The Hill is a place where you can experience the vista of English history in the urban landscape. The word Harrow is Anglo-Saxon meaning temple or sacred grove. The area may also have been named after a pagan site of worship that was on the top of the hill, from where, on a clear day, you can see fantastic views of London and beyond.

History there is aplenty. Records dating as far back as the seventh century refer to Harrow on the Hill and it is featured in the Doomsday book.

For more than 1,000 years, Harrow on the Hill was the centre of Harrow. Only the onset of the railway precipitated a gradual shift in Harrow's economic site from the hill to its present location in the Harrow-Wealdstone corridor.

Lord Byron is reputed to have composed some of his early poetry while lying on a tomb on St. Mary's Churchyard.

The Kings Head Complex, which has recently undergone a huge transformation to create new luxury flats, dates back to 1535 and was used as a hunting lodge by Henry VIII.

Seven Prime Ministers, including Sir Winston Churchill have attended the famous Harrow School at the top of the hill, as did the great Pacifist, G. M. Trevelyan, who became a Labour Member of Parliament and served in the first Labour Cabinet in 1924 (and not forgetting in more recent history, award wining, album and chart topper - James Blunt).