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Litter Pick-Up 2026-dates and new timings

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The Hatch End Litter Pick-Up is run jointly by 1st Hatch End Scout Group and the Hatch End Association. Please join us in 2026. Dates are as follows:

  • Saturday 4 July 2026
  • Saturday 17 October 2026

Our next two litter pick- ups of 2026 will be on the above dates at the new time of 2-4pm. This new timing proved very successful on Saturday 21 March – our first litter pick-up of the year. We had a record turnout of 73 people – 38 adults, 17 young people from the Scout Group and 18 younsters not connected to the Scout Group – amazing! 30 bags of rubbish were collected. Let’s keep this up on our next litter pick-up on 4 July! Refreshments will be at the Scout Hut not at St Anselm’s Church.

Details as follows:

  • 2-4pm – but you don’t have to come for 2 hours. If you can only make half an hour, it is still worth it.
  • Start outside 1st Hatch End Scout Group HQ, off the car park between Leeway Close and Grimsdyke Road (behind Kwik Fit), HA5 4JB
  • Collect a litter picker, gloves, a bag and tabard, or use your own equipment if you have it
  • Pick up litter wherever you like in the local Hatch End area
  • Return bags to designated place (TBC) for collection by Harrow Council
  • Refreshments are kindly offered by 1st Hatch End Scouts at the Scout Hut at 4pm.

Please come and help – all are welcome. Help us keep Hatch End a pleasant place to live and work.

Sponsorship of planters on The Broadway

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Hatch End – The Broadway

The planters on The Broadway are blooming – thanks to the generous sponsorship of businesses in Hatch End and its environs.We are delighted to say that all the planters have sponsors. The names of the sponsors are attached to the planters and troughs on the railings. The list of sponsors are:
Casa Mia
Chaplins
C.P. Hart
Dona Theresa
DoJo
Green Home Energy
Grim’s Dyke Golf Club
Hatch End Hardware
Hatch End Horticultural Society
Kailash Manor
Krosbie & Co
Right at Home
Robertson Phillips
Stitches
The Print Shop
The Steak Restaurant
Tonito
Yoga Flow Eleanor

Please email us at info@hatchend.org if you would like to become a flower sponsor and we will put you on the waiting list. The cost is as follows:
3-tier planter = £70
trough on railings = £50

 

5/2/2026 – Sheila Reid, Gardening sub-committee, Hatch End Association

Burglaries

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HOW TO AVOID BURGLARIES

Burglaries take place at different times during daylight hours and after the hours of darkness. Methods of entry to properties are varied from forcing open a front door, a rear or side ground floor window or rear patio doors. Access to the side or rear of a property is often gained by climbing over low gates using unsecured bins in driveways. When the clocks go back with dark early evenings, it can be easier for burglars to identify if a house is unoccupied. Burglars often knock or ring at the door first, before making efforts to enter the property. So, however you feel safest responding to an unexpected visitor at your door, please do answer it as your presence could be enough of a deterrent. For those of you who don’t want to answer the door to unwanted cold callers, consider purchasing a ring.com video doorbell that detects movement outside your home, improves its security and allows you to answer the doorbell remotely. Please take some time to read the attached burglary prevention advice leaflet and consider what, if any, security vulnerabilities need to be addressed at your home.

Lee O’Brien PCSO 7562QA, Pinner / Pinner South SNT
020 8721 2991 or PinnerSouth.snt@met.police.uk

How Safe is your Home Leaflet

Health

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A profile of Hatch End in images
As part of its annual report, Public Health Harrow profiles all the wards in Harrow. If you want to know details about Hatch End, such as population numbers, births per year, population age, number of children, crime statistics and much more, click on the link below to view the PDF.
Julian Maw

Northwood & Pinner Cottage Hospital Petition

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The Northwood & Pinner Cottage Hospital was bought and run by local public donation as a memorial to the dead of WW1 from 1920 until 1948 when it came under the auspices of the National Health Service. The site is now owned by NHS Property Services Ltd which is under pressure to sell the site. However, on its closure in 2008 Hillingdon PCT promised it would continue to serve local people. Residents in the area are concerned that the site will not continue to be a community health resource. An online petition to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, has started. If feel you’d like to sign the petition, please visit the link below.

https://goo.gl/lhiuN6

Headstone Manor Museum

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Headstone Manor and Museum (HMM), located beside the Headstone Manor Park (Headstone Recreation Ground, Pinner View, Harrow, HA2 6PX) is home to 1,200 years of history in Harrow. The historic site offers a vibrant community hub, which hosts an exciting year-round programme of exhibitions, family activities, history talks and tours, creative workshops and community events. HMM provides an inclusive space to share the stories of Harrow, past, present and future.
The site consists of four historic buildings, with the Museum located inside the Manor House. It is a scheduled monument and the only fully moated manor in Greater London, dating back to around 1310. After extensive restoration funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the site was restored in 2017.
Both the Small Barn and Manor House contain original artworks, artifacts and objects. Within the Small Barn, you can see what life was like in Harrow during the Stone Age, as well as the Anglo-Saxon and Roman periods.
As you cross the bridge over the moat, you’ll arrive at Headstone Manor, a Grade I listed building that narrates Harrow’s history through its architecture and the stories of its residents. Inside reflects Tudor customs, highlights local industries such as Whitefriars and Kodak, and shares wartime experiences. As the oldest surviving timber-framed house in Middlesex, it boasts elements dating back to the 14th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
The Granary building is the museum’s Learning Centre, which provides creative workshops, learning sessions and HMM’s comprehensive Tuesday Talks programme. HMM also provides an extensive learning and events programme that includes work experience opportunities, as well as visits for schools, the public, and private groups.
The Great Barn, which dates back to the 16th century, is now the event venue and can be hired for functions such as weddings.
For more information, visit headstonemanor.org. Or email info@headstonemanor.org or call 020 8863 6720.

Brown bins

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JANUARY 2016
Harrow Council has made changes to its new brown bin collection service which will start at the beginning of April 2016.
They are:
1. Full annual service – 25 fortnightly collections of garden waste between April 2016 and March 2017.
2. Six-month summer service – 13 fortnightly collections of garden waste between May 2016 and October 2016.
3. Flexi service – sign up for either of the above at any point in the year and pay a reduced rate that covers the remaining months of collection. There will be a period of notice of at least two weeks before the collection starts.
4. Share a bin – sign up for either of the above options and split the cost with your neighbour
5. Home compost – composting is easy and provides you with a ready source of garden goodness. We’ve negotiated some great deals on composting bins with get composting.
6. Civic amenity site – take your garden waste in a car, free of charge to the civic amenity site (rubbish tip). There are charges for vans bringing waste to the site. For green waste it is £68 per tonne with a minimum charge of £20.

If none of the above suit you and you feel strongly against the proposed changes and charges, you can sign a petetion. The link is here.

https://www.change.org/p/harrow-council-drop-plans-for-75-brown-bin-charge-2

Harrow Council is proposing changes to the garden waste recycling collection ie the brown bin collection. Its website states the following:

“The proposal is to alter the current garden waste recycling collection to a chargeable service. Garden waste will be collected fortnightly.  Households which subscribe to the service will receive 25 collections per year using the current 240ltr brown bin at a price of £75 per year, which equates to £3 per collection.

Concessionary rates are provided to residents on means tested benefits as follows:
Residents of working age       £25 (1/3 of the full price)
Residents with disability         £10
Pensioners                              Free

Examples of means tested benefits include:
Council Tax support scheme/Pension credit/Income Support/Employment & Support Allowance.

For the start of the scheme we are offering an introductory offer – £75 to cover the period between 1 October 2015 and 31 March 2017.”

If you disagree with these proposals, there is a petition at Change.org that you can sign. See the link below.

www.change.org/p/harrow-council-drop-plans-for-75-brown-bin-charge-2

Irresponsible parking

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It has been reported in the press that residents living near schools in Harrow, including Grimdyke and Hatch End High, have been experiencing irresponsible parking during school drop off and collection periods. This usually involves cars being parked across driveways. If anyone experiences this they can contact Harrow Parking Control on 020 8424 1858 and a warden should arrive. On weekends and after hours, the number to call is 020 8863 5611.