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Harlow: Pleasant route passing one of many Harlow sculptures

Difficulty Easy Access

Walking time 27 minutes

Length 1.5km / 0.9mi

Route developer: Geoff Sharman

Route checker: Joan Miller

Start location Lister House Surgery
Route Summary Pleasant route on footpaths, cycle tracks and roads. Passes one of many Harlow sculptures.
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Getting there

Buses 2, 3 and 505 stop near the Surgery.

Description

[1] Leave Lister House turning right then immediately right to follow Southern Way. Cross the road which enters the car park and continue along Southern Way.

[2] Pass McDonald's on the right and turn right into Parnall Road. Cross at the zebra crossing and return along Parnall Road back to Southern Way. Turn right to continue along Southern Way.

(A) There is a short path by the zebra crossing which leads up to a sculpture 'Echo'

[3] Watch for a path on the right, just before some railings on each side of Southern Way. Go right on this path to cross the grass and reach a cycle track. Turn left onto this track.

[4] Where the cycle track goes downhill turn left to go through the subway under Southern Way.

[5] Just after passing through the subway, where the cycle path goes to the right, take a footpath on the left, with some houses on the left and a narrow wooded area on the right.. Refer to photograph and take care not to miss this path. Continue along the footpath until it merges with a road and follow this road to a T junction.

[6] Opposite the T junction there is a sign for 'Woodcroft'. Turn left onto Penlow Road and continue to another T junction at the end.

[7] Turn left onto Abercrombie Road and go straight on to reach a bus shelter on the left.

[8] Just after the bus shelter and before reaching some railings, take a path on the left which goes down steeply to join a cycle track

[9]Turn right on the cycle track then turn left to go through the subway under Southern Way. At the top of the slope, pass Lister House Community Clinic on the right then turn right and then right again to reach Lister House.

POI information

A. Echo sculpture: Artist: Antanas Brazdys. Stainless steel, Welded. 1970. Height 380 cm at Staple Tye, junction of Parnall Road and Southern Way

Harlow Sculpture Collection

The Harlow Art Trust, a voluntary body established in the 1950s, acquired works by up-and-coming sculptors and assisted them by providing a permanent, public exhibition of their works.

 A collection of sculptures of national significance are sited throughout the town. In the main squares and precincts, in numerous public buildings and at several schools, sculptures by artists, both famous and lesser known, are to be found. Henry Moore's Family Group looks out from the foyer of the Civic Centre onto the Water Gardens where Elisabeth Frink's Boar stands. Close by, in the town centre, are works by Ralph Brown, F.E.McWiliam and Lynn Chadwick.

Many Harlow people have watched and participated in the installation, unveiling and periodic re-siting of these works. Harlow's sculpture collection has become as much part of the social history and human geography of the town as its housing, public buildings and open spaces.

The Harlow Art Trust continues to commission and site sculpture in Harlow. The Trust has recently commissioned a major new work to be sited at Newhall to commemorate the life of Lady Patricia Gibberd.


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  • Path on right from Southern Way leading to cycle track at waypoint [3]
    Path on right from Southern Way leading to cycle track at waypoint [3]
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  • Path leading up to
    Path leading up to 'Echo' sculpture at waypoint [2]
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  • 'Echo' sculpture
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  • Subway under Southern Way at waypoint [4]
    Subway under Southern Way at waypoint [4]
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  • Footpath on the left at waypoint [5]
    Footpath on the left at waypoint [5]
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  • Footpath merges into a road between waypoints [5] and [6]
    Footpath merges into a road between waypoints [5] and [6]
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  • T junction with Penlow Road at waypoint [6]
    T junction with Penlow Road at waypoint [6]
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  • Footpath from Abercrombie Way to cycle track at waypoint [8]
    Footpath from Abercrombie Way to cycle track at waypoint [8]
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