Editing Ickenham (section)

== Sports clubs and societies ==
Sports clubs in Ickenham include Ickenham Cricket Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ickenhamcc.com/ |title=Ickenham Cricket Club |publisher=Ickenham Cricket Club |access-date=21 April 2011}}</ref> and Ickenham Rugby Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ickenhamrugby.co.uk/ |title=Ickenham Rugby Club |publisher=Ickenham Rugby Club |access-date=21 April 2011}}</ref> Hillingdon Athletics Club (an amalgamation of the Ruislip-Northwood and Uxbridge clubs), has attracted many athletes from Ickenham since its foundation in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillingdonac.co.uk/ |title=Hillingdon Athletics Club |publisher=Hillingdon Athletics Club |access-date=21 April 2011}}</ref>

The Ickenham and District Society of Model Engineers was formed in September 1948 and originally met in the old [[Air Raid Precautions|ARP]] huts, before moving to Ickenham Hall. On 14 May 1949, the society held their first exhibition of miniature locomotives in a field off Swakeleys Road. A new society clubhouse opened on 18 June 1955 on a site near the Coach & Horses public house where it remains.<ref name="Skinner"/> The miniature railway is open to the public on the first Saturday of each month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idsme.co.uk/IMR/IMRWelcome.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317040245/http://www.idsme.co.uk/IMR/IMRWelcome.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 March 2011 |title=Ickenham Miniature Railway |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Ickenham and District S.M.E |access-date=5 April 2011 }}</ref>

Ickenham's residents' association was established in 1924, and it plays an active role within the community;<ref name="Skinner"/> in recent years the association has been involved in preventing developments by [[Tesco]] and [[IKEA]], which in the association's view would have adversely affected the town.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ickenhamresidents.co.uk/ |title=Ickenham Residents' |publisher=Ickenham Residents' Association |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref>