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Harlow: A pub crawl round Old Harlow

Difficulty Easy Access

Walking time 30 minutes

Length 1.7km / 1.0mi

Route developer: Joan Miller

Route checker: Geoff Sharman

Start location Old Harlow Health Centre
Route Summary This circular walk takes you past several ancient pubs and other historic buildings in Old Harlow.
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Getting there

There are several car parks nearby with the first hour free.

Buses 8, 47, 59 and 147 stop nearby in High Street. Ask for the Victoria Hall stop.

 

Description

[1] Leave the main entrance of the Health Centre and turn right. Turn left and then right to follow the ramp up to a small car park at the side of the health centre.  Cross the car park, keeping the health centre on the right to head towards a telegraph pole and an orange car park barrier. Turn left to follow a path beside Barclays bank and turn left when reaching the road. Cross the road carefully, where it is safe to do so, and carry on in the same direction.

[2] Turn right into Market Street passing the Chequers pub on your right and the George on your left. The Marquis of Granby is next door to the George. (A) Cross Black Lion Court and St Johns Walk, both on the right, and walk on till you reach the Crown  (B) on your right.

[3] Turning to your left, cross the road carefully. Turn left and follow the pavement round to the right, passing a house with a white bay window. Cross carefully towards two houses divided by a brick arch with the date 1835 above it.

[4] Turn left and pass a timber framed house, carry on walking in this direction. Cross carefully over a side road to walk along a pedestrianised street, passing the back of the Marquis of Granby and the George. At the junction with Station Road a former pub, The Gables, is now a restaurant.

[5] Carefully cross the road at the pedestrian crossing and walk along the pedestrian street opposite, through the shops and passing the library.

[6] At the end of the pedestrianised street, turn right  There is a yellow road salt bin here. Look across the road and you will see a road sign for Spicers Lane. Cross the road carefully towards this sign. Walk straight ahead along the path which forks left from the pavement by the sign.

[7] At the end of the path turn left to walk along the pavement of Chippingfield. You will see a line of bollards by a bend in the road. Stop just before the bollards and turn left into a narrow pathway that runs along the side of the cricket ground. The cricket ground is known as Marigolds. It was founded in 1774. The name Marigolds may come from the late 18th century house of the same name on the High Street which backs on to the ground.

[8] Although it looks as though you are heading towards a dead end, carry on along the path as it passes the pavilion to turn right and the end of the path, keeping the cricket ground on your right. The path is very narrow here and gets covered with leaves in autumn, but the surface is quite good. Follow the path along until you come to three steps down to the road. There is no handrail but you can get some support from the wall on your left.

[9] At the bottom of the steps, turn right and walk past a small fire station and St Johns Ambulance Station. Carry on and cross Elderfield carefully.

[10] The pub here is called the Green Man (C). On the opposite side of the road there is a memorial oak tree planted to mark the coronation of Edward VII in 1902 and a bench commemorating the silver jubilee of George V.  When you are ready turn back and recross Elderfield carefully. Walk back past the ambulance and fire station and pass the steps to the cricket ground.

[11] Pass Magnolia House and follow the pavement round to the left at the junction with New Road. There are many old houses in this area. On your right you will see clapboard houses, then a thatched cottage (D) On your left is No 64 called Marigolds.

[12] Just after passing Marigolds, cross the road carefully, at the traffic island. Turn left then, immediately, right to take the path past the bungalows ahead of you ,numbers 5 to 13 Rosemary Close.

[13] As you arrive at Garden Terrace Road, turn left. You will pass the Women’s Institute Hall on your right. Turn left by the car park and cross carefully over the road to return to the Health Centre.

POI information

(A) The Chequers is an 18th century building, but it did not become a pub until the 20th century. The Marquis of Granby is a 15th century timber framed building. In 1772 it was called the Wheatsheaf. The George was an inn from at least 1662.

(B) The Crown was an inn by 1703 but there is said to be a medieval wall painting there, so the building may be much older.

(C) The 15th-century Green Man is possibly Old Harlow’s oldest pub. It was the main coaching inn but the road was moved in the mid 19th century and the trade moved to Market Street.

(D). The thatched cottage is called The Chestnuts. The tree concerned was felled in 1925. The house is decorated with pargetting. Raised patterns are made with lime plaster. The designs are worked by hand. The late 18th century house No 64 called Marigolds. This has an elaborate Victorian porch and a flag pole.

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  • The Marquis of Granby, Old Harlow
    The Marquis of Granby, Old Harlow
    By - Joan Miller
  • The Crown, Old Harlow
    The Crown, Old Harlow
    By - Joan Miller
  • The Green Man, Old Harlow
    The Green Man, Old Harlow
    By - Joan Miller
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