Editing Ickenham (section)

==Landmarks and events==
[[File:Pynchester Moat, Ickenham 2.JPG|thumb|Part of the Pynchester Moat]]

===Pynchester Moat===
The Pynchester Moat is a [[Scheduled monument|Scheduled Ancient Monument]] on the [[River Pinn]] just east of Copthall Road West.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ickenhamchurchnews.co.uk/0506/page4.htm |title=Pynchester Moat, Ickenham: The Archaeology |date=June 2005 |publisher=Ickenham Church News |access-date=9 April 2011 |archive-date=30 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630103630/http://www.ickenhamchurchnews.co.uk/0506/page4.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Although usually dry in the summer months, the moat surrounding the location of a manor house can still be seen. Excavations of the site between 1966 and 1969 found pottery and an oven dating back to the 14th or 15th century.<ref>Bowlt 1996, p.32</ref> It is believed the manor house at the centre of the moat was "Pynchester", a building owned by the Hastings family in the 16th century.<ref>Hughes 1983, p.24</ref>

The moat is a point of interest on the Celandine Route, a {{convert|12|mi|adj=on}} walk along the River Pinn from [[Pinner]] to the [[Grand Union Canal]] at [[Cowley, London|Cowley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=8718 |title=Celandine Route – along the River Pinn |date=19 June 2007 |publisher=London Borough of Hillingdon |access-date=21 April 2011 |archive-date=11 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211231042/http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=8718 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Swakeleys House===
[[File:Ickenham Festival in the grounds of Swakeleys House.JPG|thumb|The 2010 Ickenham Festival within the grounds of Swakeleys House]]
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Built between 1629 and 1638 for [[Edmund Wright (lord mayor)|Sir Edmund Wright]], the house replaced an existing structure dating back to the 14th century.<ref name="Around Ruislip">Newbery 1996, p.19</ref> In later years the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Sports Association bought the house, followed by the London Postal Region Sports Club. Cricket matches between the club and local teams from Ickenham and Uxbridge were played within the grounds.<ref name="Skinner">Skinner 2005, p.23</ref> The house was bought by three local residents in the 1980s and restored, whereupon it was leased to [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] for 25 years.<ref>Bowlt 1996, p.23</ref> Since the expiry of the lease in 2009, the house has been open to the public for one day a year as part of [[Open House London]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Row over Swakeleys House open days |last=Coombs |first=Dan |url=http://www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/west-london-news/local-uxbridge-news/2009/08/17/row-over-swakeleys-house-open-days-113046-24461418/ |newspaper=Uxbridge Gazette |date=17 August 2009 |access-date=1 April 2011}}</ref>

===Ickenham Festival===
The biennial Ickenham Festival has taken place in the town since 1976, originally with the aim of highlighting the variety of societies and groups in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ickenhamfestival.org.uk/History.htm |title=History of the Festival |publisher=Ickenham Festival |access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> The festival normally centres on a charity gala day in June, when various groups including Scouts, church groups and schools parade through the town, finishing with a large fête in the grounds of Swakeleys House. Fireworks mark the end of the festival in the evening.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ickenhamfestival.org.uk/Calendar.htm |title=Festival Calendar |publisher=Ickenham Festival |access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> The festival Gala moved to the grounds of Vyners School in 2014 after a dispute with the owner of Swakeleys House.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ickenham Festival forced to move keynote event in access dispute |last1=Hayes |first1=Alan |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/ickenham-festival-forced-move-keynote-7129578 |newspaper=Uxbridge Gazette |date=16 May 2014 |access-date=28 February 2016}}</ref>