Betfred Opening Times Harlow
Opening times for all three Betfred betting shops in Harlow: West Square in the town centre, and the neighbourhood centres at Staple Tye and Bush Fair. Every shop shows whether it is open right now and how long you have before it closes today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Harlow
--:--:-- —Central Harlow Betfred shops open now
— —Last Betfred in central Harlow closes in
— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the town centre: Betfred, Rothwell House, 2–4 West Square (CM20 1JJ), by Broad Walk and the Water Gardens.
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Betfred Harlow opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Harlow
- 3 branches
- With published weekly times
- All three
- Earliest weekday opening
- 08:00 — West Square and Staple Tye
- Latest closing
- 22:00 — all three, Monday to Saturday
- Christmas Day
- Every shop closed — required by law
Harlow is a three-shop town that trades late everywhere. All three branches close at 22:00 Monday to Saturday, and two of them hold 22:00 on a Sunday too. That reflects how the new town was built: rather than one high street and a ring of estates, Harlow has a town centre plus neighbourhood centres at Staple Tye and Bush Fair, and each Betfred keeps close to town-centre hours. Bush Fair is the one with a twist — 09:00 to 22:00 on every single day of the week. Full published weekly times are available for every branch, so every countdown on this page is the shop’s own.
The 2 Betfred shops in Harlow town centre
The town-centre branch at Rothwell House on West Square, on the corner of Broad Walk. The row shows today’s times, whether the shop is open now and how long until it closes, with buttons for the map pin, a route from where you are and Street View of the shopfront.
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Betfred, Town centre (West Square)Rothwell House, 2–4 West Square, Harlow CM20 1JJ
West Square carries its own published weekly times: 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 22:00 on a Sunday. It sits on the corner of West Square and Broad Walk, with a Jennings on West Square next door, a Coral on The Rows and a Ladbrokes on The High all within a couple of minutes. The licensing register lists the shop as 4 Broad Walk (CM20 1HT); current listings give Rothwell House, 2–4 West Square (CM20 1JJ). Distances are straight-line estimates from Broad Walk.
Harlow Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for all three branches in one table, town-centre shop first. Today’s column is highlighted.
All three branches keep identical hours Monday to Saturday and all three close at 22:00 on those days. The only differences are the 09:00 weekday start at Bush Fair, against 08:00 at the other two, and Staple Tye’s 21:00 finish on a Sunday. Bush Fair does not vary at all across the week.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| Town centre (West Square)Rothwell House, 2–4 West Square, CM20 1JJ | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | |
| Staple Tye (Perry Road)Unit 5, Staple Tye Shopping Centre, CM18 7PJ | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 09:00–21:00 | |
| Bush Fair8 Bush House, Bush Fair, CM18 6NS | 09:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Harlow
Full weekly times are published for all three branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
West Square and Staple Tye open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday, with Bush Fair an hour behind at 09:00. On a Sunday all three open at 09:00. Nothing in Harlow opens before 08:00 on any day, though the Paddy Power on East Gate matches the 08:00 start and opens at 08:00 on a Sunday as well.
Open latest
All three close at 22:00 Monday to Saturday. On a Sunday West Square and Bush Fair still close at 22:00, while Staple Tye closes at 21:00. Harlow is one of the few towns covered on this site where every Betfred reaches 22:00 on a weekday.
The steadiest shop in Harlow: 8 Bush House at Bush Fair runs 09:00 to 22:00 on every day of the week, Sunday included — thirteen hours, seven days, no variation.
Betfred Harlow Sunday opening times
All three open at 09:00 on a Sunday, and two of the three stay open until 22:00.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| Town centre (West Square)Rothwell House, 2–4 West Square, CM20 1JJ | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Bush Fair8 Bush House, Bush Fair, CM18 6NS | 09:00 | 22:00 | |
| Staple Tye (Perry Road)Unit 5, Staple Tye Shopping Centre, CM18 7PJ | 09:00 | 21:00 |
West Square and Bush Fair both run thirteen hours on a Sunday, 09:00 to 22:00, and Staple Tye twelve, 09:00 to 21:00. That is a strong Sunday for a town of Harlow’s size, and well ahead of most of the other bookmakers here: the Jennings, Coral and Ladbrokes shops typically close at 18:00 on a Sunday.
Betfred Harlow bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so all three Harlow branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Harlow branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off all three Harlow branches, so check the window card the week before. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect each Harlow branch to follow its usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before; a 20:00 bank holiday close would take two hours off every Harlow branch.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Harlow times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Harlow |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, every shop |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Harlow branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Harlow (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the town-centre branch on West Square. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. The Staple Tye and Bush Fair shops have their own live rows in the section below.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and the lists re-order themselves so the closest shop is always at the top, and the directions button points to the nearest of all three Harlow branches.
Betfred across the rest of Harlow
Two more branches sit in Harlow’s neighbourhood centres to the south, at Staple Tye and Bush Fair, each about a mile and a quarter from the town centre. Both publish full weekly times, so their live status is as exact as the town-centre shop’s.
Betfred in Staple Tye and Bush Fair 2 shops
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Betfred, Staple Tye (Perry Road)Unit 5, Staple Tye Shopping Centre, Staple Tye, Harlow CM18 7PJ
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Betfred, Bush Fair8 Bush House, Bush Fair, Bush Fair, Harlow CM18 6NS
Unlike the neighbourhood shops in most towns, these two keep town-centre hours. Staple Tye matches West Square Monday to Saturday, 08:00 to 22:00, and closes at 21:00 on a Sunday; some listings also show it at 3 Perry Road, which is the same shop in the Staple Tye centre. Bush Fair runs 09:00 to 22:00 every day. A Jennings on Prentice Place in Potter Street is the nearest rival to Bush Fair.
Betfred near Harlow
Harlow sits on the Essex–Hertfordshire border, and the nearest Betfred branches outside it are in the surrounding towns.
Epping, Hoddesdon, Waltham Cross and Bishop’s Stortford all lie within about ten miles, each with its own betting shops, and Enfield to the south-west has a much larger selection. Chelmsford, covered on its own page with two Betfred branches that both trade until 22:00 every day, is about seventeen miles east. The register also once carried a Betfred at 4 Fishers Hatch (CM20 3PP), but it does not appear in current listings.
All three Harlow branches are licensed by Harlow Council. If you are heading for Epping, Sawbridgeworth or Hoddesdon rather than Harlow itself, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the nearest of the three Harlow branches.
Other bookmakers in Harlow
Harlow is a Jennings town by shop count, with five branches against Betfred’s three.
Jennings has five: 7 West Square next door to the town-centre Betfred, the Astra Centre on Edinburgh Way, 31–32 The Stow, Prentice Place in Potter Street and Wayre Street in Old Harlow. Paddy Power trades at 33 East Gate, Coral at 2 The Rows and Ladbrokes on The High, all in the town centre.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Harlow, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. The broad picture from current listings is that Betfred and Paddy Power are the late-trading brands here: the Jennings shops mostly close at 21:00 on weekdays and 18:00 on a Sunday, and Coral and Ladbrokes typically close at 18:00 on a Sunday. Every bookmaker in the town is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Harlow
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Harlow Council |
| Branches in Harlow | 3 betting shops |
| In the town centre | 1 of the 3 — West Square |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about 180 miles north-west. Harlow is a three-shop town laid out the way the post-war new town was planned: one branch in the town centre by Broad Walk and the Water Gardens, and two in the neighbourhood shopping centres at Staple Tye and Bush Fair. Betfred is second to Jennings locally by shop count, but its three shops are the longest-trading in the town.
For visitors, the West Square shop is the one to know: a couple of minutes from the bus station, the Harvey Centre and the Water Gardens, and about a mile south of Harlow Town railway station on the line from Liverpool Street. Staple Tye and Bush Fair serve the southern neighbourhoods and are the better options if you are driving in from the M11.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Harlow?
- Three, all licensed by Harlow Council: Rothwell House on West Square in the town centre, Unit 5 in the Staple Tye Shopping Centre, and 8 Bush House at Bush Fair. All three publish full weekly times. The licensing register gives the town-centre shop as 4 Broad Walk; it is the same branch on the corner of West Square.
- What time does Betfred open in Harlow?
- The town-centre and Staple Tye shops open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday; Bush Fair opens at 09:00. All three open at 09:00 on a Sunday.
- What time does Betfred close in Harlow?
- All three close at 22:00 Monday to Saturday. On a Sunday the town-centre and Bush Fair shops hold 22:00, and Staple Tye closes an hour earlier at 21:00.
- Which Betfred in Harlow is open latest on a Sunday?
- The town-centre shop on West Square and Bush Fair, both until 22:00. Staple Tye closes at 21:00. Bush Fair is unusual: it runs 09:00 to 22:00 on every day of the week, Sunday included, with no variation at all.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Are Betfred shops in Harlow open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off all three Harlow branches. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Harlow Town station and the Water Gardens?
- The West Square shop in the town centre is the closest to the Water Gardens, the Harvey Centre and the bus station, a couple of minutes from each. Harlow Town railway station is about a mile north. For Harlow Town FC at the Barrows Farm stadium, Staple Tye is the nearest branch.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Harlow?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Every list on this page then re-orders nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closest of the three Harlow Betfred shops.