Good Morning Neighbour! ☕
The Pinner Rotary Village Show returns to the Memorial Park next Saturday, Hillingdon unlocks its heritage doors for a free festival from 12 to 20 September, and the controversial "Tesco Towers" redevelopment on Station Road in Harrow has been formally withdrawn after a near-three-year planning fight. Plenty to mark in the diary, and a quiet one at home is not on the menu.
In today's Good Morning Pinner:
Pinner Rotary's Village Show lands at the Memorial Park on Saturday 12 September with 40 stalls, a food court and live music
Hillingdon's Open House Festival opens next Saturday at Manor Farm and Eastcote House Gardens
The 480-home "Tesco Towers" planning application for Station Road has been formally withdrawn
Let’s dive in.
- Chinar
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This Week around HA5
The 480-home "Tesco Towers" redevelopment on Station Road in Harrow has been formally withdrawn. Harrow Council's planning records show the application from Notting Hill Genesis and Tesco Stores Limited was withdrawn on 1 September, ending a near-three-year planning fight that drew a near-2,500-signature petition, a supermarket protest and a scaled-down revision from the original 560-home, 15-storey scheme. A Tesco spokesperson told Harrow Online new investment will now go into the existing Harrow store so it can keep serving local customers. Notting Hill Genesis has been approached separately on whether revised proposals could come back. Harrow Online
Pinner Rotary's Village Show returns to Pinner Memorial Park next Saturday, 12 September. More than 40 stalls, a food court, licensed bar, children's rides and a face painter, with live music from Grimsdyke Brass, Jay Kumar and SD Stars, plus Punch and Judy and Simply Gray on stage. £4 donation at the gate, children free, raising funds for St Luke's Hospice and the Harrow MS Therapy Centre. Charity No 276297. Village Show
Harrow Council has earmarked £6m of investment for improvements to Roxbourne Park. The announcement landed in mid-August, just in time for today's ROXYFest, and is a useful reminder that the same park hosting today's community festival is on a council list for major upgrades. The full detail of what the money covers is still to be confirmed. Harrow Online
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What’s Happening This Week
Events with (£) are paid.
General
Duck Pond Market | Manor Farm Ruislip | Sun 6 Sep | 10am-3pm - Free entry, free parking. Local makers, street food, coffee and the usual riverside stroll.
ROXYFest | Roxbourne Park | Sun 6 Sep | all day, free - Live music, food stalls, family rides and a community vibe, organised by Friends of Roxbourne Park.
Baby and Child First Aid | Harrow Arts Centre | Sun 6 Sep | £30 - Two and a half hours, aimed at parents, grandparents and carers. Book here
Board Game Mondays | Queen's Head | Mon 7 Sep | 7:30pm - Free entry, bring your game face.
Quiz Night | Queen's Head | Tue 8 Sep | 8pm (£) - £2 entry, with £1 going to Mount Vernon Cancer Centre.
Slimming World | Pinner Green Social Club | Wed 9 Sep | 7pm (£) - A warm weekly group with real food and ongoing support. From £6.65.
Quiz Night | Three Wishes Pinner | Thu 10 Sep | 7:30pm (£) - £3 entry per person, with a £50 bar tab for the winning team.
Quiz Night | The Ascott | Thu 10 Sep | 8pm (£)
Speed Quiz | The Whittington | Fri 11 Sep | 8pm (£) - £3 entry, with cash prizes on offer.
Ruislip Country Market | St Martin's Approach Car Park | Fri 11 Sep | 10am-12pm
The Welcome Space | Pinner Village Hall | Fri 11 Sep | 2pm - Free Friday drop-in for older neighbours and carers.
Futsal Class | Barnhill High School | Fri 11 Sep | 5:30pm (£) - Weekly session for all abilities.
Yoga with Nikky | Eastcote House Gardens | Sat 12 Sep | 8am (£) - Vinyasa flow to start the weekend. Class packs and drop-in available.
Sound Bath | Pinner Village Hall | Sun 13 Sep | 4pm (£20) - Immersive healing tones and vibrations for mind, body and soul. Book here
Activities for Children
Junior Parkrun | Pinner Village Gardens | Sun 6 Sep | 9-9:45am - A free, friendly 2km for under-17s (and their grown-ups on the sidelines).
Crafternoon Time | Roxborough Heights, HA1 | Mon 7 Sep | 11am (£) - Weekly family crafts and activities.
Kids Kung Fu | Harrow High School | Tue 8 Sep | 5:45pm and 6:30pm (£) - Two age groups for 4-6 and 7-13 year olds. More info
U9s Training and Trials | Parkfield Youth FC | Thu 10 Sep | 6-7pm - Contact Jason at 07772671464 before attending.
Weekly Classes
Boogie Knights | Bishop Winnington Ingram Primary School | Every Mon and Tue | 7am (£) - Dance themed fitness for all levels. Book here
Chair Pilates | Pinner Village Hall | Every Tue | 11am (£) - Gentle Pilates based around a chair for support, balance and alignment. Book here
Beginners Pilates | Pinner Village Hall | Every Tue | 9:45am (£) - Calm and friendly Pilates for beginners and returners. Book here
Tai Chi | Whitmore High School | Every Wed | 7pm (£) - Beginners Wu Style Tai Chi class. More info
Women Only Self Defence | Harrow High School | Every Thu | 7pm (£) - Self defence class taught by a female instructor. Book here
Zumba classes | Harefield Community Center | Every Tues 7pm and Sat 10am (£) - The first class is free to try. Book here
Plan Ahead
Baby and Child First Aid | Harrow Arts Centre | Sun 20 Sep | 9am (£30) - Two and a half hours, aimed at parents, grandparents and carers. Book here
Yoga Retreat with Yoga with Nikky | Eastcote House Gardens | Sun 20 Sep | 10am (£65) - A half-day retreat with vinyasa flow, sound bath, vegan lunch and a glass of fizz. Book here
ColourWheel Art Class | Eastcote Cricket Club | Thu 24 Sep | 1:30pm (£395) - 12-week adult art class with all materials and refreshments. Book here
ColourWheel Art Class | Eastcote Cricket Club | Thu 24 Sep | 9:30am (£395) - 12-week course for beginners and improvers. Book here
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Community Corner
Harrow's Heroes 2026 finalists are out, with the awards ceremony in September. Plenty of familiar names from the western patch in the mix this year: Pinner Rotary and Pinner Village Gardens Parkrun in the Team and Health and Wellbeing shortlists, the Friends of West Harrow Park in Pride in Harrow, and North Harrow Community Library in Contribution to the Community. Worth keeping an eye on when the ceremony date is announced and shouting about whichever neighbour makes the final. Harrow Online
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Civic Updates
Hillingdon's Open House Festival runs from Saturday 12 to Sunday 20 September. Manor Farm in Ruislip opens across the opening weekend (12 to 13 September), with the Manor House drop-in and the Great Barn open on the Sunday. Eastcote House Gardens opens on the Sunday only, with rare access to the normally-closed dovecote. Most sites are free and drop-in. The Civic Centre tour in Uxbridge needs a free Open City account and tends to sell out fast, so worth booking early if that one is on your list. Hillingdon Open House
Harrow Council is in its late-summer quiet cycle. Not much new on the announcements front this week, beyond the £6m Roxbourne Park investment in This Week in HA5 and the withdrawn Tesco Towers application. If you have spotted something on the streets we should cover, hit reply.
Transport
This weekend: no planned engineering works affecting the Piccadilly, Metropolitan, or Lioness line, so a clean run if you are heading to ROXYFest at Roxbourne Park or the Duck Pond Market at Manor Farm. Buses are also running as normal.
Next weekend: no planned engineering works affecting the Piccadilly, Metropolitan, or Lioness line on Saturday 12 or Sunday 13 September, so a clean run for Hillingdon Open House visits, the Pinner Rotary Village Show, or a Sunday social. Worth a quick check closer to the day for any last-minute updates.
Pet of the Week
Say hi to Midnight!
📸 Nadie
This week's winner is Midnight, who turns six in two weeks' time and is, by all accounts, a very good girl with a serious tennis ball habit and a quiet talent for sneaking into bed for cuddles.
Shared by Nadie.
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Inspiration from previous winners: Pepper the Glossy-Coat Inspector, the Junior Train Inspector at the Miniature Railway, or a certain Head of Roast-Chicken Diplomacy. Whether yours is Chief Garden Inspector (Leaves Edition), Head of Biscuit Security, or Professional Crumb Detector, we want to hear about it.
Closing
Thank you for reading Good Morning Pinner today.
If you only do one thing today, pick a park: Roxbourne for ROXYFest or Manor Farm for the Duck Pond Market. If you only do one planning thing this week, block out Saturday 12 September for the Pinner Rotary Village Show at the Memorial Park. And if you only do one good thing for your local newsletter, hit reply with an event, a story, or a sign you have spotted in passing.
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