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  1. Things to Do in Harlow, England: See Tripadvisor's 24,500 traveller reviews and photos of Harlow tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in June. We have reviews of the best places to see in Harlow. Visit top-rated & must-see attractions.

    • Harlow Sculpture Trail
    • Harlow Museum and Walled Gardens
    • Harlow Town Park
    • Pets’ Corner
    • Gibberd Garden
    • Harlow Playhouse
    • Henry Moore Foundation
    • Ada Cole Rescue Centre
    • North Weald Airfield Museum
    • Rye Meads

    When Harlow was designed in the 1950s the lead planner Frederick Gibberd conceived the New Town as a place where the public would have access to important art. He founded the Harlow Art Trust in 1953, which owns most of the 100+ works of public art strewn across the Harlow streetscape. The chairman in the 1950s was Sir Philip Hendy, who was directo...

    The town museum is in the stables and grounds of the 16th-century Mark Hall manor. This once distinguished residence was visited by Queen Elizabeth I and her entourage on three occasions. The four main galleries tell Harlow’s story across more than 2,000 years. In Roman times the town was the scene of one of southern Britain’s key temples, and ther...

    An annual Green Flag winner, Harlow Town Park blends five themed gardens with a host of facilities like a cafe, adventure playground, outdoor gym, paddling pool and Pets’ Corner, which we’ll talk about below. You could lose an hour ambling around the Water Garden, Newfoundland Garden, Specimen Garden, Walled Garden and Sensory Garden. There’s also ...

    A beloved free attraction in the Harlow Town Park, this animal farm opened in 1966. Along with typical domestic species like goats, pigs, ducks, sheep, chickens and rabbits, there are also some more unusual inhabitants like llamas, alpacas and reindeer, as well as rare breeds like Tamworth and saddleback pigs and red poll cows. You can buy animal f...

    Frederick Gibberd, the man who planned Harlow New Town, designed this garden at his home on the town’s northeast shoulder. Frederick Gibberd worked on this nine-acre space from 1957 to 1984, embellishing it with sculptures and architectural fragments. There are lawns, terraces, avenues and pools as well as a series of woodland glades on the slope d...

    Harlow’s main performing arts venue has a 400-seat and a 120-seat theatre, and sits in a corner of the town centre being redeveloped as a cultural hub with a cinema, galleries and restaurants. The programme is a feast of musicals, ballet, contemporary dance and guilty pleasures, as well as live music form tribute acts to venerable folk bands. There...

    Harlow’s two Henry Moore sculptures may kindle your interest for one of the 20th-century’s greatest artists. And it just so happens that his home is only eight miles from Harlow and open Wednesday to Sunday from April to the end of October. The Henry Moore Studios and Gardens presents Moore’s sculptures in 70 acres of beautiful countryside, as you ...

    From Friday to Monday you can come and see dozens of horses, donkeys and ponies at this sanctuary, all for free. The Ada Cole Rescue Centre belongs to the Redwings Horse Sanctuary, which rescues and rehabilitates some 1,500 equines across the UK. You can take walking tours of the paddocks, watch horse care demonstrations and pet some of the friendl...

    The aerodrome a few miles away at North Weald was an RAF base from 1916 to 1958, and the station house at the entrance to this former facility is now a museum to the base’s history. This opens on weekends and has four main rooms, documenting the First World War and interwar years, the Battle of Britain, the remainder of the Second World War and the...

    Just minutes from Harlow, this bucolic landscape of flooded meadows, lagoons and reedbeds is in the Lee Valley RAMSAR site and made up of three different nature reserves. Rye Meads is prized for its profuse birdlife and at the RSPB reserve there’s a network of trails with hides to get a closer look. In the winter you can usually spot gadwalls, gold...

  2. Feb 7, 2024 · Top Things to Do in Harlow, Essex: See Tripadvisor's 24,397 traveller reviews and photos of 85 things to do when in Harlow.

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  4. Things to Do in Harlow, England: See Tripadvisor's 24,513 traveler reviews and photos of Harlow attractions.

  5. Jul 3, 2019 · Top Harlow Landmarks: See reviews and photos of sights to see in Harlow, United Kingdom on Tripadvisor.

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