Schools
You can bring your visiting
American relatives to check out the boffins in their straw
hats, but contrary to popular belief, there are other schools
in Harrow besides the one on the Hill.
Boffins in their straw hats to www.harrowschool.org.uk/
Other schools in Harrow to
www.harrow.gov.uk/schoollist.asp
In addition to schools for
kids, in Harrow there is also Harrow College which offers
University Prep Programs, and the campus of the University
of Westminster greenfield Harrow campus, home to the School
of Communication & Creative Industries, the Harrow Business
School and the Harrow School of Computer Science - a total
of c5,000 students and 400 staff, and there is a bar and a
nightclub for your extra-curricular studies.
link Harrow College to www.harrow.ac.uk/
link stanmore college to http://www.harrow.ac.uk
link University of Westminster to www.wmin.ac.uk
Libraries
Like any good borough, Harrow has libraries
tucked in near most neighbourhood centres. And like most neighbourhood
libraries, you can pick up trashy romance novels, GSE level
reference books, and most importantly, phrase books and tourist
guides for your, (erm) post-pubertal gap year research.
Bonus: Check out
the Music library and the Local History collection.
Tip: The library
is the place to go to get information on the local recreational
and volunteer activities you can take part in and make your
mother proud.
Gayton Library (in Central Harrow)
Rayner's Lane Library
Roxeth Library (in South Harrow)
North Harrow Library
Wealdstone Library
Civic Centre Library (near Wealdstone)
Hatch End Library
Pinner Library
Stanmore Library
Bob Lawrence Library (near Queensbury Station)
Kenton Library
Borough of Harrow Library Information www.harrow.gov.uk
Council services
With a generally low crime rate in London, excellent
hospitals, and good schools, libraries, and recreational facilities,
Harrow has a lot going for it. Some of the services and facilities
the council provides have an interest value beyond the practical
-such as restoration of Headstone
Manor
Harrow Council
Web Site
Hospitals
Northwick Park Hospital on Watford Road was
included in a recent Daily Mail survey as one of the top hospitals
in England, which is a definitely good thing if anything really
bad ever happens to you. Of course, you don't really want
to plan for that… but just in case, here's the NHS site
for more info.
There are also specialist hospitals in the area,
such as the Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital and a private hospital Clementine
Churchill
http://www.nwlh.nhs.uk
Places of worship
Most of the old churches around Harrow are alive
and well, looking as pretty as ever. in addition to St Marys
on the Hill, there are old churches in every major centre.
While many of us think the best part of church
is checking out the old gravestones, there are many very active
church communities and other religous groups in the borough
with a number of mosques and temples in the borough, as a
result of the borough's strong multicultural character.
