Hayes is a town in west

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, historically situated within the county of

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, and now part of the

London Borough of Hillingdon The London Borough of Hillingdon () is the largest and westernmost borough in West London, England. It was formed from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the ceremonial county ...

. The town's population, including its localities Hayes End, Harlington and

Yeading Yeading ( ) is a settlement in west London, forming part of the London Borough of Hillingdon, having been developed after the Second World War. Etymology Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally ''Geddingas'' or ''Geddinges'', meaning "the ...

, was recorded as 83,564 in the 2011 census. It is situated west of Charing Cross, or east of Slough. The

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flows through the heart of Hayes, accompanied by the Great Western Main Line and significant industry, a town centre, residential areas and country parks. Hayes has a long history. The area appears in the ''

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'' (1086). Landmarks in the area include the Grade II* listed Parish Church, St Mary's – the central portion of the church survives from the twelfth century and it remains in use (the church dates back to 830 A.D.) – and Barra Hall, a Grade II listed

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. The town's oldest

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– the Adam and Eve, on the

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– though not the original seventeenth-century structure, has remained on the same site since 1665. Hayes is best known as the erstwhile home of

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. The words "Hayes,

" appear on the reverse of

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' albums, which were manufactured at the town's

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. 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. The town is the location of the U.K. headquarters of companies including: Heinz,

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, Fujitsu, and Rackspace U.K. Notable historical residents include the early modern "father of

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, and a pre-eminent figure of twentieth-century English literature, George Orwell.

Etymology

The place-name ''Hayes'' comes from the Anglo-Saxon ''Hǣs'' or ''Hǣse'': "(land overgrown with)

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". In the Domesday book (1086), it is spelt Hfsa. The town's name is spelt ''Hessee'' in a 1628 entry in an Inquisition post mortem held at

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History

Hayes is formed of what originally were five separate villages: Botwell, Hayes Town, Hayes End, Wood End and Yeading. 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

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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. For some 700 years up to 1546, Hayes formed part of the Archbishop of Canterbury's estates, ostensibly owing to grants from the

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n royal family. In that year, the then-Archbishop

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was forced to surrender his land to King Henry VIII, who subsequently granted the estate to Edward North, 1st Baron North. The area changed hands several times thereafter, but by the eighteenth century, two family-names had established themselves as prominent and long-time landowners: Minet and Shackle. John Wesley (1703–1791) and

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(1707–1788), founders of the

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movement, preached in Hayes on at least ten occasions between 1748 and 1753.

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– founded in 1865 in London by

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– registered a barracks in Hayes between 1887 and 1896; their hall in Coldharbour Lane was registered in 1927. Hayes, Barra Hall

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Hayes was home to several private boarding schools catering for wealthy families. The former

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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

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; the former Magdalen Hall on Hayes End Road was also a 19th-century private School for Young Ladies. 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

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. Notable psychiatrist

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(1794-1866) was one of its licensed proprietors, between 1848 and 1866. The building was demolished in 1961. Until the end of the nineteenth century, Hayes's key areas of work were agriculture and

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. The

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brought change in the late nineteenth century, up to

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. The town's location on the Grand Junction Canal (later called the Grand Union) and the Great Western Railway – Hayes & Harlington railway station had opened in 1868 – 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. HDC's company secretary, Alfred Clayton, is commemorated in the name of Clayton Road. Residential districts consisting of dwellings of the

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type were built to house workers after World War I. Fountain House Hotel, Church Road, Hayes - geograph

In 1904 the parish council created 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. 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. The school has since closed and the building is now the Fountain House Hotel. The hotel bears a

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commemorating its distinguished former resident. Returning several times to Hayes, Orwell was at the same time characteristically acerbic about his time in the town, camouflaging it lightly as West Bletchley in ''

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'', as Southbridge in '' A Clergyman's Daughter'', and grumbling comically in a letter to Eleanor Jacques:

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-roofed chapels on Sundays and for the rest bolt themselves within doors.

King Edward VIII visited Hayes (while still

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) in January 1936 in order to view the production of

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radio instruments. Hayes End Police Station - geograph

The Grade II listed

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at Cherry Lane Cemetery on Shepiston Lane commemorates what is believed to have been the most serious single incident (in respect of

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) in Hayes during

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. Thirty-seven workers of the HMV Gramophone Company, Blyth Road – then the town's largest employer – were killed on 7 July 1944 when a German

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or "doodle-bug" hit a factory surface air-raid shelter. The original bomb census form, now held in the National Archives, 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. Twelve of the victims are buried in a

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in Cherry Lane Cemetery. The present-day Hayes

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– at 755

, UB4 8HU – opened on 19 June 1938. Hayes Town, Middlesex - geograph

Post-war, Hayes received high traffic congestion due to the lack of a north-south route around the Heathrow area. This was solved in 1992 when the Hayes Bypass trunk road was built. Hayes town centre was also pedestrianised as a result. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Hayes town centre on 19 May 2006 as part of a programme of visits in celebration of her 80th birthday.

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and

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visited Hayes on 20 April 2017, officially opening

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, whose interest in mental well-being is in accord with the Royals' ''Heads Together'' mental health charity.

Industry

Hayes has, over the years, been heavily involved with industry, both local and international, having been the home of

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and

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. Past companies include

Fairey Aviation The Fairey Aviation Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century based in Hayes in Middlesex and Heaton Chapel and RAF Ringway in Cheshire. Notable for the design of a number of important military a ...

(later merged with

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), and

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. The first large factory established was that of the British Electric

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Company (affectionately known as the B.E.T.), which moved to Hayes in 1901. 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 Tricity cooker. EMI logo on HQ building, Hayes - geograph

The most significant early occupier was the

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, later

and latterly

. The Hayes factory's

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was laid by

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. The EMI archives and some early reinforced concrete factory buildings (notably Grade II listed Enterprise House 912on Blyth Road, the first known work of Evan Owen Williams - described by

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as "the most significant engineer turned architect in twentieth-century British architecture") remain as The Old Vinyl Factory. It was here, in the Central Research Laboratories (generally known as "CRL"), that

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developed (1934) the all-electronic

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(called the ''Marconi-EMI system'', used by the

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Chris Finnegan Chris Finnegan MBE (5 June 1944 – 2 March 2009) was a British professional boxer of Irish descent born in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England.Amateur Boxing Association Middleweight title, before going on to win the Olympic Middleweight gold medal in 1968. Hayes Bowls Club manages one of

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's twelve bowling greens, at Botwell Green, Central Avenue, Hayes. The green is used for club and public bowling, with green-fees payable to the club. On 24 July 2012, Hayes was the gateway for the

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's passage into Hillingdon borough in the

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; the route traversed North Hyde Road and Dawley Road.

Geography

Hayes (inc. Harlington and Yeading) is located next to

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Yiewsley Yiewsley ( ) is a large suburban village in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, 2 miles (3 km) south of Uxbridge, the borough's commercial and administrative centre. Yiewsley was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hillingdon, Middl ...

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and Cranford. Hayes has several parks and public gardens, including: Barra Hall Park,

Minet Country Park Minet Country Park is a 36-hectare park on Springfield Road, Hayes in the London Borough of Hillingdon; it is situated between the A312 (Hayes by-pass) and the Uxbridge Road. History Awarded a Green Flag for the first time in 2009, Minet Count ...

, the

, and

Lake Farm Country Park Lake Farm Country Park is an expanse of green belt land approximately 60 acres in size fringed by trees and the Grand Union Canal, situated in the south of Hayes in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Its formal status as a country park dates back ...

. Like most of its surroundings, Hayes lies between about and above sea level. The M4 motorway runs directly to the south of town, while the A312 Hayes bypass formes the town's eastern border. Along with urban and suburban areas, a fair amount of Hayes is almost rural, especially to the south of the motorway around Harlington, and in the north around Hayes End and Yeading Brook Meadows.

Listed buildings

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is one that has been placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Conservation areas

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-protected conservation areas (of recognised cultural value):
Botwell (Nestlé's), Hayes – Hillingdon

Botwell (Thorn/EMI), Hayes – Hillingdon

Bulls Bridge, Hayes – Hillingdon

Related listings

Grade II listings are given to early 20th century electric transformer pillars 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: " Design interest: the transformer pillars produced by the British Electric Transformer Company are handsome pieces of industrial design. Historic interest: . . . survives from the early period of mass electricity supply, which was to have a revolutionary effect on British domestic life." * * * * * * *

In popular culture

Film

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-scripted comedy ''

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'' (1964) stars Harry H. Corbett and

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as boatmen operating a canal-boat along the Bull's Bridge, Hayes section of the

. Director

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's first feature film ''

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'' (1967) – a noted example of

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starring

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and

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– was filmed partly in Hayes.

' 1967 film ''

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'' 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

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-bodied Panorama 1, based on the six-wheeled Bedford VAL 14 chassis, registered URO 913E and painted yellow and blue with psychedelic logos – was chartered by

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. Parts of '' Chocolat'' (2000), starring

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and Johnny Depp, were filmed in Barra Hall, Hayes. The scene in ''

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'' (2002) where Jess ( Parminder Nagra) meets Juliette (

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) was filmed in Barra Hall Park, Hayes; the Hounslow Harriers' practice pitch in the film is the nearby old Yeading Football Club pitch. The

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on Bath Road, Hayes features in four films:

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's final film, '' The Human Factor'' (1979) starring Richard Attenborough,

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spy thriller '' The Whistle Blower'' (1986), director Ridley Scott's thriller '' The Counsellor'' (2013), and crime drama '' The Infiltrator'' (2016) starring

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superhero film '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) includes scenes filmed on the site of the old

complex on Blyth Road, Hayes. Brad Pitt caused a stir in Hayes in November 2012 when filming scenes for horror film ''

World War Z ''World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War'' is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks. The novel is broken into eight chapters: “Warnings”, “Blame”, “The Great Panic”, “Turning the Ti ...

'' (2013) at locations off Hayes End Road; the actor reportedly dined at Tommy Flynn’s Bar and Diner, on Wood End Green Road.

returned to Hayes to co-star with

Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Oli ...

in British-American thriller ''

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'' (2014), filmed at the town's West London Film Studios. Comedians

Freddie Starr Freddie Starr (born Frederick Leslie Fowell; 9 January 1943 – 9 May 2019) was an English stand up comedian, impressionist, singer and actor. Starr was the lead singer of Merseybeat rock and roll group the Midniters during the early 1960s, an ...

(1993),

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(1993), and Mike Reid (1993) & (1998) have issued on video and DVD performances filmed at Hayes's Beck Theatre.

Television

Hayes Town, Enterprise House, Blyth Road - geograph

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); the cast included

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and

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star

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. '' Doctor Who'', first story of Series 9 (January 1972), saw third Doctor Jon Pertwee's first encounter with the

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s in a four-week story titled "

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"; filming locations included the Bull's Bridge, Hayes section of the

. 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), and "Faces" (Series 2, Episode 2; broadcast 8 September 1975). Rowan Atkinson filmed a swimming-pool-based episode of his popular series ''

Mr. Bean ''Mr. Bean'' is a British sitcom created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, produced by Tiger Aspect and starring Atkinson as the title character. The sitcom consists of 15 episodes that were co-written by Atkinson alongside Curtis and R ...

'' (Series 1, Episode 3; broadcast 30 December 1990) at the (since-relocated) old swimming baths on Central Avenue, Hayes. Channel 5 soap opera ''

Family Affairs ''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...

'' (1997–2005) was filmed at HDS Studios, Beaconsfield Road, Hayes, with outdoor scenes filmed at the nearby Willowtree Marina section of the

. BBC sitcom ''

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'' featured the exploits of the curmudgeonly

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in an unnamed English suburb; Series 6, Episode 5 – "The Dawn of Man" (broadcast 13 November 2000) – included scenes filmed on Glencoe Road, Hayes.

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's 2003 BBC sitcom '' Trevor's World of Sport'' was filmed partly in Hayes. BBC crime-drama '' Waking the Dead'' two-part episode "Multistorey" (Series 3, Parts 1 & 2; broadcast 14 & 15 September 2003) included scenes filmed around the car park above

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supermarket on Station Road, Hayes. An early episode of detective drama ''

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...

'' – "Expiation" (Series 1, Episode 3; broadcast 6 July 2008) – included scenes filmed at HDS Studios, Beaconsfield Road, Hayes. BBC crime-drama ''

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the ...

'' episode "Things Can Only Get Better" (Series 10, Episode 7; broadcast 10 September 2013) included scenes filmed around Hayes & Harlington railway station. ITV television film ''

Churchill's Secret ''Churchill's Secret'' is a British drama television film first broadcast on ITV1 on 28 February 2016. The screenplay was written by Stewart Harcourt based on the book ''The Churchill Secret: KBO'' by Jonathan Smith. It stars Michael Gambon as ...

'' (broadcast: 28 February 2016), starring Michael Gambon, was filmed at Hayes's West London Film Studios.

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television series ''

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'' starring

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, is filmed at Hayes's West London Film Studios, as well as Hayes & Yeading United F.C.

Governance and public services

Hayes is in the UK parliament Hayes and Harlington constituency, most recently represented by

John McDonnell John Martin McDonnell (born 8 September 1951) is a British politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997. ...

(Labour). Hayes is patrolled by the Metropolitan Police and served by the general Hillingdon Hospital.

Transport

Road

The A312 Parkway in Hayes Town (geograph 4639552)

The area is close to junctions 3 and 4 of the M4 motorway. The A312 is the main north-south route. The A4020

is the main West-East route passing directly through Hayes.

Rail

Hayes & Harlington railway station is the main railway station here on the Great Western Main Line. It provides direct connections eastbound to

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and westbound to

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. It is also served by trains on the Heathrow spur connecting it to the airport without an intermediate stop. Hayes & Harlington was renovated ahead of the opening of the

Elizabeth line The Elizabeth line is a high-frequency hybrid urban–suburban rail service in London and its suburbs. It runs services on dedicated infrastructure in central London from the Great Western Main Line west of Paddington to and via Whitechapel ...

expected in 2022. The line will link Hayes directly to London's West End and beyond.

Buses

London Buses serving Hayes are:

Water

The

runs through Hayes. Travellers by boat may moor at Hayes and take advantage of its local amenities, such as shops (which include branches of

Sainsbury's J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 14.6% share of UK supermarket sales. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company ...

Tesco Tesco plc () is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. In 2011 it was the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues and the ninth-largest in th ...

Asda Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of Yorks ...

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WHSmith WHSmith (also written WH Smith, and known colloquially as Smith's and formerly as W. H. Smith & Son) is a British retailer, headquartered in Swindon, England, which operates a chain of high street, railway station, airport, port, hospital and m ...

), and banks.

Notable people

* Frank Allen (1943-), bass player of sixties pop groups

Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers are a 1960s British rhythm and blues, soul and beat group who had two Top 10 hits with " One Way Love" (No. 9 UK, 1964) and "Got to Get You into My Life" (No. 6 UK, 1966). Well-known members include Bennett ...

and

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, was born in Hayes. * Writer and so-called "godfather of alternative comedy" Tony Allen (1945-) was born in Hayes. * Anselm of Canterbury (1033/4–1109), later Saint Anselm, was stationed in Hayes by King William II in 1095. * Buster Bloodvessel (1958-), frontman of eighties pop group Bad Manners, lives on a canal boat in Hayes. * Virtuoso

French horn The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...

player

Dennis Brain Dennis Brain (17 May 19211 September 1957) was a British horn player. From a musical family – his father and grandfather were horn players – he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. During the Second World War he served in the Roya ...

(1921-1957) – credited with producing arguably the definitive recordings of Mozart's horn concerti – lived from 1945 in a bungalow in Hayes. *

Robin Bush Robin James Edwin Bush (12 March 1943 – 22 June 2010) was the resident historian for the first nine series of Channel 4's archaeology series ''Time Team'', appearing in 39 episodes between 1994 and 2003. He also presented eight episodes of ...

(1943–2010) of

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's archaeological series ''

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'' was born in Hayes. * Composer

(1539/40-1623), "the father of English music", lived as a Catholic recusant in Hayes and Harlington 1578–88; a primary school in the area bears his name. * Alderman Harvey Combe (1752-1818) - Whig politician;

Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional pow ...

in 1799 - lived in Hayes and is buried in St Mary's churchyard. *

Brian Connolly Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 9 February 1997) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of glam rock band The Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and renowned for his charismatic stage presence ...

(1945–1997), singer of

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band

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, lived in Hayes and

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. * Disgraced disc jockey Chris Denning (1941-) was born in Hayes. * Actress Anne Marie Duff (1970-) – best known for playing

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in '' Shameless'' and

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in '' The Virgin Queen'' – grew up in Hayes, attending Mellow Lane School. *

Greg Dyke Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist, and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing ' ...

(1947-), former BBC director general and former chairman of

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, grew up in Hayes. * Pioneer in photography B. J. Edwards (1838–1914) lived at Wistowe House (which dates from the 17th century) on Church Road. *

Chris Finnegan Chris Finnegan MBE (5 June 1944 – 2 March 2009) was a British professional boxer of Irish descent born in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England.Kevin Finnegan (1948–2008), brother of Olympic gold medalist Chris, lived in Hayes. * Bandleader Bert Firman (1906-1999) – popular in the 1920s, '30s and '40s – worked daily from 1924 to 1929 in Hayes's

Zonophone Zonophone (early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone) was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey, by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone name was not that of the company but was applied to records and machines sold by Seaman's Universal Talki ...

recording studios. * Actor Barry Foster (1927–2002), best known as 1970s TV detective

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, grew up in Hayes. * Musician

Paul Gardiner Paul Andrew Gardiner (1 May 1958 – 18 February 1984) was a British musician who played bass guitar with Gary Numan and Tubeway Army, as well as creating material under his own name. Biography Paul Gardiner was born in Hayes, Middlesex. In ...

(1958–1984) of Gary Numan's

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was born in Hayes. * Major-General James Grant, C.B. (1778–1852), who served under

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...

at the

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, was a lifelong Hayes resident. * Celebrity tailor Doug Hayward (1934–2008) grew up in Hayes. * Sir

Peter Hendy Peter Gerard Hendy, Baron Hendy of Richmond Hill (born 19 March 1953) is a British transport executive and politician. He is the current chairman of Network Rail and was formerly the Commissioner of Transport for London. Education Hendy was ...

(1953-), chairman of

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and former

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, was born in Hayes. *

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

footballer Glenn Hoddle (1957-) was born in Hayes. * Noted atomic and nuclear physicist Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903–1966) lived between 1933 and 1935 in Hayes, where he worked for

. * Golfer

Barry Lane Barry Douglas Lane (21 June 1960 – 31 December 2022) was an English professional golfer. He won five official European Tour events between 1988 and 2004. He played in the 1993 Ryder Cup and won the inaugural Andersen Consulting World Champio ...

(1960-) was born in Hayes. * Honey Lantree (1943-2018), celebrated female drummer of

Joe Meek Robert George "Joe" Meek (5 April 1929 – 3 February 1967) was an English record producer, sound engineer and songwriter who pioneered space age and experimental pop music. He also assisted in the development of recording practices like over ...

-produced sixties pop group The Honeycombs, was born in Hayes. * 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. * 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. * Lady Harriet Mordaunt (1848–1906) – respondent in a sensational Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, divorce case in which King Edward VII, while still

, was embroiled – lived for several years from 1877 in Hayes Park Private History of psychiatric institutions, Asylum (now Barra Hall). * Author George Orwell (1903–1950) lived and worked in Hayes, 1932-3. GeoreOrwell

* Malcolm Owen (1955-1980) and Paul Fox (1951-2007) of Punk rock, punk band The Ruts grew up in Hayes. * Larry Page (singer and manager), Larry Page (c. 1938-), sixties manager of pop groups The Kinks and The Troggs, was born in Hayes. * 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. * Steve Priest (1948-2020), bass player of

band

, was born in Hayes. * A reredos created by noted church architect

George Fellowes Prynne George Halford Fellowes Prynne (1853–1927) was a Victorian and Edwardian English church architect. Part of the High Church school of Gothic Revival Architecture, Prynne's work can be found across Southern England. Biography Early life George Ha ...

(1853–1927) and his brother, the artist Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne (1854–1921) is to be found in St Mary the Virgin Church, Hayes. * Jane Seymour (actress), Jane Seymour (1951-), actress in the titular role in ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' and Bond girl, was born in Hayes. * Tennis player Maud Shackle (1870–1962) – twice a The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon finalist, and the first ambidextrous player - was born in Hayes. * Nick Simper (1945-), founding member of Rock band Deep Purple, lived in Hayes. * 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. * Composer Stephen Storace (1762–1796), famous in his day and a friend of Mozart, lived from the late 1780s in Wood End, Hayes. Mozart created the role of Susanna in ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (1786) for his sister, Nancy Storace (1765–1817). * 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. * David Westlake (1965-), singer/songwriter of

indie Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming *Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies *Indie game, any game (board ...

band The Servants, was born in Hayes. * Welsh international footballer Rhoys Wiggins (1987-) grew up in Hayes. * Football player/manager/pundit Ray Wilkins (1956-2018) grew up in Hayes. * Former Trades Union Congress, TUC leader Norman Willis (1933–2014) was born in Hayes. * Sunrise Radio presenter Paul Shah (1977-) currently lives in Hayes.

Gallery

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Nearest places

* Cranford * Ealing * Greenford *

Hanwell Hanwell () is a town in the London Borough of Ealing, in the historic County of Middlesex, England. It is about 1.5 miles west of Ealing Broadway and had a population of 28,768 as of 2011. It is the westernmost location of the London post t ...

* Harlington * Harmondsworth * Heston *

* Hounslow *

* Stockley Park * Uxbridge *

External links

Her Majesty the Queen visits Hayes, 19 May 2006

Prince William, Kate Middleton & Prince Harry visit Hayes, 20 April 2017

1936 view of Hayes's HMV Factory

1938 view
of Kingsley Wood, Sir Kingsley Wood visiting

, Hayes
1930s view
of the

(Hayes at 6:35)
1954 view of Lincoln's, 88 East Avenue
Pathé News, British Pathé
1956 view
of Hayes and Harlington Urban District
1956 view of Hayes and Harlington

1961 view of Hayes schoolchildren
''Our Future Citizens''
1962 view of Immaculate Heart of Mary church
Pathé News, British Pathé
1962 District Council film
''At Your Service''
1964 BBC interview – munitions-factory worker
''The Great War (documentary), The Great War''
2013 view of Hayes on television
in ''

''
HMV's 1925 ''Catalogue of Instruments'' made in Hayes

Life down the shelters
in Hayes BBC WW2 People's War
My wartime childhood
in Hayes BBC WW2 People's War
Doodlebugs
in Hayes 1944 BBC WW2 People's War
Large collection of photos of Hayes & Harlington

HayesMiddlesex.com – about Hayes & Harlington

Hayes People's History

Memories of Mellow Lane School Girls' Choir, Hayes
''British History Online'' entries concerning Hayes:

References

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