Editing Hornchurch (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Queens theatre hornchurch.jpg|thumb|[[Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch|Queen's Theatre]]]]
[[File:Fairkytes arts centre london.jpg|thumb|Fairkytes Arts Centre]]
Hornchurch town centre is the location of [[Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch|Queen's Theatre]], 500-seat mid-scale producing theatre and the smaller Fairkytes Arts Centre. The [[RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre]], a museum that opened in 2021 is located in the south of Hornchurch.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Billson |first1=Chantelle |title=Trust celebrating Hornchurch history opens new permanent heritage centre |url=https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/21469595.trust-celebrating-hornchurch-history-opens-new-permanent-heritage-centre/ |access-date=23 December 2023 |work=Romford Recorder |date=22 September 2021}}</ref>

Hornchurch Drum & Trumpet Corps Boys marching band formed in 1959 and perform around the country.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hdtcband.co.uk/about-us/history/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160524110839/http://www.hdtcband.co.uk/about-us/history/| archive-date = 2016-05-24| title = Hornchurch Drum & Trumpet Corps - History}}</ref>

The [[Towers Cinema]] on Hornchurch High Street opened in 1936. The [[Kemp & Tasker]] building, which was converted into a [[bingo hall]] in 1973, is noted for its [[Art Deco]] architecture. It has now been demolished to make way for a supermarket.<ref name="modernistbritain">{{cite web|title=Towers Cinema Hornchurch, Essex |url=http://www.modernistbritain.co.uk/post/building/Towers+Cinema+Hornchurch/ |website=Modernist Britain |access-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012163637/http://www.modernistbritain.co.uk/post/building/Towers%2BCinema%2BHornchurch/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nagesh |first1=Ashitha |title=Historic Art Deco cinema to be bulldozed to make way for new Lidl |url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/30/historic-art-deco-cinema-to-be-bulldozed-to-make-way-for-new-lidl-6098811/ |access-date=12 October 2016 |work=Metro |date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831005230/http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/30/historic-art-deco-cinema-to-be-bulldozed-to-make-way-for-new-lidl-6098811/ |archive-date=31 August 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

Hornchurch is served by Time 107.5 FM, located in [[Romford]]. The station covers Havering and surrounding areas. Bedrock is the local [[hospital radio]] service available online to the [[Havering]] area and broadcasting a range of health-related information and locally produced entertainment.

===Sport===
[[Hornchurch F.C.]] is the local football team, with [[Havering Hockey Club]] (formerly Hornchurch Hockey Club) accommodating the field hockey fixtures from their Harrow Lodge Park base. [[The Rom]] skatepark is located in the west of Hornchurch and is a [[Grade II listed]] structure.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rom Skatepark |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1419328 |website=Historic England |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref>

===Music===
The local music service is Havering Music School located on Wingletye Lane. Hornchurch is also home to the [[drum and bass]] record label [[RAM Records]].

===Listed buildings===
{{main|Grade I and II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Havering}}
In the centre of Hornchurch, St Andrew's Church is Grade I listed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parish Church of St Andrew |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1358529 |website=Historic England |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> In the south of Hornchurch, [[Bretons Manor|Bretons]] is Grade II* listed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bretons |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1079875 |website=Historic England |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref>