Editing Hayes, Hillingdon

{{Short description|Town in west London, England}}
{{Distinguish|Hayes, Bromley}}
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| official_name = Hayes
| country = England
| region = London
| london_borough = Hillingdon
| post_town = HAYES
| postcode_area = UB
| postcode_district = UB3, UB4
| dial_code = 020
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| constituency_westminster = [[Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hayes and Harlington]]
| static_image_name = Former EMI headquarters, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 1497197.jpg
| static_image_caption = Former [[EMI]] headquarters, Hayes
| population = 93,928
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'''Hayes''' is a  town in west London. Historically situated within the county of [[Middlesex]], it is now part of the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]]. The town's population, including its localities Hayes End, [[Harlington, London|Harlington]] and [[Yeading]], was recorded in the 2021 census as 93,928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.london.gov.uk/2021-census-ward-pop |title=2021 Census Ward Population Estimates &#124; London DataStore |access-date=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202755/http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |archive-date=22 February 2014  }}</ref> It is situated {{convert|13|mi|km}} west of Charing Cross, or {{convert|6.5|mi|km}} east of [[Slough]]. Hayes is served by the [[Great Western Main Line]], and [[Hayes & Harlington railway station]] is on the [[Elizabeth line]]. The [[Grand Union Canal]] flows through the town centre.

Hayes has a long history. The area appears in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' (1086).<ref name="OD">{{cite web |title=Hayes |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ1080/hayes/ |website=Open Domesday |publisher=Anna Powell-Smith |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7304482 |title=Place name: Hayes, Middlesex Folio: 127r Great Domesday Book |date=1086 |work=E 31/2/1/5178 |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives, Kew]] |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref> Landmarks in the area include the [[Grade I and II* listed buildings in Hillingdon|Grade II* listed]] Parish Church, St Mary's<ref name="Entry Number 1080233">{{NHLE |num=1080233 |date=1949 |desc=Grade II* Listing|access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> – the central portion of the church survives from the twelfth century<ref name="Kelter88">{{cite book |last=Kelter |first=Catherine |date=1988 |title=Hayes |location=Uxbridge |publisher=Hillingdon Borough Libraries |isbn=0907869106}}</ref>{{rp|9 & 18}} and it remains in use (the church dates back to 830 A.D.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-mary-hayes-middlesex/ |title=St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Middlesex |date=2014 |publisher=Archbishops' Council, The Church of England |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>) – and [[Listed building|Grade-II-listed]] [[Barra Hall Park|Barra Hall]], the Town Hall from 1924 to 1979.<ref name="BarraHall">{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/14353/Barra-Hall-Park |title=Barra Hall Park |date=2011 |publisher=London Borough of Hillingdon |access-date=18 November 2014 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129022031/https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/14353/Barra-Hall-Park |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hayes is known as the erstwhile home of [[EMI]]. The words "Hayes, [[Middlesex]]" appear on the reverse of [[The Beatles]]' albums, which were manufactured at the town's [[The Old Vinyl Factory|Old Vinyl Factory]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emiarchivetrust.org/emi-archive-trust-made-in-hayes-exhibition/|title=EMI Archive Trust "Made in Hayes" Exhibition|date=4 September 2013 |access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> The town centre's "gold disc" installation marks the fiftieth anniversary on 1 June 2017 of the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album, manufactured in Hayes in 1967.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rivers |first=David |date=9 June 2017 |title=A look at the Hayes factory where Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was made, 50 years on |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/look-hayes-factory-sgt-peppers-13124395 |work=[[MyLondon]] |location= |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> Nearby [[London Heathrow Airport]] is the largest single provider of employment.<ref name="MLAP">{{cite web |url=http://www.middlesexlandandproperty.co.uk/relocations-middlesex/relocating-to-hillingdon/ |title=Relocating to Hillingdon |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2011 |website=Middlesex Land & Property |access-date=20 April 2023|quote=Heathrow airport is situated in the south of the borough, and is the largest employer}}</ref>

Notable historical residents include the [[Early modern period|early modern]] "father of [[Music of the United Kingdom|English music]]", [[William Byrd]], and a pre-eminent figure of twentieth-century [[English literature]], [[George Orwell]].

==Etymology==
The place-name ''Hayes'' comes from the [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] ''Hǣs'' or ''Hǣse'': "(land overgrown with) [[forest|brushwood]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Hayes|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref> In the Domesday book (1086), it is spelt Hesa.<ref name="OD"/> The town's name is spelt ''Hessee'' in a 1628 entry in an [[Inquisition post mortem]] held at [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]].<ref>Calendar of Inquisitions Post-Mortem; National Archives; C 142/737/191; for Francis Awsiter, a wealthy landowner in the area; (in Latin): line 17 of document: "Hayes als. Hessee"</ref>

==History==
Hayes is formed of what originally were five separate villages: Botwell, Hayes Town, Hayes End, Wood End and Yeading.<ref>{{cite book|last=Britton |first=Tanya |title=Hayes, Harlington and Cranford During World War One 1914–1918 |year=2014 |publisher=SBSD |location=London |isbn=978-0-9927922-1-3 |pages=Introduction}}</ref> The name ''Hayes Town'' has come to be applied to the area around Station Road between Coldharbour Lane and [[Hayes & Harlington railway station]], but this was historically the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] called Botwell. The original Hayes Town was the area to the east of St Mary's Church, centred around Church Road, Hemmen Lane and Freeman's Lane.<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|11}}

A 2007 [[Archaeology|archaeological]] study looks back to earliest times. It describes finds such as [[flint]] tools dating to the [[Paleolithic]] period (500,000 BC - 10,000 BC) at the sites of Botwell, [[Old Vinyl Factory|EMI Company works]], and Colbrook Avenue (near Dawley Road) [4.1.2]; more finds dating to the [[Mesolithic]] period (10,000 BC - 4,000 BC) at the site of [[Lake Farm Country Park]] [4.1.3]. The site of Wyre Grove (off North Hyde Road) produced finds including pottery from the [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] (2,400 BC - 700 BC), [[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] (700 BC - AD 43), [[Roman Britain|Romano-British]] period (AD 43 - 410) and early [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] period (AD 410 - 1066) [4.1.6-11]. The report cites an 831 [[Land grant|grant]] as evidence that the Botwell area has existed as a [[Human settlement|settlement]] since Anglo-Saxon times [4.1.12].<ref>{{cite report |author=Hilary Valler |date=July 2007 |title=Land at Blyth Road, Hayes |url=https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/sites/default/files/66170-Blyth%20Road-Hayes-Hillingdon.pdf |publisher=[[Wessex Archaeology]] |pages=5–6 |docket=66170.01 |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>

For some 700 years up to 1546, Hayes formed part of the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]'s [[Estate (land)|estate]]s, ostensibly owing to grants from the [[Mercia]]n royal family. In that year, the then-Archbishop [[Thomas Cranmer]] was forced to surrender his land to King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], who subsequently granted the estate to [[Edward North, 1st Baron North]].<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|23}} The area changed hands several times thereafter, but by the eighteenth century, two family-names had established themselves as prominent and long-time landowners:<ref>{{cite book |last=Wyatt |first=Louise |date=2018 |title=Secret Hayes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qyIDwAAQBAJ&dq=shackle+minet+hayes&pg=PT112 |location=Stroud |publisher=[[Amberley Publishing]] |page= |isbn=978-1445672205}}</ref> Minet<ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/fe302aaf-3b44-49fe-82ef-5e38ae51b390 |title=The Minet Collection |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]] |access-date=26 August 2024|quote=a [[Huguenots|French Huguenot]] family who came to England after the [[Edict of Fontainebleau|Revocation of the Edict of Nantes]] in 1686.}}</ref>) and Shackle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/eb8ea0d9-9763-4d9d-95f0-429c396323ef |title=Extract from the Hayes Enclosure Map showing the holdings of John Baptist Shackle & son Thomas |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]] |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>

[[John Wesley]] (1703–1791) and [[Charles Wesley]] (1707–1788), founders of the [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Methodism|Methodist]] movement, preached in Hayes on at least ten occasions between 1748 and 1753.<ref name="Protestantnonconformity">{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Diane K. |display-authors=etal |editor-last=Baker |editor-first=T. F. T. |display-editors=etal|date=1971 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex |volume=4 |chapter=Hayes: Protestant nonconformity |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp37-38 |location=London |publisher=[[Victoria County History]] |pages=37–38 |isbn=0197227279 |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref> [[The Salvation Army]] – founded in 1865 in London by [[William Booth]] – registered a [[barracks]] in Hayes between 1887 and 1896; their hall, or "citadel", at 71 Coldharbour Lane was registered in 1927.<ref name="Protestantnonconformity"/> The Hayes division served the [[local community]] for just short of a century, and in years gone by their own [[Salvation Army brass band]] performed around the town's streets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/music |title=Music |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[The Salvation Army]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>) In 2024, the Salvation Army hall closed and was put up for sale.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://propertylinkassets.estatesgazette.com/images/20240411/1-119603019.pdf |title=Salvation Army hall |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Estates Gazette]] |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Hayes was home to several private boarding schools catering for wealthy families. The former [[Manor House]] on Church Road was by the 1820s a boys' school called Radnor House Academy (a.k.a. Manor House Academy); Grove Cottage, Wood End, a school for young men, opened in the 1830s;  Belle House School for Boys opened on Botwell Lane in the 1840s (it is now St Mary's Convent); in the first half of the 19th century, the Wood End House School for Young Ladies stood on the site of what is now the [[Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens]]; the former Magdalen Hall on Hayes End Road was also a 19th-century private School for Young Ladies.<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|40-41}}

Wood End House (before 1848, the site of the Wood End House School for Young Ladies) was used – from 1848 to c. 1905 – as an [[Psychiatric hospital|asylum]]. Notable psychiatrist [[John Conolly]] (1794–1866) was one of its licensed proprietors, between 1848 and 1866. The building was demolished in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/woodendhouse.html |title=Wood End House |date=2011 |work=Lost Hospitals of London |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Aeolian Factory at Hayes, Middlesex, England c1920.jpg|thumb|[[Aeolian Company|Aeolian]] [[Player piano|pianola]] factory, Silverdale Road;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/9665/The-listening-industry |title=The listening industry |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2 August 2022 |website=[[Gov.uk]] |publisher=[[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] |access-date=24 August 2024 |quote=From 1909 [...] produced pianola (selfplaying piano) rolls and gramophone records. The finished paper rolls, which replicated tunes in the form of minute perforations, were hung inside the building's clock tower.}}</ref> c. 1920]]
Until the end of the nineteenth century, Hayes's key areas of work were agriculture and [[Brickworks|brickmaking]]. The [[Second Industrial Revolution]] brought change in the late nineteenth century, up to [[World War I]]. The town's location on the [[Grand Union Canal|Grand Junction Canal]] (later called the Grand Union) and the [[Great Western Railway]] – [[Hayes & Harlington railway station]] had opened in 1868<ref>{{cite book| last = MacDermot| first = E. T.| title = History of the Great Western Railway |edition= 1|volume= 1 | publisher =[[Great Western Railway]]| year =1927| location = London}}</ref> – made it well-placed for industry.

The town's favourable location caused the Hayes Development Company to make available sites on the north-side of the railway, adjacent to the canal, and Hayes became a centre for engineering and industry.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Diane K. |display-authors=etal |editor-last=Baker |editor-first=T. F. T. |display-editors=etal |date=1971 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex |volume=4 |chapter=Hayes: Introduction |chapter-url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp22-26 |location=London |publisher=[[Victoria County History]] |pages=22–26 |isbn=0197227279 |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> HDC's company secretary, Alfred Clayton, is commemorated in the name of Clayton Road. Residential districts consisting of dwellings of the [[Garden city movement|garden suburb]] type were built to house workers after World War I.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/towncountry/towns/overview/councilhousing/ |title=Council housing |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom|parliament.uk]] |access-date=15 August 2004}}</ref>

In 1904, the parish council created [[Hayes and Harlington Urban District|Hayes Urban District]] (from 1930, Hayes and Harlington Urban District) in order to address the issue of population growth. Hayes and Harlington Urban District continued until 1965 when Hayes became part of the newly established London Borough of Hillingdon.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Diane K. |display-authors=etal |editor-last=Baker |editor-first=T. F. T. |display-editors=etal |date=1971 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex |volume=4 |chapter=Hayes: Local government |chapter-url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp31-33 |location=London |publisher=[[Victoria County History]] |pages=31–33 |isbn=0197227279 |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Hayes, Barra Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Barra Hall Park|Barra Hall]], the town hall from 1924 to 1979]]
[[Barra Hall Park|Barra Hall]] – [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] since 1974<ref>{{NHLE|num=1080105 |short=yes}}</ref> – was Hayes [[town hall]] between 1924 and 1979. Originally a [[manor house]] called Grove House, in the late 18th century it was home to Alderman [[Harvey Christian Combe|Harvey Combe]], [[Lord Mayor of London]] in 1799. It became Barra Hall in 1875, after Robert Reid – descendant of the [[Reid baronets of Barra (1703)|Reid baronets of Barra]] – became owner. [[Cavalry_regiments_of_the_British_Army#Twentieth_century|Army Cavalry]] were stationed at Barra Hall during [[World War I]]. After [[Hayes and Harlington Urban District|Hayes Urban District]] Council bought the Hall and its grounds in 1923, the grounds of the new Town Hall were given over to public use as a [[Urban park|public park]] – with [[playground]], tennis courts and [[Swimming pool|paddling pool]]; it was opened by actress [[Jessie Matthews]].<ref name="BarraHall"/> In July 2024, a century on from Hayes Urban District's 1923 purchase, Hillingdon Council sold Barra Hall, to [https://www.hruc.ac.uk/ HRUC]. Notwithstanding the sale, the Council claimed it would safeguard the building for the future, such that it would remain a key asset to local residents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/13243/SEND-education-places-created-by-councils-sale-of-Barra-Hall |title=SEND education places created by council's sale of Barra Hall |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=26 July 2024 |website=[[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/24478597.sale-old-hayes-town-hall-will-fund-70-send-students/ |title=Sale of old Hayes town hall will fund 70 SEND students |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=26 July 2024 |website=hillingdontimes.co.uk |access-date=22 August 2024}}</ref>

Writer [[Mabel Lethbridge]] (1900-1968) was a [[Munitionette|munitions worker]] in [[World War I]] at [[Filling_factories_in_the_United_Kingdom#UK_World_War_I_National_Filling_Factories|National Filling Factory No. 7]], Hayes when on 23 October 1917 she was severely injured in an explosion: others were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/7195/Fortune-Grass-by-Mabel-Lethbridge |title='Fortune Grass' by Mabel Lethbridge |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=hillingdon.gov.uk |publisher=Hillingdon Council |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01td29c |title=The Great War Interviews: Mabel Lethbridge |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> Lethbridge was at the time the youngest person to receive the [[British Empire Medal]] – in recognition of her service – and she wrote about her experience at the Hayes munitions factory in her first book, ''Fortune Grass'' (1934).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://neglectedbooks.com/?p=9957 |title=Fortune Grass, by Mabel Lethbridge (1934) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=7 September 2023 |website=[[The Neglected Books Page]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> National Filling Factory No. 7 was situated on land south of the [[Great Western Railway|railway]] which would later become Nestles Avenue,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ourhistory-hayes.blogspot.com/2012/01/ |title=Hayes Women Munition Workers WW1 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=27 January 2012 |website=Hayes People's History |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> extending almost down to where the [[M4 motorway|M4]] at [[Cranford, London|Cranford]] is now. The Hayes munitions factory employed approximately 10,000 [[Women_in_World_War_I#Munitions_factories|women]] and 2,000 men.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sherwood |first=Philip |date=2002 |title=Around Hayes & Harlington: a third selection |location=Stroud |publisher=[[The History Press|Sutton]] |page=30 |isbn=0-7509-2768-2}}</ref>

[[File:Fountain House Hotel, Church Road, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 387893.jpg|thumb|left|Fountain House Hotel,<br />Church Road; 2004]]
Author [[George Orwell]], who adopted his pen name while living in Hayes, lived and worked in 1932-3 as a schoolmaster at The Hawthorns High School for Boys, situated on Church Road.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rodden |first=John |date=2007 |title=The Cambridge Companion to George Orwell |url=https://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/58427/frontmatter/9780521858427_frontmatter.pdf |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=xiii |isbn=978-0-521-85842-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ferrell |first=Keith |date=1985 |title=George Orwell: the Political Pen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zSsBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22george+orwell%22+and+%22hawthorns%22&pg=PA94 |location=Plymouth, U.K. |publisher=M. Evans |page=94 |isbn=978-0-871-31444-4}}</ref> The school subsequently closed and the original building survived until 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boutiquehotelnews.com/news/hotel/rosemay-boutique-hotel/ |title=Fountain House Hotel rebrands to Rosemay Boutique Hotel |last=Hanson |first=Eloise |date=7 February 2024 |website=boutiquehotelnews.com |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> as the Fountain House Hotel. The hotel displayed a [[Blue plaque|plaque]] commemorating its distinguished former resident. Returning several times to Hayes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/george-orwell|title=Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions|website=Answers.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> Orwell was at the same time characteristically acerbic about his time in the town, camouflaging it lightly as West Bletchley in ''[[Coming Up for Air]]'', as Southbridge in ''[[A Clergyman's Daughter]]'', and grumbling comically in a letter to Eleanor Jacques:

<blockquote>Hayes . . . is one of the most godforsaken places I have ever struck. The population seems to be entirely made up of clerks who frequent [[Tin tabernacle|tin-roofed chapels]] on Sundays and for the rest bolt themselves within doors.<ref>{{cite book|first=George|last=Orwell|author-link=George Orwell|chapter=Letter to Eleanor Jacques|orig-year=1932|page=105|title=The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Volume 1: An Age Like This 1920–1940|editor1-first=Sonia|editor1-last=Orwell|editor1-link=Sonia Orwell|editor2-first=Ian|editor2-last=Angus|editor2-link=Ian Angus (librarian)|publisher=Penguin|year=1968}}</ref></blockquote>
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The present-day Hayes Police Station – at 755 [[Uxbridge Road]], UB4 8HU – opened on 19 June 1938.<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|44}}
[[File:Hayes End Police Station - geograph.org.uk - 83406.jpg|thumb|Hayes Police Station, on the [[Uxbridge Road]]]]
The [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] [[War Memorial]] at Cherry Lane Cemetery on Shepiston Lane commemorates what is believed to have been the most serious single incident (in respect of [[Casualty (person)|casualties]]) in Hayes during [[World War II]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1393676 |date=2010 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> Thirty-seven workers of the [[Gramophone Company]], Blyth Road – then the town's largest employer – were killed on 7 July 1944 when a German [[V-1 flying bomb]] or "doodle-bug" hit a factory surface [[air-raid shelter]]. The original bomb census form, now held in the [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C643599 |title=Gramophone Company Ltd, Hayes: 7 July 1944 |work=Reference HO 192/1452 |publisher=National Archives |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> confirms that it was a flying bomb which landed at 14.59 hours, killing twenty-four people and seriously injuring twenty-one (some of the seriously injured died later). The bomb came down at the main entrance to one shelter, causing the concrete roof to collapse. Some of the badly injured were able to be rescued from the emergency exit at the rear, but others were trapped for some hours.<ref>{{cite book |title=Hayes on Record: A History of the People and Processes Involved in the Manufacture and Development of Vinyl Record and Music Cassettes at Hayes, Middlesex |author1=Hall, Peter  |author2=Brown, Colin |year=1992 |publisher=EMI Music Services (UK) |isbn=0952098407 |pages=142–3}}</ref> Twelve of the victims are buried in a [[mass grave]] in Cherry Lane Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emiarchivetrust.org/lest-we-forget/ |title=Lest we forget |date=2013 |publisher=[[EMI Archive Trust]] |access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>

The Sound of Hayes Clock is located at the junction of Station Road and Station Approach. The [[Cabinet Office]] granted special permission for the clock to be inscribed in honour of [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/11660/Unique-soundscape-clock-pays-homage-to-Hayes-musical-heritage |title=Unique soundscape clock pays homage to Hayes' musical heritage |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 September 2023 |website=[[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> The inscription reads: "installed on 12 September 2023 to mark the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://harrowonline.org/2023/09/23/unique-soundscape-clock-unveiled-in-hayes-town-centre/ |title=Unique soundscape clock unveiled in Hayes Town Centre |last=Mitchell |first=Chris |date=23 September 2023 |website=harrowonline.org |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>

Hayes featured in a 2011 [[House of Commons]] debate about [[Public housing in the United Kingdom|social housing in London]]. It was [[Allegation|alleged]] in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliamentary]] debate (as recorded in ''[[Hansard]]'') that a "sort of ruthless [[Real estate development|developer]] is taking over entire sites in [the Hayes] area to build the [[slum]]s of the future."<ref name="Inland">{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Social Housing in London |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2011-05-05/debates/11050561000001/SocialHousingInLondon |house=House of Commons |date=5 May 2011 |column=819 |speaker=John McDonnell |position=MP for Hayes & Harlington}}</ref>

===Industry===
Hayes has, over the years, been heavily involved with industry, both local and international, having been the home of [[EMI]], [[Nestlé]] and [[H. J. Heinz Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/london-neighbourhoods-same-name-hayes-18728939?int_source=nba |title=Hayes and Hayes: The two London neighbourhoods with the same name but very different stories |date=12 June 2022 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> As well as [[Fairey Aviation Company|Fairey Aviation]] (later merged with [[Westland Aircraft|Westland]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW031843 |title=EPW031843 England (1930). Gramophone Company (HMV) factory buildings and environs, Hayes |date=2024 |website=britainfromabove.org.uk |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>

The first large factory established was that of the British Electric [[Transformer]] Company (affectionately known as the B.E.T.), which moved to Hayes in 1901.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolton |first=Diane K. |display-authors=etal |editor-last=Baker |editor-first=T. F. T. |display-editors=etal |date=1971 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex |volume=4 |chapter=Hayes: Local government |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp29-31 |location=London |publisher=[[Victoria County History]] |pages=29–31 |isbn=0197227279 |access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref> The B.E.T.'s main product was the Berry transformer, invented by A. F. Berry (the company's technical adviser and a member of the board of directors); Berry also invented the [[Thorn Electrical Industries|Tricity cooker]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/British_Electric_Transformer_Co |title=British Electric Transformer Co |work=British Industrial History |publisher=Grace's Guide |access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref>
[[File:EMI logo on HQ building, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 1497204.jpg|thumb|[[EMI]] logo on HQ building, Hayes]]
The most significant early occupier was the [[Gramophone Company]] / [[EMI]]. The Hayes factory's [[Cornerstone|foundation stone]] was laid by [[Nellie Melba|Dame Nellie Melba]].<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|48}} The EMI archives and some early reinforced concrete factory buildings (notably [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] Enterprise House [1912] on Blyth Road, the first known work of [[Owen Williams (engineer)|Evan Owen Williams]] – described by [[English Heritage]] as "the most significant engineer turned architect in twentieth-century British architecture"<ref>{{NHLE |num=1244861 |date=1997 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>) remain as [[The Old Vinyl Factory]].

It was here, in the Central Research Laboratories (generally known as  "CRL"), that [[Isaac Shoenberg]] developed (1934) the all-electronic [[405-line television system]] (called the ''Marconi-EMI system'', used by the [[BBC]] from 1936 until closedown of the [[Crystal Palace transmitting station|Crystal Palace]] 405-line transmissions in 1985).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/research/story-of-bbc-television/the-contest/ |title=History of the BBC |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bairdtelevision.com/shoenberg.html |title=Isaac Shoenberg (Russian, British) (1880–1963) |last=Logie Baird |first=Iain |date=1998 |website=bairdtelevision.com |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>

[[Alan Blumlein]] carried out his research into [[Binaural recording|binaural]] sound and [[Stereophonic sound|stereophonic]] gramophone recording here. "Trains at Hayes Station" (1935)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emiarchivetrust.org/trains-at-hayes-the-worlds-first-stereo-film-made-in-1935-clip/ |title='Trains at Hayes' - the world's first stereo film, made in 1935 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[EMI Archive Trust]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> and "Walking & Talking" are two notable films Blumlein shot to demonstrate stereo [[Sound-on-film|sound on film]]. These films are held at the Hayes [[EMI]] archive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emiarchivetrust.org/alan-blumlein-and-the-invention-of-stereo/ |title=Alan Blumlein and the invention of stereo |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[EMI Archive Trust]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> In 1939, working alongside the electrical firms [[A.C. Cossor]] and [[Pye Ltd.|Pye]], a 60&nbsp;MHz radar was developed, and from 1941 to 1943 the [[H2S radar]] system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pyetelecomhistory.org/prodhist/military/military.html |title=Pye Telecom History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=pyetelecomhistory.org |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> During the 1990s, CRL spawned another technology: [[Sensaura]] [[3D audio effect|3D positional audio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14018963-600-technology-sound-waves-in-sync-for-better-stereo/ |title=Technology: Sound waves in sync for better stereo |last=Fox |first=Barry |date=23 October 1993 |website=[[New Scientist]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> In an echo of Blumlein's early stereo recordings, the Sensaura engineers made some of their first 3D audio recordings at [[Hayes & Harlington railway station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn983-mobile-phones-get-3d-sound/ |title=Mobile phones get 3D sound |last=Knight |first=Will |date=9 July 2001 |website=[[New Scientist]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref>
[[File:Fairey - Hayes 270121 p64.png|thumb|[[Fairey Aviation Company|Fairey Aviation]] factory, North Hyde Road; 1921]]
During the [[First World War]], the EMI factories produced aircraft. [[Charles Richard Fairey]] was seconded there for a short time, before setting up his own company, [[Fairey Aviation Company|Fairey Aviation]], which relocated in 1918 to a large new factory across the railway in North Hyde Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pilotweb.aero/aircraft/british-built-aircraft-greater-london-6219900/ |title=British built aircraft: Greater London |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 June 2011 |website=[[Pilot (British magazine)|Pilot]] |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> Over 4,500 aircraft were subsequently produced here, but Fairey needed an airfield to test these aircraft and in 1928 secured a site in nearby [[Heathrow (hamlet)|Heathrow]]. This became the [[Great West Aerodrome]], which was requisitioned by the [[Air Ministry]] in 1944. It was initially developed as a heavy-bomber base intended for Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, but when the [[Second World War]] ended in 1945, it was taken over by the [[Ministry of Aviation]] and became [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]].
[[File:Nestlé Factory and driveway - geograph.org.uk - 814171.jpg|thumb|left|The former Nestlé Factory]]
In 1913, German [[bodybuilder]] and [[music hall]] performer [[Eugen Sandow]] – famous in his time as "Sandow the Great", a contender for the title of world's strongest man – opened a cocoa factory in Hayes.<ref name="Cocoa">{{cite web |url=https://www.nestle.co.uk/en-gb/aboutus/history/blog/charlie-chaplain-and-the-chocolate-factory |title=Charlie Chaplin and the Chocolate Factory |date=2018 |publisher=[[Nestlé]] |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> Sandow's fortunes plummeted in [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.shef.ac.uk/agents/people/495 |title=Sandow, Eugene, 1867 - 1925 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website= |publisher=[[University of Sheffield]] |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> The Sandow Cocoa Company went into liquidation, and the building and assets passed to the Hayes Cocoa Company in 1916. Hayes Cocoa was owned by [[Swiss chocolate]] company [[François-Louis Cailler|Peter, Cailler, Kohler]].

In 1929, the [[Nestlé]] company bought out Peter, Cailler, Kohler and located its major chocolate and [[instant coffee]] works on the canal, adjacent to the railway east of the station; it was for many years the company's UK headquarters. The factory's elegant [[Art Deco]] façade was long a local landmark.<ref name="Cocoa"/> The road that led to the factory was renamed Nestlé's Avenue (from Sandow Avenue, so-named after the German strongman); Sandow Crescent, a ''cul-de-sac'' off Nestlé's Avenue, remains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museumofhotchocolate.co.uk/cocoa-on-the-home-front.html |title=1914-1918 - World War One |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=Museum of Hot Chocolate |publisher= |access-date=20 April 2023 |quote=For Eugen Sandow, being a Prussian selling cocoa based on a German recipe and having a German accent was highly damaging}}</ref> The Hayes Nestlé factory closed in 2014 at a cost of 230 jobs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9018534/Nestle-to-close-Hayes-coffee-factory-in-streamlining.html |title=Nestle to close Hayes factory in streamlining |date=2012 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> Developers [[Segro]] bought the 30-acre Nestlé site in early 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hayes-hillingdon-nestle-coffee-snacks-17006778 |title=New pictures show latest progress at Nestle Factory development in Hayes |date=2019 |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Hayes, Benlow Works, Silverdale Road - geograph.org.uk - 205648.jpg|thumb|Benlow Works, Silverdale Road – [[Listed building|Grade II listed]]; [[Walter Cave]], 1909–11]]
Opposite Nestlé, on the other side of the canal, the [[Aeolian Company]] and its associates manufactured [[player piano|pianola]]s and rolls from just before [[World War I]] until the [[Great Depression]]. That, and the increasing sophistication of the [[gramophone record]] market, led to its demise. Its facilities were subsequently used by, among others, [[Mondelēz International|Kraft Foods]] and [[Wall's (meat)|Wall's]], a meat processor and ice cream manufacturer. Only one of the Aeolian Company's striking [[Edwardian architecture|Edwardian]] buildings remains. Designed by notable English architect [[Walter Cave]], Benlow Works (post-[[World War II]] owner Benny Lowenthal renamed the factory after himself) on Silverdale Road is a four-storey structure with [[Diocletian window]]s on the top floor. It is [[Listed building|Grade II listed]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1080121 |date=1989 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>

Food company [[H. J. Heinz Company|Heinz]]'s UK headquarters was located at South Building, Hayes Park, Hayes between 1965 and 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08322668/filing-history?page=2 |title=H. J. Heinz Foods UK Limited |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Gov.uk]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> The [[Grade I and II* listed buildings in Hillingdon|Grade II* listed]] Heinz buildings were culturally significant as the only British example of the work of influential American architect [[Gordon Bunshaft]] (then principal design partner of distinguished architectural firm [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]]) and one of only two designs by him in Western Europe.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1242724 |date=1995 |desc=Grade II* Listing|access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> In February 2024, [[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] heard an application in relation to the buildings' Grade II* listed status.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/former-heinz-london-headquarters-being-28691392 |title=Former Heinz London headquarters being turned into huge block of flats |last=Twigger |first=Will |date=23 February 2024 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> [[Historic England]] raised concerns, saying the existing buildings were "highly significant for their sophisticated sculptural form". But the planning officers decided that conversion of significant architecture in Hayes meant "less than substantial" heritage harm,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conserving-and-enhancing-the-historic-environment#:~:text=Where%20potential%20harm%20to%20designated,paragraphs%20194%20to%20196)%20apply. |title=How can the possibility of harm to a heritage asset be assessed? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 July 2019 |website=[[Gov.uk]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://lichfields.uk/blog/2021/august/2/what-is-substantial-harm-to-a-designated-heritage-asset |title=What is 'Substantial Harm' to a designated heritage asset? |last=Holding |first=Dominic |date=2 August 2021 |website=[[Nathaniel Lichfield|Lichfields]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> and approved the conversion of Bunshaft's designs into 124 flats.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/heinz-means-homes-as-studio-egret-west-scheme-is-approved |title=Heinz means homes as Studio Egret West scheme is approved |last=Pitcher |first=Greg |date=28 February 2024 |website=[[Architects' Journal]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

[[United Biscuits]] – makers of [[McVitie's]] biscuits and [[Jacob's]] [[Cream cracker|Cream Crackers]] – long had its UK headquarters in Hayes. The company formally changed its base to [[Chiswick]] in June 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08169000/filing-history |title=United Biscuits (UK) Ltd |author=<!--Not stated-->  |date=2024 |website=[[Gov.uk]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>

[[Callard & Bowser-Suchard|Callard & Bowser]] manufactured a popular line of English [[toffee]]s and other [[confectionary]] at its Pump Lane, Hayes factory between 1956 and 1983. 635 jobs were lost in the two years leading up to the factory's closure.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://letslookagain.com/tag/callard-bowser-history/ |title=A breath of fresh air: Callard & Bowser |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 December 2014 |website=letslookagain.com |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Amp Mac.png|thumb|left|[[Marshall Amplification|Marshall amp]]: first factory in Hayes, 1964]]
The first factory to produce the iconic [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall amplifier]] opened in June 1964 in Silverdale Road, Hayes. Guitar-amplification pioneer [[Jim Marshall (businessman)|Jim Marshall]] employed fifteen people to build [[Guitar amplifier|amplifier]]s and [[Guitar speaker|cabinet]]s in a 5,000-square-foot space.<ref>{{cite book |last=Maloof |first=Rich |date=2003 |title=Jim Marshall: The Father of Loud |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1J1MAgAAQBAJ&q=%22jim+marshall%22+and+%22hayes%2C+middlesex%22&pg=PT42 |publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation|Backbeat Books]] |isbn=0879308036}}</ref>

Hayes has been home to businesses in various industries over the years. Among others: UK [[Travel trailer|caravan]] manufacturer Car Cruiser<ref>{{Cite book|title=Caravans: The Illustrated History 1919–1959|last=Jenkinson|first=Andrew|publisher=Veloce|year=2003|isbn=9781903706824|pages=40}}</ref> built caravans in North Hyde Road for a short time in the early 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id=26&offset=0&sort=0&l1=transport&l2=Caravans|title=Advert Museum - Car Cruiser Caravans, Ltd.|last=Elsey|first=Brian|website=www.historyworld.co.uk|access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> From the early 1970s to 2003, McAlpine Helicopters Limited (Operational Support Services Limited) – later renamed McAlpine Aviation Services Limited – operated from two purpose-built helicopter [[hangar]]s in Swallowfield Way, Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Hayes-flying-sites |title=Hayes flying sites |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2014 |website=ukairfieldguide.net |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> Damont Audio was a [[Gramophone record|vinyl]] pressing plant based in Hayes from the 1970s to 2005. "DAMONT" or "Damont Audio Ltd" is typically inscribed in the [[Matrix numbers|run-out groove]] of vinyl produced at the plant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Damont%20Audio |title=Damont Audio |website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref>

In 2024, industry was impacted when [[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] acquired industrial site HPH3, Hyde Park for [[Real estate development|development]] into more accommodation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/24486794.sites-hayes-uxbridge-ease-hillingdon-housing-wait-list/ |title=Sites in Hayes, Uxbridge to ease Hillingdon housing wait list |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=30 July 2024 |website=hillingdontimes.co.uk |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

In 1971, [[Neville Sandelson]], MP for Hayes and Harlington 1971–1983, articulated concern about [[deindustrialization|''de''-industrialisation]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]: "The position in Hayes . . . is causing grave anxiety both in regard to the present and the long-term prospects. The closure of long-standing industrial firms in the area has become a contagion which shows no sign of abating".<ref name="Sandelson82">{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=Industry and Employment (Hayes) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1982/dec/06/industry-and-employment-hayes |house=House of Commons |date=6 December 1982 |volume=33 |column_start=688 ||column_end=694 |speaker=Neville Sandelson |position=MP for Hayes & Harlington}}</ref> By 1982, [[Neville Sandelson|Sandelson]] said the ''contagion'' had become ''an epidemic'', reiterating: "a subject of great concern to every family in Hayes and Harlington . . . the progressive decline of industry."<ref name="Sandelson82"/>

===Churches===
[[File:StMarysHayes.jpg|thumb|alt=St. Mary's Church, Hayes|St Mary's Church, Hayes, overlooking Barra Hall Park]]
[[File:Church hall of St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Middlesex, June 2015.jpg|thumb|Church hall of St Mary]]

[[St Mary the Virgin Church, Hayes]] on Church Road is the oldest building in Hayes. It is [[Grade I and II* listed buildings in Hillingdon|Grade II* listed]].<ref name="Entry Number 1080233"/> The central portion of the church, the [[chancel]] and the [[nave]], was built in the 13th century, the north aisle in the 15th century (as was the [[Bell tower|tower]]), and the south aisle in the 16th century, along with the [[lychgate]] and the south [[Church porch|porch]]. The lychgate and wall to the south are [[Listed building|Grade II listed]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1080234 |date=1949 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> Hayes's entry in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086) makes no mention of a church or chapel, and the name of St Mary suggests a 12th-century dedication as it was at this time that [[Dedication (ritual)|church dedications]] in this name first appeared in England.<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|9 & 18}} Besides the church, the other main building in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] villages was the [[manor house]]. The manor house formerly associated with the church was assigned to [[Canterbury Cathedral]] by Christian priest Warherdus as far back as 830 AD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-mary-hayes-middlesex/|title=St. Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Middlesex|website=www.achurchnearyou.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>

The site of the original manor house is not known, but it is likely to have been on or near the site of the building latterly on Church Road called the Manor House,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=153784&WINID=1724243024966 |title=Manor House in Church Road202 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=London Picture Archive |publisher=[[City of London Corporation]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> parts of which dated from the early 16th century. At the time of the [[Norman Conquest of England|Norman Conquest]], Archbishop [[Lanfranc]] had contacts with the parish. St Mary's has a 12th-century [[Baptismal font|font]], and many interesting memorials and [[Monumental brass|brasses]]. The brass to Robert Lellee, Rector somewhere between 1356 and 1375, is purportedly the oldest brass in Middlesex. Adjacent to it is another to Rector Robert Burgeys (1408–1421). (The first recorded Rector was Peter de Lymonicen [1259]). There are tombs in the church to Walter Grene (1456), Thomas Higate (1576), and Sir [[Edward Fenner]] (1611), Judge of the King's Bench. The latter tomb covers earlier tiling on the wall and floors. Some partly uncovered pre-[[English Reformation|Reformation]] wall-paintings and a large mural (dating from the 14th century) of [[Saint Christopher]] with the infant Child are on the North wall. A brass to Veare Jenyns (1644) relates to the Court of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], while other Jenynses, who were [[Lord of the Manor|Lords of the Manor]], link with [[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough|Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough]]. Judge [[John Heath (judge)|John Heath]], after whom ''Judge Heath Lane'' was named, is also buried at St Mary's.

[[Victorian era|Victorian]] restorers donated a number of windows, and more recent additions include windows to Saints [[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]] and [[Saint Nicholas|Nicholas]]. The [[Coronation]] window is in the north aisle above the [[Triptych]] painted by the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood|pre-Raphaelite]] [[Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne]]. His brother [[George Fellowes Prynne]] carved the [[Reredos]] with [[Anselm of Canterbury|St Anselm]] and [[Saint George|St George]] in the [[Niche (architecture)|niches]]. The embossed roof of the [[Nave]] reflects the [[Tudor period]] with emblems of the crucifixion and the arms of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry]] and [[Catherine of Aragon|Aragon]] (the lands passed to [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] as a consequence of the [[English Reformation]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2014/03/09/st-mary-church-road-hayes/ |title=St Mary, Church Road, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=londonchurchbuildings.com |access-date=26 August 2024 }}</ref> Cherry Lane Cemetery on Shepiston Lane was founded in the mid-1930s to provide a new burial ground when the churchyard at St Mary's Church had run out of space.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1393676 |date=2010 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref>

'''St Anselm's Church''' was completed in 1929 to the design of architect [[John C. Corlette|Hubert Christian Corlette]]. Noted designer [[MacDonald Gill]] was responsible for the panelled ceiling. The church's [[Cornerstone|foundation stone]] was laid on 13 May 1927 by Sir [[John Eldon Bankes]]. The east window is by [[James Powell and Sons]] of [[Whitefriars, London|Whitefriars]], London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2014/03/09/st-anselm-station-road-hayes/ |title=St Anselm, Station Road, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=londonchurchbuildings.com |access-date=26 August 2024 }}</ref> The church was [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] in November 2019.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1464541 |date=2019 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> St Anselm's is so-named because [[William II of England|William Rufus]] (1056 – 1100) sent Archbishop (later Saint) [[Anselm of Canterbury]] (c.1033 – 1109) to stay in the [[manor house]] of St Mary's Church, as it was the nearest of the Archbishop's manors to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], where William Rufus resided.<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|18}}<ref>{{NHLE |num=1464541 |date=2019 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

The '''Immaculate Heart of Mary''', the Roman Catholic church in Botwell, was built in 1961, replacing the earlier church built in 1912.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/hayes/ |title=Roman Catholic Church of The Immaculate Heart of Mary |date=2018 |publisher=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster|Diocese of Westminster]] |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonchurchbuildings.com/2014/03/09/immaculate-heart-of-mary-botwell-lane-hayes-roman-catholic/ |title=Immaculate Heart of Mary, Botwell Lane, Hayes (Roman Catholic) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=londonchurchbuildings.com |access-date=26 August 2024 }}</ref> The adjacent school, Botwell House Catholic Primary, opened on 25 August 1931. The church's picture of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (which measures 5½m x 3m) was painted by [[Pietro Annigoni]] (1910–1988) in [[Florence]], and took nine months to complete. The [[Listed building|Grade II listed]], early nineteenth-century [[Clergy house|presbytery]], "Botwell House",<ref>{{NHLE |num=1358357 |date=1974 |desc=Grade II Listing |access-date=30 January 2015}}</ref> was originally the home of Hayes's principal landowner, John Baptist Shackle.

==Culture==
[[File:Hayes, The Beck Theatre.jpg|thumb|[[Beck Theatre]], Hayes UB3 2UE]]
Hayes's [[Beck Theatre]] opened in 1977, and offers a wide range of touring shows in a welcoming modern building. "The Beck" is very much a community theatre, offering one-night concerts, comedy, drama, films, opera, and pantomime.

The [[Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park]] originated in 1951 as a community venue for music, theatre and dance. The local community raised funds for a 2005 rebuild.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bradymallalieu.com/projects/barra-park |title=Barra Park Open Air Theatre |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2005 |website=[[Angela Brady|Brady Mallalieu Architects]] |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/brady-mallalieu-stages-park-revival/3050011.article |title=Brady Mallalieu stages park revival |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 April 2005 |website=Building Design |access-date=20 April 2023 |quote=This open-air theatre [...] is intended to restore the park to its former glory}}</ref>

Hayes's Botwell Green Library is situated in the Leisure Centre (address: East Avenue, UB3 2HW), which in 2010 replaced both the old Hayes Library (opened 1933 on Golden Crescent) and the old swimming baths (opened 1967 on the opposite side of Central Avenue).<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=15 July 2010 |title=Botwell Green Sports and Leisure Centre opens |url=https://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/8273421.botwell-green-sports-and-leisure-centre-opens/ |work=Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times |location= |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> Following its 2010 closure,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/hayes-pool-going-pot-council-5986328 |title=Hayes pool going to pot as council fails to sell it |last=Griffith |first=Jack |date=11 May 2011 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> the derelict old Hayes Pool building was close to being used as a [[Location shooting|location]] for 2012 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Skyfall]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/derelict-hayes-pool-considered-bond-5977811 |title=Derelict Hayes pool considered for Bond film |last=Griffith |first=Jack |date=12 April 2012 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> but in late 2012 the Council demolished it,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/second-lidl-store-hayes-old-7683766 |title=Second Lidl store for Hayes on old swimming pool site |last=Drewett |first=Zoë |date=28 August 2014 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> and in 2017 a branch of [[Lidl]] opened on the former baths site.

[[Pub]]s in Hayes include: ''The Botwell Inn'', Coldharbour Lane; ''The Old Crown'', Station Road; ''Captain Morgan's'', Clayton Road; ''Wishing Well'' & ''Five Rivers'' (''Ye Olde Crowne''), Uxbridge Road; ''Brook House'', Kingshill Avenue; ''Music Box'', Bourne Avenue; and ''Great Western'', Dawley Road. The [https://www.hayesworkies.co.uk/ ''Hayes Working Men's Club''] is on Pump Lane (from 1918 to 1974 it was in a large house called Sandgate on Station Road, where [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]] now stands). The [https://www.hayesconclub.com/ ''Hayes Conservative Club''] is on Church Road; the Irish Social Club (''Fáilte'') – originally associated with the ''Botwell Club'' – operates here.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ageuk.org.uk/hillingdonharrowandbrent/activities-and-events/activities-and-events-in-hillingdon/strong-and-active/irish-social-club-failte/ |title=Irish Social Club (Failte) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Age UK]] |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>
[[File:The Angel, Hayes (geograph 4315807).jpg|thumb|[[The Angel, Hayes|The Angel]], Uxbridge Road ([[Nowell Parr]]-design; [[Listed building|Grade II]]); closed 2018]]
Hayes had a vibrant, social [[Drinking_culture#United_Kingdom|pub culture]] for most of the 20th-century: in 1988, a long list of the town's pubs could still include the words: "many of which exist today".<ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|68}} Pubs began to close in subsequent years, being demolished for [[real estate development|development]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/thousands-new-hillingdon-homes-planned-15007692 |title=This is where thousands of new Hillingdon homes are planned to be built |last=Elvery |first=Martin |date=9 August 2018 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> or converted for other uses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/landlords-fear-drinking-home-kill-6011623 |title=Landlords fear drinking at home will kill off our pubs |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=13 January 2009 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/man-mission-stop-even-more-16910504 |title=The man on a mission to stop even more pubs closing down in Hillingdon |last=Cann |first=Ged |date=12 September 2019 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pubs-closing-england-wales-inflation-b2413061.html |title=Pubs vanishing at rate of two every day, as closures surge 50% |last=Gregory |first=Andy |date=18 September 2023 |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref> The ''Adam and Eve'' – formerly at 830 Uxbridge Road – was the town's earliest recorded and longest surviving inn.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/middlesex/hayes_adameve.html |title=Adam & Eve |author=Peter MacKenzie |date=2021 |website=closedpubs.co.uk |publisher= |access-date=7 November 2022 |quote=}}</ref><ref name="Kelter88"/>{{rp|26}} Though not the original seventeenth-century structure, the pub stood on the same site for over 350 years (1665-2021). Lost pubs include some other longstanding town landmarks: ''Vine'', Angel Lane (closed 1992);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/vine-hayes-end-164678 |title=Vine, Hayes End |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> ''Firefly'', Welbeck Avenue (1999);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/firefly-hayes-164662 |title=Firefly, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''Royal Oak'', Church Road (2002);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/royal-oak-hayes-164642 |title=Royal Oak, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''Tumbler'', Station Road (2003);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/tumbler-hayes-164679 |title=Tumbler, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''White Hart'', Uxbridge Road (2003);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/white-hart-hayes-164643 |title=White Hart, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''Curran's'', Uxbridge Road (2005);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/currans-hayes-164648 |title=Curran's, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/tribute-larger-life-man-5997538 |title=Tribute to a 'larger than life' man |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 May 2010 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> ''Blue Anchor'', Printing House Lane (2008);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/blue-anchor-hayes-164543 |title=Blue Anchor, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/fire-destroys-abandoned-hayes-pub-5965074 |title=Fire destroys abandoned Hayes pub |last=Griffith |first=Jack |date=27 August 2013 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> ''Ram'', Dawley Road (2008);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/ram-hayes-164663 |title=Ram, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''Waggon & Horses'', Uxbridge Road (2008);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/waggon-horses-hayes-164676 |title=Waggon & Horses, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''Royal Standard'' (''King's Arms''/''Bad Bob's''), Coldharbour Lane (2010);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/kings-arms-hayes-164677 |title=Kings Arms, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''George Orwell'', Coldharbour Lane (2012);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/pub-named-after-orwell-shuts-5970172 |title=Pub named after Orwell shuts down |last=Griffith |first=Jack |date=2013 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''Golden Cross'', Botwell Lane (2014);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/golden-cross-hayes-164569 |title=Golden Cross, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''Victoria'', North Hyde Road (2014);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/victoria-hayes-164186 |title=Victoria, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref> ''Queen's Head'' (''The Grange''/''Tommy Flynn's''/''Blue Lagoon''), Wood End Green Road (2015);<ref name="QueensHead">{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/blue-lagoon-hayes-164181 |title=Blue Lagoon, Hayes (Grange) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> ''Hambro Arms'' (''Lounge''), Dawley Road (2016);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/lounge-hayes-164178 |title=Lounge, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> ''Crane'', North Hyde Road (2017);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/crane-hayes-164185 |title=Crane, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> ''Angel'', Uxbridge Road (2018);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://londonpubsgroup.camra.org.uk/angel-hayes |title=White Hart, Hayes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Angel2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/angel-grade-ii-listed-hayes-15227690 |title=The Angel, a Grade II listed Hayes pub 'of national importance' sold after 150 years |date=2 October 2018 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> ''Carpenter's Arms'', Uxbridge Road (2023);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/carpenters-hayes-end-164198 |title=Carpenters, Hayes End (Carps) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref> ''Grapes'', Uxbridge Road (2024).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www1.camra.org.uk/pubs/grapes-hayes-164192 |title=Grapes, Hayes (Beefeater Grill) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Campaign for Real Ale|CAMRA]] |access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref>

[[Social club]]s likewise began to close in the 21st-century. ''St Claret's'' (known locally as the ''Botwell Club'') at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.botwell.org.uk/the-claretian-missionaries/ |title=The Claretian missionaries |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=botwell.org.uk |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref> Botwell Lane was officially established in 1966, but its roots went back to the 1930s, when an increasing number of [[Irish people in Great Britain|Irish people]] began coming to live in Hayes.<ref name="Claret">{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/claret-club-saves-itself-6015226 |title=Claret club saves itself |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 October 2008 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref> In its 1970s/1980s heyday, the ''Botwell Club'' was (in common with the working men's club) a "thriving community hub".<ref name="IrishPost1">{{cite web |url=https://www.irishpost.com/news/crisis-looming-for-traditional-irish-clubs-in-britain-18107 |title=Crisis looming for traditional Irish clubs in Britain |last=O'Sullivan |first=Niall |date=12 December 2013 |website=[[The Irish Post]] |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishpost.com/news/from-bradford-to-botwell-memories-from-irish-clubs-in-britain-facing-closure-18576 |title=From Bradford to Botwell - memories from Irish clubs in Britain facing closure |last=Mulhern |first=Robert |date=27 December 2013 |website=[[The Irish Post]] |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref> The Church closed the club on its long-established footing in September 2008, and despite organisers' attempts to keep going on a new [[Lease|lease agreement]] basis,<ref name="Claret"/> in 2013 ''[[The Irish Post]]'' noted the ''Botwell Club'' was facing closure, owing in large part to high rent.<ref name="IrishPost1"/> The bar & social club attached to [[Hayes F.C.]]'s century-old [[Church Road (football stadium)|Church Road]] home-ground closed in 2010 when the football club was forced to make way for a large [[Public housing in the United Kingdom|housing estate]] development.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/hayes-yeadings-church-road---5993929 |title=Hayes and Yeading's Church Road - the final whistle |last=Griffith |first=Jack |date=15 September 2010 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref> ''Glenister Hall'' (a former annex of the working men's club) and an adjacent sports-ground at the end of Minet Drive were closed and demolished in advance of a controversial 2011 housing development.<ref name="Inland"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/fury-after-flats-approved-former-5987242 |title=Fury after flats approved for former sports ground |last=Griffith |first=Jack |date=18 April 2011 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/millionaire-london-developer-slams-keyboard-23482693 |title=Millionaire London developer slams 'keyboard warrior' residents who moan about and block big housing projects |last=Garner-Purkis |first=Zak |date=24 March 2022 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=20 August 2024}}</ref>

Much-loved entertainer Dame [[Gracie Fields]] visited Hayes's [[Gramophone Company|Gramophone]] factory in 1933; [[Pathé News]] footage shows Gracie pressing her four millionth record alongside factory employees and singing the title song of her 1932 film ''[[Looking on the Bright Side]]'' to huge cheers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/gracie-fields-1/query/Hayes |title=Gracie Fields 1933 |publisher=British Pathé |access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Earlier, several noted [[music hall]] performers came to record at Hayes's Gramophone studios: [[George Formby]]'s father, [[George Formby Sr]], recorded ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDffwSNrZBU Grandfather's Clock]'' on 12 April 1916;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mdt.co.uk/the-golden-age-of-the-mono-recordings-1905-1934-retrospective.html |title=The Golden Age of the Music Hall |publisher=Mdt.co.uk |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref> [[G. H. Elliott]] recorded ''Mississippi Honeymoon'' on 17 November 1922;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://footlightnotes.tripod.com/20080112contents.html |title=Footllight Notes |publisher=Footlight Notes |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref> and [[Harry Lauder]] recorded ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W517U2f1udQ Roamin' In The Gloamin']'' and other songs in March 1926,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/16115146-Sir-Harry-Lauder-Roamin-In-The-Gloamin-I-Love-A-Lassie-My-Scotch-Blue-Bell- |title=Sir Harry Lauder* – Roamin' In The Gloamin' |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=[[Discogs]] |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> as well as visiting Hayes on other occasions in the 1910s and '20s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/scottish-comedian-and-singer-sir-harry-lauder-out-for-a-news-photo/3287442#20th-may-1913-scottish-comedian-and-singer-sir-harry-lauder-out-for-a-picture-id3287442 |title=Scottish comedian and singer Sir Harry Lauder, out for a drive in Hayes, Middlesex; May 20, 1913 |date=9 April 2004 |publisher=[[Getty Images]] |access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref>

Music hall [[strongman]] [[Eugen Sandow]] (1867–1925) – whose 1913 cocoa factory was significant to Hayes's history in [[Manufacturing in the United Kingdom|industry]] (see the ''Industry'' section, above) – is commemorated in a 28-metre-high [[mural]] completed in 2022. The [[Vintage (design)|period-inspired artwork]] is on the [[gable]]-end of a ten-storey building, viewable from the [[Elizabeth line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unitedcreatives.com/work/eugen-sandow-mural |title=Eugen Sandow Mural |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=unitedcreatives.com |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref>

Botwell House hosted early performances by [[The Rolling Stones]] (5 August 1963)<ref>{{cite book |last=Rusten |first=Ian M. |date=2018 |title=The Rolling Stones in Concert, 1962-1982: A Show-by-Show History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pOxzDwAAQBAJ&q=%22botwell+house%22+and+%22history%22&pg=PT35 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |page=27 |isbn=9781476673929}}</ref> and [[The Who]] (19 April 1965).<ref>{{cite book |title=London Gig Venues |last=Allen |first=Carl |year=2016 |publisher=Amberley Publishing |location=Stroud, Gloucestershire |isbn=978-1445658193 }}</ref><ref name="Botwell">{{cite web |url=http://www.garagehangover.com/botwell-house-hayes-middlesex/ |title=Botwell House, Hayes, Middlesex |date=2014 |publisher=Garage Hangover |access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Accounts of a [[Whit Monday]] pop festival organised at Botwell House in 1963 and 1964 – where performers included [[Dusty Springfield]], [[The Animals]] and [[Screaming Lord Sutch]] – suggest these were arguably the first examples of an [[Rock festival|open-air pop festival]] in the UK (excluding jazz festivals).<ref name="Botwell"/> The ''Blue Moon'' club on Church Road – next to [[Hayes F.C.]], 1964–1966<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.garagehangover.com/blue-moon-hayes-middlesex/ |title=Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex |date=2014 |publisher=Garage Hangover |access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> – hosted performances by bands including: [[The Yardbirds]] (10 June 1964),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whereseric.com/tour/1964-95/ |title=10 June 1964 – The Yardbirds |date=2017 |publisher=Where's Eric |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> [[The Who]] (20 June 1965),<ref>{{cite book |title=Full Moon: The Amazing Rock and Roll Life of Keith Moon |last=Butler |first=Dougal |year=1988 |publisher=[[Faber and Faber|Faber Finds]] |location=London |isbn=0571295843 |page=xiii}}</ref> and [[Eric Clapton]]'s [[Cream (band)|Cream]] (18 September 1966).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jackbruce.com/tours0.htm |title=Past Tours, 1966-1968 |publisher=Official [[Jack Bruce]] website |access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>

[[Marc Bolan]] of [[glam rock]] band [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] visited Hayes [[EMI Records|EMI]]'s [[Production of phonograph records|record pressing plant]] on 19 June 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1141260723516919808 |title=MARC BOLAN ~ T.Rex 1972 June 19th |date=2019 |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRrY9V0wkPU  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/iRrY9V0wkPU| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Marc Bolan: home-shot video |website=YouTube|date=2019 |access-date=18 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

A song titled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhAcvturwEE ‘Hayes, Middlesex’] features on [[Indie rock|indie]] singer/songwriter [[David Westlake]]'s 2022 album ''[[My Beautiful England]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://louderthanwar.com/david-westlake-my-beautiful-england-album-review/ |title=David Westlake 'My Beautiful England' : album review |last=Davenport |first=Neil |date=19 October 2022 |website=[[Louder Than War]] |access-date=13 April 2023 |quote=There's more nostalgic localism on the glam-riffed ‘Hayes, Middlesex’}}</ref>

Artist [[Jeremy Deller]]'s [[Installation art|installation]] ''Sacrilege'' (an inflatable life-size model of [[Stonehenge]]) was installed in [[Barra Hall Park]], Hayes from 10.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday 5 August 2012; an estimated 1,400 people attended to view the artwork on the day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Monument as bouncy castle |last=Griffith |first=Jack |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/monument-as-bouncy-castle-5974421 |newspaper=GetWestLondon |date=8 August 2012 |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

===Cinemas===
[[File:Bingo Hall, Uxbridge Road, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 23008.jpg|thumb|[[George Coles (architect)|George Coles]]' cinema design, 466-468 Uxbridge Road, Hayes]]
Hayes has had six cinemas in its history. '''(1.)''' The town's first cinema, in the [[silent film|silent]] era, opened in 1913, and was named simply ''The Hayes Cinema''. It was situated at 53–55 Station Road, Hayes – now the site of a branch of [[Poundland]] (formerly [[Woolworths (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wooliesbuildings.wordpress.com/2020/06/08/hayes-store-541/ |title=Hayes Town Woolworths – Store 541 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 June 2020 |website=wooliesbuildings.wordpress.com |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>). The Hayes Cinema was renamed ''Gem Cinema'' before its closure in the middle of [[World War I]], in 1916.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30160 |title=Gem Cinema |author=Ken Roe |publisher=Cinema Treaures |access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> '''(2.)''' ''The Regent Cinema'' stood between 1924 and 1938 at 16 Station Road, Hayes – now the site of a branch of [[NatWest]] bank. The Regent Cinema subsequently became ''The Regent Theatre'' (1948–54). Playwright [[John Osborne]] performed at the theatre as a young actor, and stars including [[Kenneth Williams]], [[Diana Dors]] and [[John Le Mesurier]] performed there also early in their careers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30161 |title=Regent Theatre |author=Ken Roe |publisher=Cinema Treaures |access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> Sylvia Rayman's groundbreaking "all-women play" ''[[Women of Twilight]]'' (1951) was [[premiere]]d at Hayes's Regent Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calmview.co.uk/bristoltheatrearchive/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=SR&pos=1 |title=Sylvia Rayman Collection |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=[[University of Bristol]] |access-date=20 April 2023 |quote=performed at the Regent Theatre, Hayes on 30 July, 1951}}</ref> '''(3.)''' ''The Corinth Cinema'' opened in 1933 at 1040 Uxbridge Road. Renamed ''The Essoldo'' in 1949, it was the first cinema in the area to be equipped with [[CinemaScope]] and stereophonic sound. After purchasing an alternative building nearby in 1957 (''infra''), the Essoldo chain closed this cinema in 1961. The address is now the site of the town's Point West Building.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30163 |title=Essoldo Hayes (1) |author=Ken Roe |publisher=Cinema Treaures |access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> '''(4.)''' ''The Ambassador Theatre'' existed between 1938 and 1961 on the area of East Avenue, Hayes which is now occupied by the British Telecommunications Centre (formerly a [[General Post Office|GPO]] [[telephone exchange]]). Actress [[Valerie Hobson]] made a personal appearance on the occasion of the Ambassador Theatre's opening on 19 December 1938; she starred in the film screened for the occasion: ''[[This Man Is News]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30164 |title=Ambassador Theatre |author=Ken Roe |publisher=Cinema Treaures |access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> '''(5.)''' ''The Savoy Cinema'' existed from 1939 to 1957 at 466 Uxbridge Road, Hayes. The building was designed by noted cinema architect [[George Coles (architect)|George Coles]]. Some famous artists performed on stage at Hayes's Savoy Cinema over the years – [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]], [[Josephine Baker]] and [[Adam Faith]] among them. The Essoldo chain bought the Savoy in 1957, renaming it ''The Essoldo'' in 1962 (after closing its nearby namesake in 1961). This incarnation of the Essoldo closed in 1967. Coles' building was converted into an Essoldo Bingo Club; it became a Ladbrokes Lucky 7 Club, then a branch of Mecca Bingo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30166 |title=Essoldo Hayes (2) |author=Ken Roe |publisher=Cinema Treaures |access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> A bingo hall since 1967, residents fought unsuccessfully against closure in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wiggins |first=Dan |date=23 January 2023 |title=Hillingdon residents fight to save local Mecca Bingo hall threatened with closure as it's 'the only place left to socialise' |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hillingdon-residents-fight-save-local-26045457 |work=My London |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref> '''(6.)''' ''The Classic Cinema'' (1972–1986) was located above a [[Waitrose]] supermarket, at 502 Uxbridge Road, Hayes. Subsequently, demolished, its entrance was immediately to the left of the former Savoy (see 5, above).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30167 |title=Classic Hayes |author=Ken Roe |publisher=Cinema Treaures |access-date=14 October 2014}}</ref>

===Media===
[[Hayes FM]] (91.8 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is the town's [[Local community|community]]-focused, non-commercial [[Independent local radio|local radio]] station. The station provides a platform for discussion of local matters, and besides playing [[popular music]] caters musically to a variety of tastes and [[Music genre|genres]], including [[Indie rock|indie]], [[Country music|country]], and [[Urban contemporary|urban music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hayesfm.org.uk/schedule/ |title=Hayes FM: Schedule |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>

The ''[https://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/ Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times]'' website provides news for the London Borough of Hillingdon, including Hayes and Uxbridge. The website took over from former weekly freesheet tabloid newspaper the ''Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times'', published by [[Newsquest]]. Paper publication ceased in 2008 as a result of costs issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-london/hillingdon-uxbridge-times/ |title=Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times (defunct)|date=October 2012 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

The ''[https://www.mylondon.news/ MyLondon]'' website provides news from across the capital, Hayes included. The former ''GetWestLondon'' website was subsumed into ''[[MyLondon]]'' in December 2018 by [[Reach plc]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/about-us/ |title=About us |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

A [[Digital preservation|digital archive]] of the defunct ''[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/hayes-harlington-gazette Hayes & Harlington Gazette]'' offers free access to issues dating from 1986 to 1999.

==Education==
Primary and junior schools in Hayes include: Botwell House, Dr Triplett's, Minet, Pinkwell, William Byrd, Hayes Park, Hewens Primary, Grange Park, and Rosedale Primary; Cranford Park Academy, Lake Farm Park Academy, and Wood End Park Academy are part of the Park Federation Academy Trust.

Secondary schools in Hayes include: [[Barnhill Community High School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barnhill.hillingdon.sch.uk/|title=Homepage - Barnhill Community High School|website=barnhill.hillingdon.sch.uk|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> [[Global Academy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalacademy.com/|title=Homepage - Global Academy|website=globalacademy.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> [[Guru Nanak Sikh Academy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gurunanaksikhacademy.co.uk/secondary
|title=Homepage - Guru Nanak Sikh Academy|website=gurunanaksikhacademy.co.uk|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> [[Harlington School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harlingtonschool.co.uk/|title=Homepage - Harlington School|website=harlingtonschool.co.uk|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> [[Hewens College]] (formerly [[Mellow Lane School]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hewenscollege.co.uk/|title=Hewens College|website=hewenscollege.co.uk|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> [[Parkside Studio College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parksidestudiocollege.co.uk/|title=Homepage - Parkside Studio College|website=www.parksidestudiocollege.co.uk|access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref> and [[Rosedale College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rosedalecollege.uk/|title=Rosedale College|website=rosedalecollege.uk|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> 

[[Uxbridge College]] has a Hayes Campus, situated on the former Townfield School site,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westlondonchat.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=530|title=Townfield School|website=West London Photo Galleries|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> accessible from Coldharbour Lane.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uxbridgecollege.ac.uk/about-us/our-campuses/hayes|title=Hayes Campus, Uxbridge College|website=uxbridgecollege.ac.uk|access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>

==Sport==
[[Hayes & Yeading United F.C.]] formed on 18 May 2007, following a merger of the former [[Hayes F.C.]] and [[Yeading F.C.]] Hayes & Yeading F.C.'s home-ground is (since 2016) on Beaconsfield Road, Hayes. The former [[Hayes F.C.]] started out as ''Botwell Mission'' in 1909, taking the name ''Hayes F.C.'' in 1929. The team's home-ground was on [[Church Road (football stadium)|Church Road, Hayes]]. The Church Road stadium continued in May 2007 as [[Hayes & Yeading United F.C.|Hayes & Yeading]]'s ground until 19 April 2011, when the team played at Church Road for the last time, beating [[Gateshead F.C.|Gateshead]] 3–1. The former Church Road ground was demolished in 2011, and is now the site of housing. The team played in the interim at [[Woking F.C.|Woking]]'s [[Kingfield Stadium]] and [[Maidenhead United F.C.|Maidenhead]]'s [[York Road (Maidenhead)|York Road]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/footballs-coming-home-hayes--11681852 |title=Football's coming home for Hayes & Yeading as club hosts first fixture at new Beaconsfield Road stadium |date=2016 |publisher=Get West London |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> Persevering with initial setbacks,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hayes--yeading-forced-move-11855347 |title=Hayes & Yeading forced to move out of SkyEx Community Stadium as critical building work is carried out |date=2016 |publisher=Get West London |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> the team is rightly back in Hayes. The Church Road ground saw the start of the career of a number of players who went on to play at higher levels, among them [[Les Ferdinand]], [[Cyrille Regis]] and [[Jason Roberts (footballer)|Jason Roberts MBE]].

Hayes has a second [[Non-League football]] team, [[A.F.C. Hayes]]; they were known until 2007 as Brook House F.C.

Hayes [[Club cricket|Cricket Club]]'s records date back to 1797. The club joined the Middlesex Cricketers League in the 1970s, becoming three-time League champions in the 1980s. The club subsequently entered the [[Thames Valley Cricket League]]. Hayes Cricket Club's ground is situated behind the [[Beck Theatre]] and [[Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens|Botanical Gardens]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hayescricketclub.co.uk/history.php |title=Hayes Cricket Club: History |access-date=15 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627213946/http://hayescricketclub.co.uk/history.php |archive-date=27 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Rugby football]] is represented by two Hayes clubs. ''Hayes RFC'' compete in the Middlesex Merit Development League, alongside London Welsh Amateurs, and teams from [[Hanwell]], [[Chiswick]] and [[Whitton, London|Whitton]]; Hayes RFC's home-ground is The Pavilions, Grosvenor Playing Fields, Kingshill Avenue, Hayes UB4 8BZ.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hayesrfc/ |title=Hayes Rugby Football Club |date=2015 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> ''Hillingdon Abbots RFC'' compete in the [[Herts/Middlesex 2]] league; Hillingdon Abbots RFC's home-ground is Pole Hill Open Spaces, Gainsborough Road, Hayes UB4 8PS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldabbotstoniansrfc/ |title=Hillingdon Abbots RFC |date=2015 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829002736/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldabbotstoniansrfc |archive-date=29 August 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
[[File:Chris Finnegan 1971 Ajman stamp.jpg|thumb|left|Olympic gold medal-winning middleweight boxer [[Chris Finnegan]]]]
Hayes [[Amateur Boxing]] Club was formed in 1948. Trainer Dickie Gunn started the club at Hayes's Townfield School. Interim locations included St Christopher's [[Approved school|Approved School]] and Harlington Scout Hut, until in 1978 the club was granted a piece of land at the back of Judge Heath Lane Sports Centre. A concerted effort by club-trainers, boxers and committee-members produced for the club a purpose-built gym. In 2006 the land on which the gym was built was sold for development, and, following a campaign, a replacement facility was built to the front of the former Hayes Stadium. From its formation, the club has produced successful boxers at national competition level. [[Chris Finnegan]] represented the pinnacle of the club's success, winning the 1966 [[Amateur Boxing Association of England|Amateur Boxing Association]] [[ABA Middleweight Champions|Middleweight]] title, before going on to win the Olympic [[List of Olympic medalists in boxing|Middleweight]] gold medal in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hayesabc.weebly.com/history.html|title=Hayes Amateur Boxing Club: History|access-date=15 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218165501/http://hayesabc.weebly.com/history.html|archive-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

Hayes [[Bowls]] Club (at Botwell Green, Central Avenue) is one of thirteen bowling clubs in Hillingdon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/2200/Bowls |title=Bowls |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=www.hillingdon.gov.uk |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>

On 24 July 2012, Hayes was the gateway for the [[London 2012 Olympic Torch|Olympic Torch]]'s passage into Hillingdon borough in the [[2012 Summer Olympics torch relay]]; the route traversed North Hyde Road and Dawley Road.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hayes the Olympic Torch Gateway for Hillingdon |last=Griffith |first=Jack |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/hayes-olympic-torch-gateway-hillingdon-5975845 |newspaper=[[MyLondon]] |date=25 July 2012 |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:Lombardy Shopping Park, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 6268161.jpg|thumb|Lombardy Retail Park, UB3 3EX]]
Nearby [[London Heathrow Airport]] is the largest single provider of employment.<ref name="MLAP"/> The airport's presence generates numerous associated businesses – retail, international [[Distribution (marketing)|distribution]] and [[Air cargo|cargo-handling]] among them. Hotels – such as the [[Sheraton Skyline Hotel at London Heathrow|Sheraton Hotel]] on Bath Road, Hayes – benefit, too, from the town's proximity to the airport.

[[West London Film Studios]] – situated on Springfield Road, Hayes – is a film and television studio equipped to accommodate everything from small TV productions to big-budget feature films. ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' (2014), ''[[Bridget Jones's Baby]]'' (2016) and ''[[Killing Eve]]'' are just a few well-known productions filmed at the Hayes studios.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Frederica |date=8 September 2020 |title=The hidden Hayes film studios where hit shows Killing Eve, Black Mirror and Peep Show were made |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hidden-hayes-film-studios-tv-15341967 |work=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref>

Lombardy [[Retail park|Retail Park]], UB3 3EX is located near the Uxbridge Road/[[A312 road|The Parkway]] crossing. The park is {{cvt|220000|sqft}} in size with 865 parking spaces. Shops include: [[Sainsbury's]] (replaced the popular Pump Lane branch, 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/branch/ref/p405-london-hayes-1-pump-lane-1979-1997-sainsburys-branch |title=London: Hayes (1 Pump Lane) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=Sainsbury Archive |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>), [[Currys]], [[TK Maxx]], [[Next plc|Next]], [[H&M]], [[Sports Direct]], [[McDonald's]], [[Pizza Hut]] and [[Costa Coffee|Costa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://completelyretail.co.uk/scheme/lombardy-shopping-park-hayes-2684|title = Lombardy Shopping Park, Hayes}}</ref> A smaller development to the east, Hayes Bridge Retail Park, has branches of [[Dreams (bed retailer)|Dreams]] and [[Metro Bank (United Kingdom)|Metro Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://completelyretail.co.uk/scheme/Hayes-Bridge-Retail-Park-Hayes|title = Hayes Bridge Retail Park, Hayes}}</ref>

[[Thorn Electrical Industries|TMD Technologies]] (Thorn Microwave Devices) is located in Swallowfield Way, Hayes. The firm dates back to the 1940s and EMI's high-power [[klystron]] group. It manufactures [[transmitter]]s and [[radar]] equipment, and employs about 220 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmd.co.uk/ |title=TMD |date=2015 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>

[[Cloud computing]] company [[Rackspace]] operates its U.K. offices from Hyde Park Hayes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rackspace.co.uk/|title=Rackspace technology|website=[[Rackspace]]|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>

Harnam Engineering Works is situated on Swallowfield Way, Hayes. Established in 1988, the company specialises in premium [[laser cutting]], [[precision engineering]], [[Sheet metal|sheet metalwork]] and [[Metal fabrication|fabrication]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://harnameng.co.uk/ |title=Harnam Engineering Works |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=harnameng.co.uk |publisher= |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>

Leemark Engineering is situated on Rigby Lane, Hayes. Founded in 1967, the [[machining]] service specialises in high precision [[Numerical control|CNC]] [[Milling (machining)|milling]] and [[turning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leemarkeng.co.uk/index.php|title=Leemark Engineering|website=www.leemarkeng.co.uk|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>

Wellington Engineering is situated on Betam Road, Hayes. Established in the mid-1980s, the company specialises in [[Multiaxis machining|multiaxis]] and [[Numerical control|CNC machining]] serving a variety of industries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.welleng.co.uk/ |title=Wellington Engineering |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=www.welleng.co.uk |publisher= |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>

==Governance and public services==
[[File:Hayes fire station - geograph.org.uk - 1284168.jpg|thumb|Hayes Fire Station, UB3 1LL]]
Hayes is in the [[Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hayes and Harlington]] UK Parliament constituency. Hayes's current [[Member of parliament|MP]] is [[John McDonnell]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/hayes-harlington-general-election-2024-29480323 |title=Hayes and Harlington General Election 2024 results |last1=Gallagher |first1=Paul |last2=Willis |first2=Cullen |date=5 July 2024 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref>

The [[Metropolitan Police|Metropolitan Police Service]] is responsible for [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|law enforcement]] and the [[Crime prevention|prevention of crime]] in Hayes. The [http://www.hillingdonnhw.co.uk/ Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch] website contains details of Police Station opening times, news, appeals, events and meetings. Crime information may be given anonymously to [[Crimestoppers UK]].

[[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] encourages residents to report: incidents of [https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/flytipping fly-tipping], problems involving [https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/4970/Reporting-illegally-parked-vehicles illegally parked vehicles], and [https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/4871/Potholes-and-road-issues potholes and road issues].

Hayes Fire Station is at 65 Shepiston Lane, UB3 1LL. The [[London Fire Brigade]] puts information regarding Hayes Fire Station, and risk and incidents in Hayes on its [https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/community/hillingdon/ website].

Hayes is served by [[Hillingdon Hospital]] on Pield Heath Road, UB8 3NN.

==Transport==
[[File:Hayes & Harlington stn signage.JPG|thumb|[[Hayes & Harlington railway station]] (2008)]]
[[File:Cascades from other operators (16981417402).jpg|thumb|Buses H98 & U4, viewed outside the railway station (2015)]]
[[File:The A312 Parkway in Hayes Town (geograph 4639552).jpg|thumb|The [[A312 road|A312]] Parkway in Hayes (2015)]]
[[File:Grand Union Canal (geograph.org.uk 2507560).jpg|thumb|The [[Grand Union Canal]] in Hayes (2011)]]
===Rail===
[[Hayes & Harlington railway station]] is the town's main railway station on the [[Great Western Main Line]], and the station is on the [[Elizabeth line]]. It provides direct connections eastbound to [[Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] and beyond, and westbound to [[Reading railway station|Reading]]. It is also served by trains on the Heathrow Spur, connecting it to the airport without an intermediate stop. Hayes & Harlington station was redeveloped ahead of the opening of the Elizabeth line.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://railuk.com/railway-stations/network-rail-and-transport-for-london-bring-step-free-access-to-hayes-harlington-station/ |title=Step-free access work completed at Hayes & Harlington station |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=14 September 2021 |website=Rail UK |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref>

===Buses===
London Buses serving Hayes are:
{| class="wikitable"
!Route
!Start
!End
!Operator
|-
|[[London Buses route 90|90]]
|[[Feltham]]
|[[Northolt]]
|[[Metroline]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 140|140]]
|[[Harrow Weald]]
|[[Hayes & Harlington railway station|Hayes & Harlington station]]
|[[Metroline]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 195|195]]
|Charville Lane Estate
|[[Brentford]]
|[[Transport UK London Bus]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 278|278]]
|[[Ruislip]]
|[[Heathrow Central bus station|Heathrow Central]]
|[[Transport UK London Bus]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 350|350]]
|[[Hayes & Harlington railway station|Hayes & Harlington station]]
|[[Heathrow Terminal 5]]
|[[Transport UK London Bus]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 427|427]]
|[[Uxbridge]]
|[[Southall]]
|[[Transport UK London Bus]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 696|696]]
|Bourne Avenue
|[[Bishop Ramsey School]]
|[[London United Busways|London United]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 697|697]]
|Hayes ''Lansbury Drive''
|[[Ickenham]]
|[[London United Busways|London United]]
|-
|[[London Buses route 698|698]]
|[[West Drayton railway station|West Drayton station]]
|[[Ickenham]]
|[[London United Busways|London United]]
|-
|[[London Buses route E6|E6]]
|[[Bulls Bridge]]
|[[Greenford]]
|[[Metroline]]
|-
|[[London Buses route H98|H98]]
|Hayes End
|[[Hounslow]]
|[[London United Busways|London United]]
|-
|[[London Buses route SL8|SL8]]
|[[Uxbridge]]
|[[White City bus station]]
|[[Metroline]]
|-
|[[London Buses route SL9|SL9]]
|[[Harrow bus station]]
|[[Heathrow Central bus station|Heathrow Central]]
|[[London Sovereign]]
|-
|[[London Buses route U4|U4]]
|Hayes ''Prologis Park''
|[[Uxbridge]]
|[[Metroline]]
|-
|[[London Buses route U5|U5]]
|[[Hayes & Harlington railway station|Hayes & Harlington station]]
|[[Uxbridge]]
|[[Transport UK London Bus]]
|-
|[[London Buses route U7|U7]]
|Hayes ''Sainsbury's''
|[[Uxbridge]]
|[[Transport UK London Bus]]
|-
|[[London Buses route N207|N207]]
|[[Uxbridge]]
|[[Holborn]]
|[[Transport UK London Bus]]
|}

===Road===
The town is close to junctions 3 and 4 of the [[M4 motorway]]. The [[A312 road|A312]] is the main north-south route. The A4020 [[Uxbridge Road]] is the main West-East route passing directly through Hayes.

===Water===
The [[Grand Union Canal]] runs through Hayes. Travellers by boat may moor at Hayes and take advantage of local amenities. Shops include branches of: [[Sainsbury's]], [[Tesco]], [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]], [[Asda]], [[Lidl]], [[Greggs]], [[Boots UK|Boots]], and [[WHSmith]]).

==In popular culture==
===Film===
[[File:The Grand Union Canal at Bull's Bridge.jpg|thumb|The Bull's Bridge, Hayes section of the [[Grand Union Canal]], has been used as a filming location]]
[[Galton and Simpson]]-scripted comedy ''[[The Bargee]]'' (1964) stars [[Harry H. Corbett]] and [[Ronnie Barker]] as boatmen operating a canal-boat along the Bull's Bridge, Hayes section of the [[Grand Union Canal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057872/locations |title=''The Bargee'' (1964) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

''[[Poor Cow]]'' (1967) – a noted example of [[Kitchen sink realism|kitchen sink drama]] starring [[Carol White]] and [[Terence Stamp]] – was filmed partly in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062141/locations |title=''Poor Cow'' (1967) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reelstreets.com/films/poor-cow/ |title=Poor Cow |work=Reel Streets |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>

[[The Beatles]]' 1967 film ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]'' followed the band and their entourage on a surreal musical journey. Hayes is not listed among the featured locations, but the town's name features throughout. The famous ''Magical Mystery Tour'' coach – a [[Plaxton]]-bodied Panorama 1, based on the six-wheeled [[Bedford VAL]] 14 chassis, registered URO 913E and painted yellow and blue with [[Psychedelia|psychedelic]] logos – was chartered by [[EMI]] from Fox Coaches of Hayes, who purchased the vehicle new in March 1967. The firm's name – "Fox of Hayes" – is visible throughout the film, above the coach's licence-plate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arrivewithouttravelling.com/blog/f/coming-to-take-you-away---the-magical-mystery-tour-bus |title=Coming to take you away! - the Magical Mystery Tour bus |last=Bradley |first=Steve |date=13 February 2021 |website=arrivewithouttravelling.com |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cbwmagazine.com/roll-up-roll-up-for-the-magical-mystery-tour-step-right-this-way/ |title='Roll up, roll up, for the magical mystery tour! Step right this way!' |last=Payling |first=Alan |date=30 April 2024 |website=[[Coach & Bus Week]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

Parts of ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'' (2000), starring [[Juliette Binoche]] and [[Johnny Depp]], were filmed in [[Barra Hall Park|Barra Hall]], Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/locations |title=''Chocolat'' (2000) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

The scene in ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'' (2002) where Jess ([[Parminder Nagra]]) meets Juliette ([[Keira Knightley]]) was filmed in [[Barra Hall Park]], Hayes; the Hounslow Harriers' practice pitch in the film is the nearby old [[Hayes & Yeading United F.C.|Yeading Football Club]] pitch.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286499/locations |title=''Bend It Like Beckham'' (2002) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

The [[Sheraton Skyline Hotel at London Heathrow|Sheraton Hotel]] on Bath Road, Hayes features in four films: [[Otto Preminger]]'s final film, ''[[The Human Factor (1979 film)|The Human Factor]]'' (1979) starring [[Richard Attenborough]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080903/locations |title=''The Human Factor'' (1979) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=29 December 2017}}</ref> [[Michael Caine]] spy thriller ''[[The Whistle Blower]]'' (1986),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092206/locations |title=''The Whistle Blower'' (1986) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> director [[Ridley Scott]]'s thriller ''[[The Counselor|The Counsellor]]'' (2013),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2193215/locations |title=''The Counselor'' (2013) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> and crime drama ''[[The Infiltrator (2016 film)|The Infiltrator]]'' (2016) starring [[Bryan Cranston]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355631/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt |title=''The Infiltrator'' (2016) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref>

[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] superhero film ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]'' (2013) includes scenes filmed on the site of the old [[The Old Vinyl Factory|EMI]] complex on Blyth Road, Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1981115/locations |title=''Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Brad Pitt]] caused a stir in Hayes in November 2012 when filming scenes for horror film ''[[World War Z (film)|World War Z]]'' (2013) at locations off Hayes End Road; the actor reportedly dined at Tommy Flynn's Bar and Diner (formerly the ''Queen's Head'' & ''The Grange''; closed 2015<ref name="QueensHead"/>), on Wood End Green Road.<ref>{{cite news |title='No photos' as Brad Pitt has a snack |last=Griffith |first=Jack |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/no-photos-brad-pitt-snack-5972166 |newspaper=GetWestLondon |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Keira Knightley]] returned to Hayes to co-star with [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] in ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' (2014), filmed at the town's [[West London Film Studios]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayes |first=Alan |date=23 May 2014 |title=Breaking Bad actor opens refurbished Hayes film studios |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/breaking-bad-actor-opens-refurbished-7166586 |work=[[MyLondon]] |location= |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>

[[Colin Firth]] came to Hayes to make ''[[The Mercy]]'' (2017), [[Set (film and TV scenery)|studio-set]] scenes of which were filmed at [[West London Film Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3319730/locations/?ref_=ttfc_sa_4 |title=The Mercy: Filming locations |work=IMDb |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

[[Judy Garland]] biographical film ''[[Judy (film)|Judy]]'' (2019), with [[Renée Zellweger]], was made at the town's [[West London Film Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7549996/locations/?ref_=ttfc_sa_4 |title=Judy: Filming locations |work=IMDb |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

Comedians [[Freddie Starr]] (1993),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376605/ |title=Freddie Starr Live |work=IMDb |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> [[Frank Carson]] (1993),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091889/ |title=Frank Carson Live! |work=IMDb |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> and [[Mike Reid (actor)|Mike Reid]] (1993)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3149122/ |title=Mike Reid: Live and Uncensored II |work=IMDb |date=11 October 1993 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> & (1998)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305828/ |title=Mike Reid: Alive and Kidding |work=IMDb |date=26 October 1998 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> have issued on video and DVD performances filmed at Hayes's [[Beck Theatre]].

===Television===
[[File:Hayes Town, Enterprise House, Blyth Road - geograph.org.uk - 205656.jpg|thumb|Blyth Road (Enterprise House – [[Listed building|Grade II listed]]; [[Owen Williams (engineer)|E. O. Williams]], 1912)]]
The BBC filmed a 1949 performance of [[A.G. Macdonell]]'s stage-comedy ''The Fur Coat'' in Hayes's Regent Theatre (in existence 1948–54);<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4499250/ |title=The Fur Coat |work=IMDb |date=19 September 1949 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> the cast included [[Richard Bebb]] and [[silent film]] star [[Chili Bouchier]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a59bfcba2ea5468ba50ba191383bd861 |title=The Fur Coat |work=IMDb |date=19 September 1949 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>

''[[Doctor Who]]'', first story of Series 9 (January 1972), saw third Doctor [[Jon Pertwee]]'s first encounter with the [[Dalek]]s in a four-week story titled "[[Day of the Daleks]]"; filming locations included the Bull's Bridge, Hayes section of the [[Grand Union Canal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwholocations.net/locations/bullsbridge |title=Bull's Bridge (Railway Bridge) |work=Doctor Who: The Locations Guide |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

Two episodes of 1970s police drama ''[[The Sweeney]]'' included scenes filmed on Blyth Road, Hayes: "Contact Breaker" (Series 1, Episode 12; broadcast 20 March 1975),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0714426/locations |title=''The Sweeney'', 'Contact Breaker' (1975) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> and "Faces" (Series 2, Episode 2; broadcast 8 September 1975).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0714431/locations |title=''The Sweeney'', 'Faces' (1975) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Rowan Atkinson]] filmed a swimming-pool-based episode of his popular series ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' (Series 1, Episode 3; broadcast 30 December 1990) at the (since-relocated) old swimming baths on Central Avenue, Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.findthatlocation.com/Television-Show/Mr-Bean/R18893 |title=''Mr Bean'' |work=Find That Location |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] soap opera ''[[Family Affairs]]'' (1997–2005) was filmed at HDS Studios, Beaconsfield Road, Hayes,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=534313 |title=HDS studios, Hayes |work=Digital Spy |date=6 February 2007 |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> with outdoor scenes filmed at the nearby Willowtree Marina section of the [[Grand Union Canal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.willowtreemarina.co.uk/filming/ |title=Willowtree Marina: Filming |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>

BBC sitcom ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' featured the exploits of the curmudgeonly [[Victor Meldrew]] in an unnamed English suburb; Series 6, Episode 5 – "The Dawn of Man" (broadcast 13 November 2000)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665917/ |title=''One Foot in the Grave'', 'The Dawn of Man' (2000) |work=IMDb |date=13 November 2000 |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> – included scenes filmed on Glencoe Road, Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/uncle-vernon/sets/72157627625277237/detail/?page=5 |title=''One Foot in the Grave'' |author=Iain Wilson |date=28 August 2011 |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

BBC crime-drama ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' two-part episode [[List of Waking the Dead episodes|"Multistorey"]] (Series 3, Parts 1 & 2; broadcast 14 & 15 September 2003) included scenes filmed around the car park above [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]] supermarket on Station Road, Hayes.

An early episode of detective drama ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' – "Expiation" (Series 1, Episode 3; broadcast 6 July 2008) – included scenes filmed at HDS Studios, Beaconsfield Road, Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0885973/locations |title=''Inspector Lewis'', 'Expiation' (2007) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

BBC crime-drama ''[[New Tricks]]'' episode "Things Can Only Get Better" (Series 10, Episode 7; broadcast 10 September 2013) included scenes filmed around [[Hayes & Harlington railway station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3164066/locations |title=''New Tricks'', 'Things Can Only Get Better' (2013) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Ricky Gervais]] made the 2014 Christmas special of his comedy-drama ''[[Derek (TV series)|Derek]]'' at Hayes's [[West London Film Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4288982/locations/?ref_=ttfc_sa_4 |title=Derek - Christmas Special: Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

The final (9th) series of ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]'' (2015) was made at Hayes's [[West London Film Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2128662/locations/?ref_=ttfc_sa_4 |title=Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>

[[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] television film ''[[Churchill's Secret]]'' (broadcast: 28 February 2016), starring [[Michael Gambon]], was filmed at Hayes's [[West London Film Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4711762/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt |title=''Churchill's Secret'' (2016) Filming Locations |work=IMDb |access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>

[[Apple TV+]] comedy-drama television series ''[[Ted Lasso]]'', starring [[Jason Sudeikis]], is filmed at Hayes's [[West London Film Studios]], and [[Hayes & Yeading United F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10986410/locations?ref_=ttfc_sa_4 |title=''Ted Lasso'' (2020– ) Filming & Production |work=IMDb |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[[File:William Byrd.jpg|thumb|200px|Composer [[William Byrd]], "the father of English music", lived in Hayes and Harlington, 1578–88]]
* [[Frank Allen (bassist)|Frank Allen]] (1943–), bass player of sixties pop groups [[Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers]] and [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950262/bio |title=Frank Allen: Biography |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=IMDb |publisher= |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
* So-called "godfather of [[alternative comedy]]" [[Tony Allen (comedian)|Tony Allen]] (1945-2023) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/12/08/tony-allen-alternative-comedy-store-obituary/ |title=Tony Allen, pioneer of alternative comedy, lifelong squatter and Speakers' Corner veteran – obituary |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 December 2023 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Anselm of Canterbury]] (1033/4–1109), later [[Anselm of Canterbury|Saint Anselm]], was stationed in Hayes by King [[William II of England|William II]] in 1095.<ref>{{cite book |title=St Anselm of Canterbury: A Chapter in the History of Religion |last=Rigg |first=J. M. |year=2004 |publisher=Adamant Media Corporation |location=Boston, U.S.A. |isbn=1421263793 |page=137}}</ref>
* [[Buster Bloodvessel]] (1958–), frontman of 1980s pop group [[Bad Manners]], once lived on a canal houseboat in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/93636.bad-manners-and-buster-is-back/ |title=Bad Manners And Buster Is Back |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2000 |website=[[Harrow Times]] |access-date=13 April 2013 |quote=Buster Bloodvessel, has emerged from his canal houseboat in Hayes}}</ref>
* Virtuoso French horn player [[Dennis Brain]] (1921–1957) – credited with producing arguably the definitive recordings of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Horn Concertos (Mozart)|horn concerti]] – lived from 1945 in a bungalow in Hayes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gamble |first=Stephen |date=2011 |title=Dennis Brain: A Life in Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5y2llfXEZJUC&q=%22hayes%2C+middlesex%22+and+%22recorded+at%22&pg=PA76 |publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]] |page=76 |isbn=978-1574413076}}</ref>
* [[Robin Bush (historian)|Robin Bush]] (1943–2010) of [[Channel 4]]'s archaeological series ''[[Time Team]]'' was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jul/07/robin-bush-obituary |title=Robin Bush obituary |author=Tom Mayberry |date=7 July 2010 |work=The Guardian |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Composer [[William Byrd]] (1539/40-1623), "the father of English music", lived as a [[Recusancy|Catholic recusant]] in Hayes and [[Harlington, London|Harlington]] 1578–88; a primary school in the area bears his name.<ref name="ByrdGrant">{{cite book |last=Wyatt |first=Louise |date=2018 |title=Secret Hayes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qyIDwAAQBAJ&dq=william+byrd+composer+hayes&pg=PT118 |location=Stroud |publisher=Amberley Publishing |page= |isbn=978-1445672205}}</ref>
* Alderman [[Harvey Christian Combe|Harvey Combe]] (1752–1818) – [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] politician; [[Lord Mayor of London]] in 1799 – lived in Hayes and is buried in St Mary's [[churchyard]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hibbert |first=Christopher |date=2011 |title=The London Encyclopaedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&q=%22visited+hayes%22+and+%22middlesex%22&pg=PA389 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |page=390 |isbn=978-1405049252|edition=3rd }}</ref>
* [[Brian Connolly]] (1945–1997), singer of [[glam rock]] band [[The Sweet|Sweet]], lived in Hayes and [[Harefield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/393602.Brian_Connolly/ |title=Brian Connolly |date=16 July 2003 |work=Hillingdon Times |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Disgraced disc jockey [[Chris Denning]] (1941-2022) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23837286.paedophile-bbc-radio-1-dj-chris-denning-dies-prison/ |title=Paedophile BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning dies in prison |last=Thomson |first=Charles |date=5 October 2023 |website=[[The Echo (Essex)|Southend Echo]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsd.htm |title=Disc jockeys: D |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=offshoreradio.co.uk |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>
* Actress [[Anne Marie Duff]] (1970–) – best known for playing [[List of characters from Shameless|Fiona Gallagher]] in ''[[Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless]]'' and [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] in ''[[The Virgin Queen (TV serial)|The Virgin Queen]]'' – grew up in Hayes, attending [[Hewens College|Mellow Lane School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6690637/Anne-Marie-Duff-interview.html |title=Anne-Marie Duff interview |author=John Preston |date=1 December 2009 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Greg Dyke]] (1947–), former [[Director-General of the BBC|BBC director general]] and former chairman of [[The Football Association|the FA]], grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/9946326/Greg-Dyke-the-ideal-candidate-for-role-as-FA-chairman.html |title=Greg Dyke the ideal candidate for role as FA chairman |author=Frank Malley |date=21 March 2013 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/celebrity-interviews/Greg-Dykes-Travelling-Life/ |title=Greg Dyke's Travelling Life |author=York Membery |date=13 June 2014 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>
* Pioneer in photography [[B. J. Edwards]] (1838–1914) lived at Wistowe House (which dates from the 17th century) on Church Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/companies1.html |title=Company Details: Edwards, B. J. |work=Early Photography |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Chris Finnegan]] (1944–2009), Olympic boxing gold medalist, lived in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/sport/other-sport/hayes-hod-carrier-who-ended-5975768 |title=The Hayes hod carrier who ended Britain's boxing drought |date=21 July 2012 |work=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
* Boxer [[Kevin Finnegan]] (1948–2008), brother of Olympic gold medalist Chris, lived in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/tributes-boxing-legend-kevin-finnegan-6015178 |title=Tributes for boxing legend Kevin Finnegan |date=27 October 2008 |work=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
* Bandleader [[Bert Firman]] (1906–1999) – popular in the 1920s, '30s and '40s – worked daily from 1924 to 1929 in Hayes's [[Zonophone]] recording studios.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.r2ok.co.uk/bertobit.htm |title=Bert Firman: 3 February 1906 - 9 April 1999 |date=1999 |publisher=Vintage Dance Band Music website |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
* Actor [[Barry Foster (actor)|Barry Foster]] (1927–2002), best known as 1970s TV detective [[Van der Valk (1972 TV series)|Van der Valk]], grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/12/guardianobituaries |title=Barry Foster |author=Philip Purser |date=12 February 2002 |work=The Guardian |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Musician [[Paul Gardiner]] (1958–1984) of [[Gary Numan]]'s [[Tubeway Army]] was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.numandiscography.co.uk/htdocs/band_members/paulgardiner.php |title=Paul Gardiner |work=The Definitive Tubeway Army & Gary Numan Discography |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[James Grant (Waterloo)|Major-General James Grant, C.B.]] (1778–1852), who served under [[Duke of Wellington|Wellington]] at the [[Battle of Waterloo]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/entity/4084133-grant-james-575 |title=Grant, James, 575 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Royal Mint Museum]] |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref> was a lifelong Hayes resident.<ref name="ByrdGrant"/>
* Celebrity tailor [[Doug Hayward]] (1934–2008) grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/may/03/fashion.mainsection |title=Doug Hayward |author=Veronica Horwell |date=3 May 2008 |work=The Guardian |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Sir [[Peter Hendy]] (1953–), chairman of [[Network Rail]] and former [[Commissioner of Transport for London]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/sir-peter-hendy-chairman-of-network-rail-reveals-how-he-keeps-the-city-on-track-a114491.html |title=Meet London's most powerful people |date=2015 |work=London Evening Standard |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[England national football team|England]] footballer [[Glenn Hoddle]] (1957–) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/3001935/Glenn-Hoddle-Factfile.html |title=Glenn Hoddle Factfile |date=28 March 2001 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Noted [[Atomic physics|atomic]] and [[Nuclear physics|nuclear]] physicist [[Fritz Houtermans|Friedrich Georg Houtermans]] (1903–1966) lived between 1933 and 1935 in Hayes, where he worked for [[EMI]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Adventurous Life of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, Physicist (1903–1966) |last=Amaldi |first=Edoardo |year=2012 |publisher=[[Springer Publishing|Springer]] |location=Heidelberg |isbn=978-3642328541 |page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eagblog.org/news/lives-of-the-great-geochemists-fritz-houtermans/ |title=Lives of the great geochemists: Fritz Houtermans |last=Gonçalves |first=Mário |date=17 April 2018 |website=[[European Association of Geochemistry|EAG]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
* Golfer [[Barry Lane]] (1960–2022) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beauproductions.com/golfswingsws/barrylane/index.html |title=The golf swing of Barry Lane |work=BeauProductions.com |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Honey Lantree]] (1943–2018), drummer of sixties pop group [[The Honeycombs]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehoneycombs.info/honeylantree.php |title=Honey Lantree |work=The Honeycombs |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/28/honey-lantree-obituary |title=Honey Lantree obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 December 2018 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet]] (1639–1667), politician and (from 1644) stepson of [[Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester]], was educated in Hayes by [[Thomas Triplett|Dr Thomas Triplett]]. His son [[Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield|Edward Lee]] at age 13 married the 12-year-old [[Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield|Lady Charlotte Fitzroy]], an illegitimate daughter of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1660–1690, Volume 1 |last=Henning |first=Basil Duke |year=1983 |publisher=Haynes Publishing |page=717}}</ref>
* Screenwriter, Audio Playwright and Graphic Novelist [[Tony Lee]] (1970–), whose work including ''[[Pride and Prejudice and Zombies]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'' have topped the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]], was born in Hayes, attending [[Hayes Manor School|Hayes Manor Secondary School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/comic-book-writer-thanks-top-5995736 |title=Comic book writer thanks top teacher |date=14 July 2010 |work=Get West London |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Lady [[Harriet Mordaunt]] (1848–1906) – [[respondent]] in a sensational [[Matrimonial Causes Act 1857|divorce]] case in which King [[Edward VII]], while still [[Prince of Wales]], was embroiled – lived for several years from 1877 in Hayes Park Private [[History of psychiatric institutions|Asylum]] (now [[Barra Hall Park|Barra Hall]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pastonglass.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/the-story-of-hampton-lea-uncovering-hidden-histories/ |title=The Story of Hampton Lea: Uncovering Hidden Histories |last=Nichols |first=Kathy |date=25 May 2017 |website=Past on Glass |publisher=[[London Borough of Sutton]] |access-date=21 April 2023 |quote=In 1877 she [Lady Mordaunt] was moved to Hayes Park Asylum, Hillingdon}}</ref>
* Author [[George Orwell]] (1903–1950) lived and worked in Hayes, 1932-3.<ref>{{cite book |title=George Orwell: A Political Life |last=Ingle |first=Stephen |year=1994 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=0719032466 |page=21}}</ref>
[[File:GeoreOrwell.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Orwell]] in 1933, in which year he lived and worked in Hayes]]
* Malcolm Owen (1955–1980) and Paul Fox (1951–2007) of [[Punk rock|punk]] band [[The Ruts]] grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/04432-the-ruts-malcolm-owen-30-year-anniversary |title=Remembering Malcolm Owen: The Ruts 30 Years On |author=John Robb |date=15 June 2010 |work=The Quietus |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Larry Page (singer and manager)|Larry Page]] (1936-2024), 1960s manager of pop groups [[The Kinks]] and [[The Troggs]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite book |title=Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland |last=Frame |first=Pete |year=1999 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=London |isbn=0711969736 |page=[https://archive.org/details/peteframesrockin0000fram/page/141 141] |url=https://archive.org/details/peteframesrockin0000fram/page/141 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/teenage-rage-producer-who-unleashed-wild-thing-and-managed-the-kinks-20240507-p5fpir.html |title='Teenage Rage' producer who unleashed Wild Thing and managed The Kinks |author=Glenn A. Baker |date=7 May 2024 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Colin Phipps]] (1934-2009) – geologist, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP, and founding member of the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]] - was born and schooled in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/feb/02/obituary-colin-phipps-labour |title=Labour: Colin Phipps |date=2009 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Steve Priest]] (1948–2020), bass player of [[glam rock]] band [[The Sweet|Sweet]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thesweetband.com/bio/steve-priest/ |title=Steve Priest |work=Sweet website |access-date=6 October 2015 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807230959/http://thesweetband.com/bio/steve-priest/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |date=7 June 2020 |title=Steve Priest obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/07/steve-priest-obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |location= |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]] (1951–), actress in the titular role in ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' and [[Bond girl]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005412/ |title=Jane Seymour |work=IMDb |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Tennis player [[Maud Shackle]] (1870–1962) – twice a [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] finalist, and the first [[ambidextrous]] player<ref>{{cite book|title=Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad |url=https://archive.org/details/lawntennisathom00myergoog |year=1903 |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons]] |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/lawntennisathom00myergoog/page/n104 83] |edition=1 |editor=[[A. Wallis Myers]] |oclc=5358651 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=McKelvie |first=Roy |title=The Queen's Club Story, 1886–1986 |year=1986 |publisher=[[Stanley Paul (publishers)|Stanley Paul]] |location=London |isbn=0091660602 |pages=39,257}}</ref> – was born in Hayes.
* [[Nick Simper]] (1945–), founding member of Rock band [[Deep Purple]], lived in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nicksimper.com/nicks_story.htm |title=Nick's Story |author=Nick Simper |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] footballer [[John Sissons (footballer)|John Sissons]] (1945-) was born in Hayes.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
* [[David Smart (circus proprietor)|David Smart]] (1929–2007), co-owner of [[Billy Smart Jr.|Billy Smart's Circus]] and [[Windsor Safari Park]] and a son of [[Billy Smart Sr.]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1557377/David-Smart.html |title=David Smart |date=14 July 2007 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>
* Composer [[Stephen Storace]] (1762–1796), famous in his day and a friend of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], lived from the late 1780s in Wood End, Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/9659/Raising-the-roof |title=Raising the roof |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=[[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] |publisher= |access-date=21 April 2023 |quote=Stephen Storace (1762-1796) lived at The Chestnuts, Wood End from 1788}}</ref> Mozart created the role of Susanna in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1786) for his sister, [[Nancy Storace]] (1765–1817).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Storace |title=Stephen Storace: British composer |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref>
* Prebendary and philanthropist Dr [[Thomas Triplett]] (1602–1670) was a [[schoolmaster]] in Hayes during the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] period (see ''Sir Francis Lee'', above); a primary school in the area bears his name.<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1690–1715, Volume 1 |last=Hayton |first=D. W. |year=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0521772214 |page=16}}</ref>
* [[David Westlake]] (1965–), singer/songwriter of [[Indie rock|indie]] band [[The Servants]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onlythelonelymusic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-servants-reserved-2006-disinterest.html |title=The Servants |date=2013 |work=Only the Lonely |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Welsh international footballer [[Rhoys Wiggins]] (1987–) grew up in Hayes.
* Football player/manager/pundit [[Ray Wilkins]] (1956–2018) grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/04/04/ray-butch-wilkins-footballer-obituary/ |title=Ray 'Butch' Wilkins, footballer – obituary |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2018 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=13 April 2023 |quote=He grew up in Hayes and at 10 began to train with Chelsea}}</ref>
* Former [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]] leader [[Norman Willis]] (1933–2014) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28027330 |title=Former TUC leader Norman Willis dies at 81 |year=2014 |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/25/norman-willis |title=Norman Willis obituary |author=Geoffrey Goodman |year=2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 September 2014}}</ref>

==Royal visits==
[[File:Queen Brunel3.JPG|thumb|Her Majesty [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] visiting nearby Brunel University before making her way to Hayes town centre, Friday 19 May 2006]]
In 1917, King [[George V]] and his wife Queen [[Mary of Teck]] visited the (pre-EMI) [[Gramophone Company]] in Hayes; they were accompanied by [[Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer|Lord Cromer]], and were received by pioneer of music-recording and cinema [[Alfred Clark (director)|Alfred Clark]], then Managing Director of the company.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sanders |first=G. Ivy |date=June 1917 |volume=I |pages=10–11 |title=A Royal visit to 'His Master's Voice' factory |url=https://twitter.com/EMIArchiveTrust/status/1016984719437844480 |magazine=The Voice |publisher=[[EMI Archive Trust]] |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref> The Gramophone Company contributed a detailed miniature [[Phonograph|gramophone]] of mahogany and brass to [[Queen Mary's Dolls' House]] in 1924; it remains part of the [[Royal Collection]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/230220 |title=Gramophone 1924 |date=2019 |publisher=[[Royal Collection Trust]] |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref>

In January 1936, King [[Edward VIII]] visited Hayes (while still [[Prince of Wales]]) in order to view the production of the [[Gramophone Company]]'s radio instruments.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-siONklizI |title=HMV factory tour 1936 (No Audio) [at 1.45] |date=2014 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=25 September 2017}}</ref>

In 1940, King [[George VI]] and his wife Queen [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Elizabeth]] visited the EMI Factory in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/EMIArchiveTrust/status/1532259820568514562 |title=Thousands of EMI factory workers welcome HRH King George VI & Queen Elizabeth on their visit to EMI Factory Hayes, 1940 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |publisher=[[EMI Archive Trust]] |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref>

On 12 March 1965, [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]], younger sister of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], visited the [[Old Vinyl Factory|EMI factory]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/princess-margaret-and-lord-snowdon-visit-the-old-vinyl-news-photo/1329706558 |title=Princess Margaret At EMI Factory |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=gettyimages.co.uk |publisher= |access-date=25 August 2023 |quote=}}</ref> Her [[Royal Highness#United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms|Royal Highness]] was accompanied by her husband [[Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon|Lord Snowdon]]. The Royal couple was received by former [[EMI]] chairman [[Joseph Lockwood|Sir Joseph Lockwood]], who oversaw the company's expansion in the [[music industry]], signing and marketing [[The Beatles]] and others.

On 19 May 2006, Her Majesty [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] visited Hayes town centre as part of a programme of visits in celebration of her 80th birthday.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Ams5lQt2M |title=Queen visits Hayes, Middlesex UK, 2006 |website=YouTube |date=3 February 2010 |access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>

On 23 March 2011, [[Queen Camilla]] (at the time, Duchess of Cornwall) visited Brookside Primary School on Perth Avenue, Hayes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Duchess of Cornwall visits Hayes schoolchildren |last=Griffith |first=Jack |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/duchess-cornwall-visits-hayes-schoolchildren-5988288 |newspaper=Get West London |date=23 March 2011 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>

On 14 February 2013, [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Prince Andrew]] (seven years before withdrawing from his public role) visited [[Thorn Electrical Industries|TMD Technologies]] in Swallowfield Way, Hayes in recognition of its innovation and trade record.<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal visit: Price Andrew visits Hayes factory |last=Griffith |first=Jack |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/royal-visit-prince-andrew-visits-5969608 |newspaper=Get West London |date=14 February 2013 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>

On 20 April 2017, [[William, Prince of Wales]] & [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]] (at the time, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge) and [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Prince Harry]] (at the time, a working Royal) visited Hayes, officially opening [[Global Academy]], whose interest in mental well-being is in accord with the Royals' ''Heads Together'' mental health charity.<ref>{{cite news |title=Duchess of Cambridge on motherhood: 'It is lonely at times. You do feel quite isolated' |last=Furness |first=Hannah |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/20/william-kate-harry-open-school-support-heads-together/ |newspaper=Get West London |date=20 April 2017 |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

On 9 March 2023, [[William, Prince of Wales]] and [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]] visited Hayes in order to thank volunteers involved in the [[humanitarian response to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR9sT_rZEbo |title=William and Kate Thank Volunteers of Turkey Relief Effort |date=2023 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=13 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Victoria |date=9 March 2023 |title=William and Kate [...] praise fundraising by 'amazing' community |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/03/09/william-kate-visit-muslim-centre-praise-fundraising-amazing/ |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

==Listed buildings==
A [[listed building]] is one that has been placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
{|class="wikitable sorttable"
|- style="white-space:nowrap"
!Name / location!!Grade!!Date listed!!List entry number
|-
|[[Barra Hall Park|Barra Hall]], Wood End Green Road||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1080105 |short=yes}}
|-
|Benlow Works, Silverdale Road||II||1 February 1989||{{NHLE|num= 1080121|short=yes}}
|-
|26 Park Road||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1080152|short=yes}}
|-
|Church of St Mary, Church Road||II*||27 May 1949|| {{NHLE|num=1080233 |short=yes}}
|-
|[[Lychgate|Lych gate]] and wall to south of Church of St Mary, Church Walk||II||27 May 1949||{{NHLE|num=1080234 |short=yes}}
|-
|Whitehall, 1 and 1A, Botwell Lane||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1080257 |short=yes}}
|-
|Former [[Manor House]] Stables, Church Road||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1080274 |short=yes}}
|-
|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/1722362 16th century walls, 30–36 (even) Church Road]||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1080277 |short=yes}}
|-
|213 Church Road||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1192942 |short=yes}}
|-
|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/1789764 Early 16th century walls, 28 Church Road]||II*||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1193014 |short=yes}}
|-
|[[Heinz]] Administrative Headquarters and Former Research Laboratories, Hayes Park||II*||24 November 1995||{{NHLE|num=1242724 |short=yes}}
|-
|Enterprise House, Blyth Road||II||31 October 1997||{{NHLE|num=1244861 |short=yes}}
|-
|Garden wall to west of Springfield House, Hayes End Road||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1285939 |short=yes}}
|-
|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/2033090 16th century walls, 52–58 (even) Church Road]||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1286348 |short=yes}}
|-
|[https://www.historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/1877660 16th century walls, 40–50 (even) Church Road]||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1358327 |short=yes}}
|-
|Botwell House, Botwell Lane||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1358357 |short=yes}}
|-
|Pringwell House and Cottage, Hayes End Road||II||6 September 1974||{{NHLE|num=1358377 |short=yes}}
|-
|[[War Memorial]], Cherry Lane Cemetery, Shepiston Lane||II||23 February 2010||{{NHLE|num=1393676 |short=yes}}
|-
|[[The Angel, Hayes|The Angel]] PH, Uxbridge Road<ref name="Angel2018"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/plans-turn-angel-pub-hayes-16565406 |title=Plans to turn Angel pub in Hayes End into Muslim education centre revealed |date=11 July 2019 |website=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref>||II||13 February 2015||{{NHLE|num=1422617 |short=yes}}
|-
|Church of St Anselm, Station Road||II||7 November 2019||{{NHLE|num=1464541 |short=yes}}
|}

===Conservation areas===
[[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] lists four [[Protected area|conservation area]]s in Hayes. These areas are designated heritage assets of special architectural and historic interest, "the character and appearance of which is desirable to preserve or enhance."{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/conservation-areas |title=Conservation and heritage assets |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 February 2023 |website=www.hillingdon.gov.uk |access-date=13 April 2023}}

* [https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/4374 Botwell (Nestlé's), Hayes] ([[Historic England]]-protected; subsequently levelled for development)
* Botwell ([[Thorn EMI]]), Hayes ([[Historic England]]-protected)
* [https://modgov.hillingdon.gov.uk/documents/s28864/Hayes%20Village%20Conservation%20Area%20Appraisal%206MB.pdf Hayes Village]
* [https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/4376 Bulls Bridge, Hayes] ([[Historic England]]-protected)

Hayes has several parks and public gardens, the character and appearance of which it may also be said to be desirable to preserve: [[Barra Hall Park]], [[Minet Country Park]], the [[Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens]], and [[Lake Farm Country Park]].

===Related listings===
Grade II listings are given to early 20th century [[Transformer|electric transformer pillar]]s bearing the town's name as part of the manufacturer's address: ''British Electric Transformer Company, Hayes, Middlesex''. The listings are made for these reasons: "[1] Design interest: the transformer pillars produced by the British Electric Transformer Company are handsome pieces of [[industrial design]]. [2] Historic interest: . . . survives from the early period of mass electricity supply, which was to have a revolutionary effect on British domestic life."<ref>{{NHLE|num=1396381 |desc=Electric transformer pillar |access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref>
* {{NHLE|num=1356484 |desc=Former transformer pillar at junction with Audenshaw Road, Manchester Road, Audenshaw, Tameside|date = 14 July 1987}}
* {{NHLE|num=1358028 |desc=Electricity substation at junction with Sunnyside Passage, Sunnyside SW19, Merton, Greater London Authority|date = 2 September 1988}}
* {{NHLE|num=1247562 |desc=Electric transformer at corner of Barnsley Road, Sheffield|date =12 December 1995}}
* {{NHLE|num=1270496 |desc=Electric transformer at corner of High Cliffe Road, Greystones Road, Sheffield|date =12 December 1995}}
* {{NHLE|num=1270888 |desc=Electric transformer at junction with Belgrave Road, Sheffield|date =12 December 1995}}
* {{NHLE|num=1391489 |desc=Cast iron electricity sub-station, Dorking Road, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey|date =14 February 2006}}
* {{NHLE|num=1396381 |desc=Electric transfomer pillar, The Glade, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey|date =14 December 2010}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hayes, Hillingdon}}
{{Portal|London}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6Ams5lQt2M Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visits Hayes, 19 May 2006]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-siONklizI 1936 view of Hayes's Gramophone Factory]
* [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/fairys-new-research-dept-hayes-aka-faireys-new 1938 view] of [[Kingsley Wood|Sir Kingsley Wood]] visiting [[Fairey Aviation Company|Fairey Aviation]], Hayes
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAJDnm30h_k 1930s view] of the [[Grand Union Canal]] (Hayes at 6:35)
* [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/fish-and-chips 1954 view of Lincoln's, 88 East Avenue] [[Pathé News|British Pathé]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEWvSbHC_IA 1956 view] of [[Hayes and Harlington Urban District]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gMwy9TpFRw 1956 view of Hayes and Harlington]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H1rae_DnKY 1961 view of Hayes schoolchildren] ''Our Future Citizens''
* [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/annigonis-madonna 1962 view of Immaculate Heart of Mary church] [[Pathé News|British Pathé]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wS9ru7AT6w 1962 District Council film] ''At Your Service''
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRC8HCvlKQU 2013 view of Hayes on television] in ''[[New Tricks]]''
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhAcvturwEE ‘Hayes, Middlesex’] song & video, 2022
* [https://sounds.bl.uk/related-content/TEXTS/029I-HMVIX1925XXX-0000A0.pdf Gramophone Company's 1925 ''Catalogue of Instruments'' made in Hayes]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01td29c/the-great-war-interviews-7-mabel-lethbridge BBC interview, 1964 – munitions-factory worker] ''[[The Great War (documentary)|The Great War]]''
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/02/a2408302.shtml Life down the shelters] in Hayes [[BBC WW2 People's War]]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/37/a2712737.shtml My wartime childhood] in Hayes [[BBC WW2 People's War]]
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/36/a4452536.shtml Doodlebugs] in Hayes 1944 [[BBC WW2 People's War]]
* [http://westlondonchat.com/photos Large collection of photos of Hayes & Harlington]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120304025836/http://hayesmiddlesex.com/ HayesMiddlesex.com – about Hayes & Harlington]}}
* [http://middx.net/features.htm Articles recalling Hayes's past]
* [http://ourhistory-hayes.blogspot.com/ Hayes People's History]
* [http://choir.marianheawood.com/ Memories of Mellow Lane School Girls’ Choir, Hayes]

''[[British History Online]]'' entries concerning Hayes:
{|class="wikitable"
!Section
!Contents (click to view)
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|1.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp22-26 Hayes: Introduction]
|-
|2.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp26-29 Hayes: Manors and other estates]
|-
|3.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp29-31 Hayes: Economic and social history]
|-
|4.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp31-33 Hayes: Local government]
|-
|5.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp33-36 Hayes: Churches]
|-
|6.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp36-37 Hayes: Roman Catholicism]
|-
|7.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp37-38 Hayes: Protestant non-conformity]
|-
|8.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp38-39 Hayes: Education]
|-
|9.
|[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/p39 Hayes: Charities for the poor]
|-
|}

==Nearest places==
[[Cranford, London|Cranford]], [[Greenford]], [[Harlington, London|Harlington]], [[Hillingdon]], [[Northolt]], [[Southall]], [[Uxbridge]], [[West Drayton]], [[Yeading]], and [[Yiewsley]].

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