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Hayes, Middlesex

Hayes
Former EMI headquarters, Hayes - geograph.org.uk - 1497197.jpg
Former EMI headquarters, Hayes
Hayes is located in Greater London
Hayes
Hayes
Hayes shown within Greater London
Population 95,763 (2011 Census fact-sheet, p. 4)
OS grid reference TQ095805
• Charing Cross 13 mi (21 km) E
London borough
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HAYES
Postcode district UB3, UB4
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
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51°30′46″N 0°25′16″W / 51.5127°N 0.4211°W / 51.5127; -0.4211Coordinates: 51°30′46″N 0°25′16″W / 51.5127°N 0.4211°W / 51.5127; -0.4211

Hayes is a town in west London, situated 13 miles (21 km) west of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, Hayes became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1965. The town's population was recorded as 95,763 in the 2011 census.

Hayes has a long history. The area appears in the Domesday Book (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 manor house. The town's oldest public house - the Adam and Eve, on the Uxbridge Road - though not the original seventeenth-century structure, has remained on the same site since 1665.

Hayes is best 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 Old Vinyl Factory. The town is the location of the U.K. headquarters of companies including: Heinz,United Biscuits,Fujitsu, and Rackspace U.K.

Notable historical residents include the early modern "father of English music", William Byrd, and a pre-eminent figure of twentieth-century English literature, George Orwell.


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