What’s on in the Town Park
Events in and around Harlow Town Park Nov- Dec 2018
Council
Activities Some activities must be booked in advance. Please check listings for more information. Jogging, running or fitness activities
Meetings and discussions
Organised firework event
Walking activities
Volunteering or conservation
Festive events
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
November 2018
Please book
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November Town Park volunteers 10am-2pm Thursday Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.
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November Netteswell Cross and Park Saturday
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November Town Park weekend volunteers 1pm-3pm Saturday Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.
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November junior parkrun CANCyour ELL 9am. Meet at Showground carpark. Before first Erun D register Sunday at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow
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WW1 Centenary Guided Walk around 10am-11.30am. Meet at Greyhound car park. Please book
November Harlow Council’s Fireworks Night Playhouse stage: 6pm. Firelighting: 6.45pm, fireworks: 7pm Sunday Showground. Limited Disabled Parking only.
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November Alzheimer’s Society Walk 10am-midday. For more information email: Monday Tessa.Harvey@alzheimers.org.uk or call 01245 260911
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November Buggy Fitness Class 10.30am. Meet at Pets’ Corner entrance. £5 per class. Tuesday Lara 07471 105210 or email villagegreengym@yahoo.co.uk
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Park volunteers November Town 10am-2pm Thursday Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.
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November Social Strollers 10am-11am Friday Meet at School Lane car park.
11 November Sunday
junior parkrun
11 November Sunday
Xmas Fayre at Pets’ Corner
13 November Tuesday
Buggy Fitness Class
15 November Thursday
Town Park volunteers
18 November Sunday
junior parkrun
19 November Monday
Alzheimer’s Society Walk
20 November Tuesday
Buggy Fitness Class
9am. Meet at Showground carpark. Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow 11am-4pm Organised by the Friends of Harlow Pets’ Corner. 10.30am. Meet at Pets’ Corner entrance. £5 per class. Lara 07471 105210 or email villagegreengym@yahoo.co.uk 10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden. 9am. Meet at Showground carpark. Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow 10am-midday. For more information email: Tessa.Harvey@alzheimers.org.uk or call 01245 260911 10.30am. Meet at Pets’ Corner entrance. £5 per class. Lara 07471 105210 or email villagegreengym@yahoo.co.uk
November 2018
Please book
22 November Thursday
Town Park volunteers
23 November Friday
Social Strollers
25 November Sunday
junior parkrun
27 November Tuesday
Buggy Fitness Class
29 November Thursday
Town Park volunteers
10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden. 10am-11am Meet at School Lane car park. 9am. Meet at Showground carpark. Before your first run register at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow 10.30am. Meet at Pets’ Corner entrance. £5 per class. Lara 07471 105210 or email villagegreengym@yahoo.co.uk 10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.
December 2018
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December Winter Trees Guided Walk 10am - 11.30am. Saturday Meet at the Greyhound carpark. Please book
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Park weekend volunteers December Town 1pm-3pm Saturday Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.
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December junior parkrun 9am. Meet at Showground carpark. Before your first run register Sunday at www.parkrun.org.uk/harlow
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December Alzheimer’s Society Walk 10am-midday. For more information email: Monday
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December Town Park User Group Meeting (TPUG) 7pm, Learning Centre Monday All welcome - come and discover more about the Town Park.
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December Buggy Fitness Class 10.30am. Meet at Pets’ Corner entrance. £5 per class. Tuesday
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December Town Park volunteers 10am-2pm Thursday Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.
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December Little Parndon Primary School Carol Concert Thursday
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Strollers December Social 10am-11am Friday Meet at School Lane car park.
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December Town Park volunteers 10am-2pm Sunday Meet at entrance to Walled Garden.
Tessa.Harvey@alzheimers.org.uk or call 01245 260911
Lara 07471 105210 or email villagegreengym@yahoo.co.uk
4.30pm Bandstand.
December 2018
11 December Tuesday
Buggy Fitness Class
13 December Thursday
Town Park volunteers
13 December Thursday
Pets’ Corner Nativity Play.
16 December Sunday
Carols on the Terrace
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Please book
10.30am. Meet at Pets’ Corner entrance. £5 per class. Lara 07471 105210 or email villagegreengym@yahoo.co.uk 10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden. Details to be confirmed Call 01279 422790 for more information
1pm-2pm. Spurriers House Café With Harlow Brass Band and Little Parndon Primary School.
December Alzheimer’s Society Walk 10am-midday. For more information email: Monday Tessa.Harvey@alzheimers.org.uk or call 01245 260911
18 December Tuesday
Buggy Fitness Class
20 December Thursday
Town Park volunteers
21 December Friday
Social Strollers
10.30am. Meet at Pets’ Corner entrance. £5 per class. Lara 07471 105210 or email villagegreengym@yahoo.co.uk 10am-2pm Meet at entrance to Walled Garden. 10am-11am Meet at School Lane car park.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for your support during 2018, we look forward to seeing you on some of our events in 2019. Town Park and Pets Corner staff and volunteers.
Harlow Town Park - Update October 2018 The park is recovering from very dry, hot conditions over the summer and has had some welcome rain to help top up soil water levels, plus assistance from the Town Park volunteers and HTS staff watering during the drought, for which we are very grateful. We are monitoring many of the shrub beds and hope to replant areas that have suffered such as the Rhododendron Dell.
We have continued to invest in improving and restoring the Walled Garden- you may have noticed scaffolding being erected where repairs are needed, so safeguarding the wall’s future. There are plans to install a small classroom as the existing learning Centre is regularly fully booked. Harlow College Supported Studies students are back after their summer break and have dug over the two raised brick beds, assisted by volunteers from Open Road, who meet at the Walled Garden every Thursday.
In the rest of the park we have installed larger and sturdier litter bins to cope with the increased waste generated by our growing number of visitors. Several Town Park volunteers have started on a bench refurbishment programme. New welcome boards have been installed at the Greyhound and Altham Grove car parks and new fingerposts installed across the park which will help visitors locate the Adventure Playground, Pets’ Corner toilets and other facilities. We are looking forward to our October half-term activities with Quantum Theatre performing a play about WW1, appropriate for this year which marks the Centenary of the end of the war. We are planning events leading up to Christmas, and are pleased to announce the return of the popular ‘Carols on the Terrace’ in association with Cafés in the Park, Little Parndon Primary School and Harlow Brass Banddetails are in the programme. Every quarter the Town Park Users Group (TPUG) hold their meeting in the Learning Centre at 7pm (the leaflet promotes their next meeting in early December) and are always looking for new members. If you are interested in the group or anything mentioned here, contact Mike Levett, Education & Volunteer Officer on 01279 435466 or email mike.levett@harlow.gov.uk
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