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The approved £3.52bn plan for Harlow's health security campus brings Kier back for the top-security lab, demolishes the old main building and opens in 2038.
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Events
What's On in Harlow: Pride on 17 October, Fireworks on 1 November
Harlow Pride is free at Passmores Academy on Saturday 17 October and the free fireworks are on Sunday 1 November. 38 dated listings, with times and prices.
Local Info
Harlow Roadworks This Week: Eastwick Road Shut, M11 J7 Next
Eastwick Road is shut to 8 November, and the M11 J7 northbound exit slip closes for two months from 19 October. No trains through Harlow 17 to 18 October.
Roads
Harlow Road Safety Meeting: Monday 7pm at the Civic Centre
A public road safety meeting at Harlow Civic Centre on Monday 28 September at 7pm follows a Potter Street speeding petition. Our collision figures inside.
Harlow Council
Harlow Transport Hub: £1.17m Consultancy Deal, No Tender
Harlow has handed McBains up to £1.17m without a new tender, its own report saying the last contract lapsed with no replacement. Call-in closes 28 September.
Remembrance
Harlow Remembrance Sunday 2026: 8 November, Town Park
Harlow's Remembrance Sunday is 8 November 2026 at Netteswell Cross, Town Park. Last year the march left at 10.30am and School Lane shut 10am to noon.
Christmas
Harlow Santa's grotto 2026: dates, prices, booking
St Clare Hospice's Harlow grotto runs weekends 28 Nov to 20 Dec plus 21-22 Dec, £15 a child, book ahead. The Harvey Centre's £8 drop-in grotto is not dated yet.
Housing
Harlow Damp and Mould: £416,035 for a New HTS Repair Team
Harlow council tenants reporting damp or mould will be triaged on the first call and booked while still on the phone, under a £416,035-a-year HTS team.
Community
Harlow Health Grants: Up to £12,000, Apply by 23 October
Harlow groups can bid for up to £5,000, or £12,000 in partnership, for health and wellbeing projects. Applications close at 4pm on Friday 23 October.
Council
Harlow Council This Week: £5.4m Fire Deal, Garden Tiger Sold
A fire safety contract grows to £5.37m, the Garden Tiger pub goes to its tenant, and scrutiny sets up a housing review on Tuesday. Harlow's council week.
Business
Harlow Business: Ovenden Papers Administration, 23 New Firms
Ovenden Papers, a River Way firm formed in 1943, is in administration. Plus 23 new Harlow companies registered from 11 to 24 September, and three other notices.
Community
Stansted £50,000 Grant: Harlow Groups Have Until 30 Sept
Harlow charities and clubs can bid for a capital grant of up to £50,000 from Stansted's community fund. Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 30 September.
Charity
Harlow Charity Extends £15m Vehicle Grant to March 2029
The Motability Foundation at Warwick House in Harlow will fund its Bespoke Passenger Solutions grant until March 2029. It has made 475 awards averaging £31,500.
Harlow was designated a new town in 1947 and built to a plan, with neighbourhoods separated by green wedges and sculpture put up in the streets on purpose. Saffron Walden, twenty miles north, is the opposite: a medieval market town with a maze of old streets. Great Dunmow sits between them.
Harlow Online covers all three. Harlow has its own district council; Saffron Walden and Dunmow are in another, and Stansted Airport sits in that one too, which shapes a great deal of the planning argument up there. We name the right authority every time. Everything we publish comes from the councils’ own registers and papers, with a link to the document on each fact.
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