Free bike checks, repairs and security marking at Katie's Statue, Saturday 19 September, 10am to 4pm, plus Harrow's unpublished parking enforcement plans.
Harrow Council is putting free bike servicing and security marking in the town centre this Saturday, and bringing three unpublished transport strategies with it, including one on parking enforcement.
The Active Travel Celebration runs from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 19 September at Katie’s Statue in Harrow town centre. It is free and nothing needs booking. The council announced it on 10 September, timed ahead of World Car Free Day on 22 September, and the Harrow Town Centre BID carries the same details.
What is actually there
- Free bike maintenance checks, light repairs and cycling advice from Cycle Confident
- Free security bike marking, also from Cycle Confident
- Two BMX stunt shows from the Extreme Mountain Bike Show. Show times are not yet published and the council says they will be confirmed nearer the day
- A bike market run by Peddle My Wheels, with bikes to view and buy
- Council officers, taking views on three transport strategies
The part that is not about bikes
The council says officers will be there to take residents’ views on three strategies it is currently developing:
- an Active Travel Strategy
- a Kerbside Strategy
- a Parking and Enforcement Strategy
None of the three has been drafted yet. Feedback gathered on the day “will help shape future decisions about travel, parking and public spaces across the borough”, in the council’s own words. That makes it one of the few chances to put a view in before a draft exists.
You can still take part online until 11 October
The stall is one part of a six-week engagement running from 28 August to 11 October 2026 on the council’s Harrow Transport Strategies page. There is a single online survey covering all three strategies, and an interactive map, which is the more useful of the two if your problem is a specific spot: you drop a pin on the street and say what is wrong with it or what should change.
One event is left. Officers will be at Harrow Bus Station on Friday 2 October, 10am to 3pm, on College Road, and will help anyone who wants to fill the survey in there. Printed copies and alternative formats are available from transportation@harrow.gov.uk.
The kerbside section is the one to read if you run a business or you are moving house. The council lists “local businesses and servicing needs” and accessible loading among the things that strategy has to balance, alongside residents, buses, disabled users and newer demands such as charge points.
This is first-stage engagement and not a rule change. The council says no immediate changes follow from the strategies themselves, that they will guide decisions over several years, and that any actual proposal would be consulted on separately under its statutory processes. There will be further engagement once the drafts are written.
Corrected 19 September: an earlier version of this article said there was no published consultation document to respond to. The council’s online survey and interactive map covering all three strategies opened on 28 August and run until 11 October. The third strategy’s full name is the Parking and Enforcement Strategy.
It matters most on parking. Harrow’s on-street pay and display tariffs changed on 1 July 2026 to £1.10 an hour in local zones, £1.50 in district zones and £3.30 in the metropolitan zone, which is Harrow town centre. The borough’s free first hour also comes with conditions that catch people out. Our parking in Harrow page sets out both.
A “kerbside strategy” is the same subject from the other end: how the council decides what road space is for, whether that is a parking bay, a loading space, a cycle hangar, a tree pit or an electric charge point.
What it means for you
If you own a bike that has been sitting in a shed, this is the cheapest safety check you will get. Bring it. Security marking is worth the trip on its own, because it is the thing that gets a recovered bike back to its owner, and it is free here.
If you do not cycle, the strategy stall is still the reason to go. Parking enforcement and kerbside use affect every household with a car, a driveway, a delivery or a skip permit. If you cannot get to an event, the online survey and the map do the same job until 11 October.
Two practical notes. The BMX show times were not fixed when the council and the BID published, so check either page on the morning if that is why you are going. And most Harrow car parks do charge on a Saturday, though not on a Sunday, so if you drive in, our parking page has the tariff for each one and the free-hour rules.
Roadworks and closures that could affect getting into town are on our Harrow roadworks and travel page.
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