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Harlow Labour Social Club
Colt Hatch, Harlow, Essex CM20 1SX
Tel: 01279 4333509

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Harlow was an area that was once a number of small villages, on the edge of the county. Harlow was transformed into a New Town about 50 years ago, with Sir Frederick Gibberd as the planner. Harlow has various parks, gardens, entertainment and leisure facilities. Harlow also has shopping areas in the town centre and in the surrounding neighbourhood areas around. The southern part of the town centre has recently been redeveloped. Items from the Harlow Sculpture Collection, which includes works by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, are displayed throughout the town.! what's on in Harlow. 

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley. The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt. The district has a current population of 78,768 (2005 estimate). The name Harlow derives from the Anglo-Saxon words 'here' and 'hlaw', meaning "army" and "hill", which could refer either to the hill on which the Romano-British temple is situated or the Bronze Age barrow, later known as Mulberry Hill, which was used as the moot or meeting place for the district. The original village, mentioned in the Domesday book, developed as a typical rural community around what is now known as Old Harlow, with many of its buildings still standing.
In Harlow's early history there was a Roman settlement dating from around the 3rd century. Excavations during the 1970s unearthed a roman temple and a mosaic floor, itself built on top of an earlier Iron Age temple. The oldest finds in the town were axe heads made in about 6000 BC. More on Harlow. 

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