Harlow Town Park - What's on Guide (May to June 2019)

What’s on in the Town Park

Events in and around Harlow Town Park and Harlow Museum Gardens May - June 2019

Council

Activities Jogging, running or fitness activities

Music events

Nature activities

Walking activities

Volunteering or conservation

Other events

Theatre event

Meetings and discussions

Some activities must be booked in advance. Please check listings for more information.

Other activities: Town Park workdays please contact: hcv@harlowwildlife.org.uk Harlow parkrun - 9am every Saturday morning.

Meet at School Lane car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow Harlow junior parkrun - 9am every Sunday morning.

Meet at the Showground.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow

Booking for events

Booking opens approximately 2 weeks before the event. To book your place call 01279 435466.

Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time. If you have any access requirements please let us know.

What to wear

Most of our events and activities take place outside, so please wear suitable clothing and footwear.

Information

For further information please contact Education Volunteer Officer Mike Levett on 01279 435466 or email mike.levett@ harlow.gov.uk Pets’ Corner Manager Justin Hopwood can be contacted by calling 01279 422790 or email Justin.hopwood@harlow.gov.uk

May 2019

Please book

Town Park volunteers

2

May Thursday

5

May Sunday

6

May BH Monday

Friends of Pets’ Corner Family Fun Day

9

May Thursday

Town Park volunteers

10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

junior parkrun

9am. Meet at Showground car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow 11am-4pm Pets’ Corner paddocks

10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

10 May Ftiday

Social Strollers

11 May Saturday

Town Park Gardens Walk

11 May Saturday

Town Park weekend volunteers

12

Race for Life 5k and 10k Run

May Sunday

10am-11am Meet at School Lane car park.

10am. With Madeleine Paine.

Meet at School Lane car park. Please book 1pm-3pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

11am. Showground.

Register to run at: https://raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org

16 May Thursday

Town Park volunteers

19 May Sunday

junior parkrun

23 May Thursday

Town Park volunteers

24 May Friday

Social Strollers

10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

9am. Meet at Showground car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow 10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

10am-11am Meet at School Lane car park.

May Half-Term holiday activities junior parkrun May

26 Sunday

9am. Meet at Showground car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow

28 May Tuesday

Pond dipping in the park

29 May Wednesday

School Readiness Event

30 May Thursday

Town Park volunteers

2pm-3pm. Come and discover our watery wildlife.

Meet at the Learning Centre. Please book 10am-1.30pm At the Learning Centre.

10am-2pm Meet at the entrance to Walled Garden.

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22. Pets’ Corner / Inclusive Playground

June 2019

junior parkrun

Please book

2

June Sunday

3

June Monday

Town Park Users Group (TPUG) Meeting

6

June Thursday

Town Park volunteers

7

June Friday

Social Strollers

8

June Saturday

8

June Saturday

9

June Sunday

9am. Meet at Showground car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow 7pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

10am-2pm. Learning Centre – Find out more about your Town Park and future plans. All welcome.

10am-11am Meet at School Lane car park.

Guided Walk - Stort Navigation Wildflower Walk 10am-11.30am Meet at the Moorhan car park. Please book

Town Park weekend volunteers 1pm-3pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

junior parkrun

9am. Meet at Showground car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow

13 June Thursday

Town Park volunteers

16

junior parkrun

June Sunday

10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

9am. Meet at Showground car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow

18 June Tuesday

A Midsummers Night’s Dream

20 June Thursday

Town Park volunteers

21 June Friday

Social Strollers

22 June Saturday

Great British Get Together

23 June Sunday

junior parkrun

27

Town Park volunteers

June Thursday

27 June Thursday

7pm Bandstand.

Presented by Quantum Theatre

10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

10am-11am Meet at School Lane car park.

11am-3pm.

Bandstand area. Hosted by Rainbow Services.

9am. Meet at Showground car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow 10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.

Harlow Primary Schools Music Festival 6pm Bandstand.

June 2019

Please book

30 June Sunday

junior parkrun

30 June Sunday

St Mark’s West Essex Catholic School Band

9am. Meet at Showground car park.

Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow Details to be confirmed.

Bandstand.

You can now find information and reviews about Harlow Town Park on Trip Advisor. Visit www.tripadvisor.co.uk

Harlow Museum’s Walled Garden Why not visit one of Harlow’s hidden secrets - the Walled Gardens that surround Harlow Museum in Muskham Road?

It contains three gardens: • the unusual fruits garden with its Figs, Quince, Bitter Orange and Medlar trees; •

the formal 17th Century garden with its low hedging, old roses and herbs;

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the Peace garden with wide boarders and grassed areas (ideal for a summer picnic)

All three gardens are surrounded by walls dating back to the 16th Century.

The gardens are maintained by a small group of volunteers who meet on Tuesday and Thursday from 10am-3pm. For more information contact corrinadunlea@gmail.com Recently, the yew hedge has been reduced in size by a contractor which has allowed the volunteers to start planting up the adjacent herbaceous borders.

Entry to the museum and gardens is free, with free parking in the car park to the rear of the museum off Fesants Croft.

Harlow Town Park - Update April 2019 The new Inclusive Play area next to Pets’ Corner and the Walled Garden is now open and being well used by our visitors, thanks to funding from Essex County Council’s Shortbreaks programme and from Harlow Council. If you are planning a visit please use the Showground car park off Fifth Avenue, which is the closest car park and follow the signs.

We continue to have amazing support from Harlow College Supported Studies students and Open Road volunteers, planting in the Walled Garden and other schemes around the Park. Harlow Men’s Shed is now operational from a container in the Walled Garden and welcome new members. Further details from essexshednetwork.co.uk

The Town Park volunteers have completed the replanting of the Netteswell War Memorial and Peace beds - you can find out more about these planting schemes on our May Saturday walk with the designer Madeleine Paine.

The Walled Garden demonstration nature trail and nearby story telling area have had new surfacing installed which will make access easier. This facility will soon have a new Welcome board with further information signs planned on our native wildflower meadows, so that everyone can understand why such areas have been left uncut and to enhance the wildlife of the site.

Netteswell War Memorial and Peace beds.

Further details for anything above please contact the Education & Volunteer Officer, Mike Levett on 01279 435466 or email mike.levett@harlow.gov.uk