
| label1 = [[History of Christianity in Britain|Christian]]
| value1 = 33.9 | color1 = Dodgerblue
| label2 = [[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hindu]]
| value2 = 25.8 | color2 = darkorange
| label3 = [[Islam in the United Kingdom|Muslim]]
| value3 = 15.9| color3 = green
| label4 = [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|No Religion]]
| value4 = 10.6 | color4 = honeydew
| label5 = [[Judaism in the United Kingdom|Jewish]]
| value5 = 2.8 | color5 = turquoise
| label6 = [[Jainism in the United Kingdom|Jain]]
| value6 = 2.4 | color6 = darkorchid
| label7 = [[Buddhism in the United Kingdom|Buddhist]]
| value7 = 1.1 | color7 = goldenrod
| label8 = [[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikh]]
| value8 = 1.1 | color8 = yellow
| label9 = Other Religions
| value9 = 0.5 | color9 = deeppink
|color10=lightgrey|value10=5.9|label10=Religion not Stated}}
[[File:Hindu Temple, Kenton, Harrow - geograph.org.uk - 98989.jpg|thumb|[[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London (Harrow)]]]]
Harrow is the most religiously diverse local authority area in the UK, with a 62% chance that two random people are from different religions, according to Office for National Statistics, October 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/eth1006.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070109002329/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/eth1006.pdf |archive-date=9 January 2007  }}. National Statistics. Retrieved 8 October 2006.</ref> According to the 2011 census, 25.3% of Harrow's population identified themselves as Hindu - the highest in the UK. A large number of [[Jewish]] people live in [[Stanmore]] and [[Hatch End]]. The [[Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue]], until 2019, boasted the largest membership of any single [[synagogue]] in the whole of [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Israel/Partnerships/Regions/Kavimut/Britain+Communities/Stanmore+11.htm|title=Partnership2Gether|website=The Jewish Agency|access-date=19 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426075317/http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Israel/Partnerships/Regions/Kavimut/Britain+Communities/Stanmore+11.htm|archive-date=26 April 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Harrow also has a sizable Muslim community, about 1 in 10 of its population.

As per the 2011 census, Harrow has a larger than average Jewish, Hindu and Muslim population.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Religion
! colspan="2" |1995 estimates<ref>{{Cite web |title=A PROFILE OF BRITISH JEWRY - 1995 |url=https://www.bjpa.org/content/upload/bjpa/a_pr/A%20PROFILE%20OF%20BRITISH%20JEWRY.pdf |page=12}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Religion - Religion in England and Wales: Census 2021, ONS |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021}}</ref>
|-
!Population
!%
!Population
!%
|-
|Christianity
|–
|–
|
|33.9
|-
|Hinduism
|–
|–
|
|25.8
|-
|Islam
|–
|–
|
|15.9
|-
|Judaism
|14,100
|7%
|
|2.8
|-
|Jainism
|–
|–
|
|2.4
|-
|Buddhism
|–
|–
|
|1.1
|-
|Sikhism
|–
|–
|
|1.1
|-
|No religion
|–
|–
|
|10.6
|-
|Religion not stated
|–
|–
|
|5.9
|}

===Other===
In a national detailed Land Use Survey by the [[Office for National Statistics]] in 2005 it was found that the London Borough of Harrow had the second highest proportion of land being domestic gardens: 34.7% of all 326 districts in England; this compared with the [[London Borough of Sutton]]'s 35.1% (highest proportion nationally) and [[Bournemouth]]'s 34.6%.<ref name=ons>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005] published alongside the data of the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] see Physical Environment.</ref>

==Arts and culture==
The first and only contemporary artist-led gallery in Harrow was set up in 2010 by the Usurp Art Collective. The space is called the Usurp Art Gallery & Studios and is based in West Harrow, a bohemian part of Harrow. Usurp Art provides professional support to artists and runs the only public artists studios in the borough. It is a flagship project for Arts Council England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://press.artscouncil.org.uk/Press-Releases/New-art-gallery-opens-in-Harrow-3cc.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120904134134/http%3A//press.artscouncil.org.uk/Press%2DReleases/New%2Dart%2Dgallery%2Dopens%2Din%2DHarrow%2D3cc.aspx |archive-date=4 September 2012  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2010/02/15/new-art-gallery-for-west-harrow-116451-25838581/|title=All the news from Harrow - getwestlondon|website=www.harrowobserver.co.uk|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-lifestyle/arts-exhibitions-london/2012/01/05/usurp-art-gallery-looks-to-the-future-116451-30058701/|title=Lifestyle: lifestyle news for West London - Get West London|website=www.harrowobserver.co.uk|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://instituteformodern.co.uk/author/marq/page/3 |title=Home and Away: Group for War and Culture Studies – the Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture – IMCC the Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture |access-date=23 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114064736/http://instituteformodern.co.uk/author/marq/page/3 |archive-date=14 January 2013  }}</ref>

There are 289 listed buildings located in the London Borough of Harrow, including more than 80 in [[Harrow on the Hill|Harrow-on-the-Hill ward]] and over 50 in [[Pinner|Pinner ward]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Listed Buildings in Harrow |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/harrow#.Y1qsSuzMKAw |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref> [[Grade I and II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Harrow|Grade I and II* buildings in the borough]] include the [[St Lawrence's Church, Whitchurch|Church of St Lawrence, Stanmore]] and [[Headstone Manor]], and [[:Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Harrow|Grade II listed buildings]] include [[Bentley Priory]], [[Grim's Dyke]] and [[Harrow and Wealdstone station]].

==Economy==
Major employers included [[Kodak]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Kodak: 123 years of history in Harrow|url=http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/10880869.Kodak__123_years_of_history_in_Harrow/|access-date=30 March 2014|newspaper=Harrow Times|date=16 December 2013|author=Bruce Thain|quote=After more than a century in the borough Kodak has announced it is set to stay.... Kodak has sold off large parts of the Harrow site for development.}}</ref> the [[Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital]] and [[Ladbrokes]], which formally has its headquarters in Harrow.<ref>[http://www.harrow.gov.uk/www2/documents/s63118/draft%20of%20Core%20Strategy.pdf Draft Core Strategy] Retrieved on 20 October 2013.</ref>

==Crime==
Crime figures are generally lower compared to the Greater London average; the borough had 2,618 notifiable offences in April 2009, compared with an average of 2,204 across London's boroughs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.met.police.uk/crimestatistics/index.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425015846/http://www.met.police.uk/crimestatistics/index.htm|url-status=dead|title=Police web site download in Excel format|archivedate=25 April 2012}}</ref> Between the annual year of June 2017 to June 2018, Harrow was ranked 28th out of the 32 London boroughs in terms of number of criminal offences,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/31/london-boroughs-dangerous-7782297/ |title=Which London boroughs are the most dangerous? &#124; Metro News |publisher=Metro.co.uk |date=31 July 2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> and recording just one murder in the period.<ref>{{cite web|author=Robin De Peyer |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/revealed-the-boroughs-with-the-highest-and-lowest-murder-rates-in-london-a3869671.html |title=Revealed: The boroughs with the highest (and lowest) murder rates in London &#124; London Evening Standard |publisher=Standard.co.uk |date=23 June 2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> The Pinner South ward was recorded as having the lowest crime rate out of all wards of Greater London in 2014/15.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ward-profiles-and-atlas|title=Ward Profiles and Atlas|access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>

==Sport and leisure==
The London Borough of Harrow has 4 non league football clubs, including [[Wealdstone FC]] who play at [[Grosvenor Vale|The Vale]], [[Harrow Borough F.C.]] who play at [[Rogers Family Stadium]] and [[Rayners Lane F.C.]] who play at the Tithe Farm Social Club. [[Barnet F.C.]] are also based in Harrow, having moved into [[The Hive Stadium]] from the neighbouring [[London Borough of Barnet]] in 2013 after disagreements with the local authority over their former home [[Underhill Stadium]]. Five of the 30 cricket clubs which play in the Middlesex County Cricket League are based in the London Borough of Harrow: Harrow, Harrow St Mary's, Harrow Town, Kenton and Stanmore. Hatch End Cricket Club previously played at Shaftesbury playing fields in Hatch End but following an arson attack on their clubhouse and a subsequent failure to raise enough funds to build a new one, the club moved to Elstree in 2011.

Harrow also had a professional [[rugby league]] team when [[London Broncos]] played at The Hive Stadium in 2014 and 2015. The club relocated to Ealing from 2016 onwards.

==Education==
{{See also|List of schools in Harrow}}
The borough is often perceived as having a good educational record, and features many state-funded primary and secondary schools as well as a handful of large tertiary colleges.

For a long time the secondary schools of Harrow did not feature integrated [[sixth form]] education, with all school leavers having to join the [[tertiary college]]s such as [[Harrow College]] and [[Stanmore College]], or the faith-based [[St Dominic's Sixth Form College]]. The tertiary system was implemented in 1987 after years of discussions and delays, with Harrow becoming the first London borough with a complete change to tertiary; the ''[[Harrow Observer|Pinner Observer]]'' called it an education "revolution".<ref>{{Citation
| title = Revolution is about to start
| newspaper = Pinner Observer
| date   = 10 September 1987
| page   = 10
| url    = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002510/19870910/063/0010
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation
| title = Tertiary starts
| newspaper = Pinner Observer
| date   = 3 September 1987
| page   = 3
| url    = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002510/19870903/027/0003
}}</ref> There have been critics of the tertiary colleges, with many arguing the standard of education does not continue the standard set by the Borough's secondary schools. The council eventually went into another re-organisation, creating the Harrow Sixth Form Collegiate, a co-ordinated partnership between many of the borough's secondary schools, which led to the first admission of school sixth form students in September 2008.<ref>:{{cite web|url=https://www2.harrow.gov.uk/documents/s24090/Harrow%20Sixth%20Form%20Collegiate%20Annex%20D%20-%20Decision%20Makers%20Guidance.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911021230/http://www2.harrow.gov.uk/documents/s24090/Harrow%20Sixth%20Form%20Collegiate%20Annex%20D%20-%20Decision%20Makers%20Guidance.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-11 |url-status=live|title=Harrow Sixth Form College: Decision Makers' Guidance|publisher=Harrow Council}}</ref> Both Catholic faith-based [[Salvatorian College]] and [[Sacred Heart Language College]] were unaffected, the students of which could transfer to St Dominic's Sixth Form College.

From September 2010, the primary sector was modified to enable transfer to secondary education at age 11 in line with other London Boroughs.<ref name="harrow">{{cite web|url=http://www.harrow.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=49&documentID=1361|title=School reorganisation to change the ages of transfer|year=2009|publisher=London borough of Harrow|access-date=24 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417122116/http://www.harrow.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=49&documentID=1361|archive-date=17 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Borough has a Music Service which provides instrumental tuition for 15% of all Harrow state sector pupils (the national figure is 8% of all state pupils receiving instrumental tuition) and a range of ensemble opportunities for pupils.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrowmusicservice.org/|title=Harrow Music Service|website=Harrow Music Service|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref>

The independent schools of the Borough are dominated by the presence of [[Harrow School]] and [[John Lyon School]] for boys and [[North London Collegiate School]] for girls which consistently rank as among the best schools in the country. Notable independent primary schools include [[Orley Farm School]] and Reddiford School, both of which are [[co-educational]].

There are also a number of [[voluntary aided school]]s in the Borough. These include: [[Salvatorian College]] (Roman Catholic, boys) and Sacred Heart Language College (Roman Catholic, girls)

There are two [[special needs]] high schools; Kingsley High School (co-ed) and Shaftesbury High School (co-ed).

Other state secondary schools in the London Borough of Harrow are: Whitefriars High School (co-ed); Bentley Wood High School (girls); [[Canons High School]] (co-ed); [[Harrow High School]] (co-ed); [[Hatch End High School]] (co-ed); [[Nower Hill High School]] (co-ed); [[Park High School, Stanmore|Park High School]] (co-ed); [[Rooks Heath School]] (co-ed); [[Whitmore High School]] (co-ed). Mountview High School in Wealdstone - a comprehensive school formed out of Whitefriars Secondary Modern in the early 1970s - closed in 1986 with the site being partially redeveloped into industrial units. The catchment area was dispersed between Nower Hill and Hatch End Schools.

Middle schools include [[Whitchurch Middle School]].

;GCSE examination performance
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School!!A*-C Pass Rate<br />2008!!A*-C Pass Rate<br />2009!!A*-C Pass Rate<br/>2010!!English Baccalaureate<br/>Pass Rate<br />2010!!A*-C Pass Rate<br/>2011!!English Baccalaureate<br/> Pass Rate<br />2011
|-
| Bentley Wood High School||59%||58%||61%||30%||69%||36%
|-
| [[Canons High School]]||49%||46%||54%||2%||52%||12%
|-
| [[Harrow High School]]||52%||43%||31%||5%||35%||3%
|-
| [[Hatch End High School]]||51%||59%||55%||24%||49%||20%
|-
| [[Nower Hill High School]]||68%||57%||79%||27%||78%||16%
|-
| [[Park High School, Stanmore|Park High School]]||66%||72%||66%||15%||71%||23%
|-
| [[Rooks Heath School]]||37%||42%||52%||11%||48%||12%
|-
| Sacred Heart College||76%||86%||77%||53%||84%||59%
|-
| [[Salvatorian College]]||67%||67%||74%||27%||73%||26%
|-
| [[Whitmore High School]]||65%||64%||60%||35%||70%||40%
|- style="background:#ccf"
| '''Average for London Borough of Harrow'''||'''57.7%'''||'''60.8%'''||'''60.7%'''||'''22.6%'''||'''tba'''||'''tba'''
|- style="background:#ccf"
| '''Average for England'''||'''47.6%'''||'''50.7%'''||'''55.2%'''||'''15.1%'''||'''tba'''||'''tba'''
|}

* ''The table on shows the percentage of students gaining five A* to C grades, including English and Maths, for state schools in the London Borough of Harrow''
* ''The rightmost column shows the percentage of students gaining five A* to C grades, in five core subjects - maths, English, two science qualifications, a foreign language and either history or geography.''
* Source: [[Department for Education]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/|title=Search for schools and colleges to compare - GOV.UK|website=Find and compare schools in England}}</ref>

All of Harrow's pupils have the chance to be elected onto the Harrow Youth Parliament. This is a group of around 50 young people in the Borough who come together to work on projects that benefit other young people. They are also the official youth voice for the council and are in constant communication with the council on all youth matters.

==Notable residents==
{{Main|List of people from the London Borough of Harrow}}

==Districts and postcodes==
{{Further|List of districts in the London Borough of Harrow}}

==Transport==

The London Borough of Harrow was historically in the heart of an area known as "[[Metro-land]]" and therefore is very well served by the [[London Underground]] compared with other boroughs in [[Outer London]]. It is located near the northwestern extremity of the modern-day network, with 4 lines serving the area. The Bakerloo and Jubilee lines terminate in the borough, at [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] and [[Stanmore]] respectively. Meanwhile, the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines pass through the southern edge of the borough on shared track before both terminating at [[Uxbridge]]. The [[Northern line]] terminates just outside Harrow at [[Edgware tube station]] in the [[London Borough of Barnet]].

The [[London Overground]] also serves the borough, sharing track with the Bakerloo line between Queens Park and [[Harrow & Wealdstone station|Harrow & Wealdstone]] before it continues beyond the latter station to eventually terminate at Watford Junction.

The numerous [[National Rail]], [[London Overground]] and [[London Underground]] stations in the borough are:
* [[Canons Park tube station|Canons Park]]
* [[Harrow & Wealdstone station|Harrow & Wealdstone]]
* [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station|Harrow-on-the-Hill]]
* [[Hatch End railway station|Hatch End]]
* [[Headstone Lane railway station|Headstone Lane]]
* [[North Harrow tube station|North Harrow]]
* [[Pinner tube station|Pinner]]
* [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]]
* [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]]
* [[Stanmore tube station|Stanmore]]
* [[Sudbury Hill tube station|Sudbury Hill]]
* [[Sudbury Hill Harrow railway station|Sudbury Hill Harrow]]
* [[West Harrow tube station|West Harrow]]
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In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 27.5% of all residents aged 16–74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 5.9%; bus, minibus or coach, 5.9%; train, 4.5%; on foot, 4.3%; work mainly at or from home, 3.5%; passenger in a car or van, 1.6%.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs701ew.xls|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=23 November 2013}} Percentages are of all residents aged 16-74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode, specified as the journey’s longest part by distance.</ref>

==Town twinning==
Harrow is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
* [[Douai]], France

==Coat of arms==
A coat of arms was granted to Harrow Urban District Council in 1938. Supporters to the arms were granted in 1954, when the urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough. The municipal borough became the London Borough of Harrow in 1965, with unaltered boundaries, and thus the council retained use of the arms. The arms are also used by [[Harrow Borough F.C.]] The motto reads as "Salus Populi Suprema Lex" which translates from Latin as "The well-being of the people is the highest law."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/great_london.html|work=civicheraldry.co.uk|title=HARROW, LONDON BOROUGH OF}}</ref>

==Freedom of the Borough==
The following people and organisations have received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Borough]] of Harrow.

{{Incomplete list|date=July 2020}}

===Individuals===
* [[Winston Churchill|Sir Winston Churchill]]: 30 December 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/churchill-at-harrow|title=Churchill At Harrow|first=British|last=Pathé|website=www.britishpathe.com}}</ref>
* [[Roger Bannister|Sir Roger Bannister]]: May 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/487123.sir-roger-recalls-the-run-of-his-life/|title=Sir Roger recalls the run of his life|website=Harrow Times}}</ref>
* Keith Toms: 26 November 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/18910420.former-mayor-harrow-keith-toms-given-freedom-borough/|title=Former mayor granted freedom of Harrow|website=Harrow Times}}</ref>

===Military units===
* [[131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers|131 Independent Commando Squadron]], [[Royal Engineers|Corps of Royal Engineers]] [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|(Volunteers)]]: 10 March 1983.
* 47 (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 31st (Greater London) Signal Regiment Royal Corps of Signals: 10 March 1983.
* 257 (Southern) General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers): 10 March 1983.
* [[RAF Stanmore Park]]: 20 October 1988.
* [[RAF Bentley Priory]]: 20 October 1988.
* Roxeth & Harrow Company, Church Lads' & Church Girls' Brigade: 20 October 1994
* [[Royal British Legion]] (Harrow Branch): 18 July 1996.
* Girls' Brigade North West London District: 1 May 2014.
* [[List of Air Training Corps squadrons|1454 (Harrow) Squadron Air Training Corps]]: 1 May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/200033/elections_and_representatives/884/freedoms_granted_by_harrow/2|title=Further info – Freedoms granted by Harrow – Harrow Council|website=www.harrow.gov.uk|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823180213/http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/200033/elections_and_representatives/884/freedoms_granted_by_harrow/2|archive-date=23 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Harrow parks and open spaces]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.harrow.gov.uk/ Harrow Council]
* [http://www.harrowboro.com/ Harrow Borough F.C.]
* [http://www.metros.org.uk/ Metros Running Club] (Harrow [[road running]] club)
* [http://www.oldsalvatorians.com/ Old Salvatorians (unofficial)]
* [http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/ ''Harrow Times'']

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