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VENUES : Local venues large and small that are available for arts or performance groups

RADIO : Hayes FM programme schedule, your local station

EXHIBITIONS : Paintings, photographs, mixed media, crafts etc. in and around Hillingdon

SOUTHLANDS COURSES : Various tutor groups in visual arts meet regularly, workshops & exhibitions

MUSIC : Music events and local music groups

ANNIVERSARIES : Listing of artists, composers, authors who have an anniversary this year

ARTS MATERIALS : Listing of artists materials suppliers for painters, sculptors, crafts

HILLINGDON MUSIC SERVICE : Playing and learning for orchestras and ensembles

ARTS FUNDING : Short list of potential funders for arts projects

VENUES

Central Library Uxbridge

14-15 High Street,

Uxbridge UB8 1HD

Tel: 01895 250 600

Compass Theatre

Glebe Avenue

Ickenham

UB10 8PD

Tel: 01895 673 200 Box Office

Tel: 01895 632 488 Admin

www.compasstheatre.co.uk/

Winston Churchill Hall

Manor Farm Site

Pinn Way

Ruislip

HA4 7QL

Telephone: 01895 678800

Fax: 01895 590059

Ickenham Village Hall

33 Swakeleys Road

Ickenham

UB10 8DG

Tel: 0845 3927949

RADIO 91.8 HAYES FM BACK TO TOP

91.8 Hayes FM is a community focused local radio station based in Hayes in Greater West London, England.

We are unlike any other radio station. Our programmes are the most diverse you will hear, so confident are we about the output, that we can say you will not hear another format like ours anywhere in the world..!!

91.8 Hayes FM is different from most other radio stations in that we are non-commercial. We are not obligated to sell advertisements on the air in order to keep the station operational, though we are allowed to. This allows us to be different with our format and accommodate many different musical tastes into our programming.

Our music output encompasses classic hits to the best new music, interspersed with the biggest hits from around the world!!

Summed up, we are the collection of many formats on one station. Similar to the way a TV station is programmed, there are blocks of programming (like a TV show) with different tastes of music. As a result, our format is reflective of the area we serve.

To contact the presenter who is on air you can use any of the following methods:

EMAIL: studio@hayesfm.org

TEXT: LIVE plus your message to 60300. Normal charges for texts to shortcodes apply.

TEL: 020 8099 2225

If your enquiry is of a more general nature and not regarding the programme on air please contact the office.

Programme Schedule

Monday - Thursday

7am_Breakfast with Joe Forrester and Harry Seal

Includes Cool School from 810am, education in a fun kind of way. For me, one of the best breakfast presenters we have ever had, as I am trying to engage with schools, i decided that best we keep it fun, educative, but it is talk based!!

9am_Mornings with Natash Chandock

Which will have an emphasis on local stories, she is broadcast journalist, who has already being talked about by Five Live and Sky. When she came to Hayes FM, she was lacking a lot of confidence, but lots of 1 to 1 meetings with her have really made a difference

11am_Lunch with Mark Machado

Looking at national stories , linking it up locally. Jayson graduated from the KCJ, and is a part time broadcast journalist at BBC London as well

1pm_Afternoons with Anu Bains

With more music with a lighter entertainment brief, she had a poor few weeks but is determined to make afternoons sound great!

4pm: Drive time with Jason Mansaray

A really good journalist, with time spent at BBC Oxford, and the Ugandan Broadcast Corporation.

She is with us until March before she takes up a Journalism role in Brussels, she will have a closer look at the days issues with a local focus

7pm London Local

9pm Uplate & Unplugged

Friday

7am_Breakfast with Amanda and Mark Machado

First time ever, a brother and sister team who admit to arguing, so should make good fun Friday morning breakfast.

10am_Morning with James May

She works during the week on the Today programme on Radio 4, excellent thinker, very creative journalist, but who wants to develop her presenting skills at Hayes FM..

1pm: Holly Wallis

4pm: Drive time Danny Deol

With a particular look back at the week

7pm: Angela Kanwar

9pm Uplate & Unplugged

Saturdays

6.00am Gary Jackson

8-10am Breakfast Crew with James May

10am-1pm Pete James

1-3pm Philip Chadha & Nayha Ahmad

3-5.15pm Don O’Maloney & Nav Sports Talk

5.15-7pm Atul Radia Classic Hits

7-9pm Mandeep Panesar

9-11pm Larry Vidal Soul Jazz Funk

11pm-1am Mark Doyle

Sundays

6-8am Pete Dicks

8-10am Raymond Jackson & Angela Kanwar

10am-12pm Paul Goodwin

12-2pm Gary Elsdon

2-4pm Bill Brown Irish Jukebox

4-6pm Simon Akinwunmi & Sylvia Smith

6-7pm Jazz Show

7-9pm Danny Deol

9-11pm i-Tamil

11pm-1am Larry Vidal

EXHIBITIONS BACK TO TOP

Clair Chinnery Cuculus Prospectus

Beldam Gallery

Monday 4 July– Friday 26 August 2011

Cuculus Prospectus is a collection of objects that explore the parasitic habits of the Cuckoo as a metaphor for colonialism, migration and ecological change. This exhibition of Chinnery’s latest work includes sculptures, prints, drawings, artist books, sound and video, and will be shown in a series of curated exhibitions in 2011 and 2012.

Cuculus Prospectus expands the premise of Thomas Harriot's 1590 Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (originally partially designed as a brochure for potential early English colonists). It included information about the natural resources -plant, animal, mineral and human- of modern coastal North Carolina, USA. Cuculus Prospectus develops Harriot's ideas, combining these with the artist’s interest in natural history, animal and human migration and global environmental change. In Cuculus Prospectus the artist makes specific and metaphorical use of the phenomena of 'brood parasitism' in birds as a means to develop a deeper understanding of the behaviour and history of our own species.

The European Cuckoo cuculus canorus is perhaps the most well known of all parasitic bird species, and is certainly one of the most voracious. This migratory bird not only lays eggs in the nests of other birds, it also uses ‘egg mimicry’ to confuse host species into accepting its eggs as their own. What is unusual about this process is that the Cuckoo parasitises a great number of species of host birds, all with very different looking eggs. Whilst all cuckoos are technically identical (and are very promiscuous breeders), individually their eggs almost always mimic those of their host species, with a single female choosing to only ever parasitise one breed of bird.

Chinnery has photographically documented cuckoo eggs (and their host clutches) in the archives at Oxford University's Natural History Museum and cuckoo skins in the Archives of the Natural History Museum, London (based at Tring, Hertfordshire). Utilising such images along with additional data (breeding and distribution maps, information about behaviour and habitat, statistics etc.), Chinnery constructs a 'prospectus' of fantasy using the early colonial model of Harriot's Briefe and True Report..., and empirical data about the breeding habits, eggs and nests of ‘New World’ bird species.

Cuculus Canorus is an ‘Old World’ bird, breeding all over Europe (except Iceland) and, with exceptions, most of Asia. Cuculus Prospectus will raise questions about Europe's colonial past, making us re-address the motivations of our European ancestors, whilst re-considering contemporary attitudes to human migration. The work will engage audiences with issues of climate change and consequent effects this has on many species of plant and animal whose habitats and ranges are extending, shifting and diminishing because of global warming. Finally, we will be reminded of the effects that colonialism has had on the biological environments of the world. This is what Alfred Crosby refers to as 'ecological imperialism' in his 1986 book of the same name.

Cuculus Prospectus references a wide range of themes including: migration, population, colonialism, extinction, labelling/collecting/archiving, ornithology, anthropomorphism, mapping, and ecological change.

SOUTHLANDS COURSES BACK TO TOP

Courses

Currently being run by Paul Woods at Southlands Arts Centre

75 THE GREEN,WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7PW

Afternoon Leisure Painters Wednesday Afternoon 1.30pm til 3.30pm A relaxed group working on general drawing and painting projects.£30 for 10 sessions paid in advance at Southlands Arts Centre

CONTACT: Paul Woods. Email paul@art2b.co.uk Telephone 01895 26 48 18

Life-Drawing Group Thursday Evenings 7pm til 9pm A drawing group working with a single life model each week £12 per sessions or £50 if paying 5 sessions in advance Pre booking is essential at Southlands Arts Centre

CONTACT: Paul Woods. Email paul@art2b.co.uk Telephone 01895 26 48 18

A.M Painting Group Tuesday 10am to 1pm New members very welcome Information & enquiries: 01895 421328

Forthcoming Sessions:
If you are interested in any of these classes please contact Paul: Portrait drawing, Art Appreciation, Art History, Gallery Visits

Groups

Art-University of the Third Age
1st and 3rd Monday of the month 10am – 12 noon Drawing based on close observation, portrait, figure, still-life
Information & enquiries: 01895 441707

Afternoon Leisure Painters
Monday 2pm to 4pm Wednesday 1.30pm to 3.30pm Drawing and painting Enthusiastic people welcome to learn in a friendly atmosphere Information & enquiries: Paul Woods 01895 26 48 18 or paul@art2b.co.uk

Art2b – Life Drawing Thursday evening 7pm to 9pm Drawing from a single life model Enthusiastic people any ability
Information & enquiries: Paul Woods 01895 26 48 18 or paul@art2b.co.uk

Painting – W.D. Creative Artists Thursday 1.30pm to 3.30pm Demonstrations, criticisms & organised events for art enthusiasts Information & enquiries: 020 8897 8359

Paint and Draw with Chris Hale Monthly drop in class, 4th Thursday, 10am to 1pm Everyone welcome £12 per class
Information & enquiries: 020 8422 0834 or email: chrishale00@yahoo.co.uk

MUSIC BACK TO TOP

Hillingdon Philharmonic Orchestra

Hillingdon Philharmonic Orchestra was formed in 1985 as a local amateur orchestra. Its membership consists of local musicians over the age of 18 who want to continue to develop their orchestral playing. There are now over eighty registered members. The orchestra does not hold weekly rehearsals but meets for four rehearsals before each concert. Three concerts are given during the season in different venues within the borough.
A wide and varied repertoire of works has been performed over the last twenty-five years. Performances of choral works have been given in conjunction with the Hillingdon Choral Society, in particular "The Creation" by Haydn on the first day of the new millennium and Elgar's "The Music Makers" at a concert at The Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank in July 2001 to mark the Choral Society's 21st Anniversary.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hillingdon Choral Society and the 21st anniversary of Hillingdon Philharmonic Orchestra, an extremely successful joint concert took place on Friday 7th July 2006 in Southwark Cathedral. Our thanks to all our regular audience members who made the trip "into town" for this event and also to any newcomers.

July 2009 saw another successful (if rather wet) outdoor concert of film music with fireworks at Swakeleys House Grounds in Ickenham.

In October 2009 many orchestral members played for the Free Church Choir Union Festival of Praise which took place in Coventry Cathedral with 400+ voices accompanied by organ and orchestra, conducted by Peter Williams. This was followed by a Christmas Concert with Hillingdon Choral Society which was also a farewell concert for Hilary Holloway, HPO leader nine years.

Further details of membership are available from the Secretary on 07721 921832 or via e-mail HPOhonsec@aol.com

The Orchestra is affiliated to Making Music, the National Federation of Music Societies

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Yiewsley & West Drayton Band

The Y & WD Band was formed more that 100 years ago.

Under it's Director Chris Cole Y & WD Band now has the ambition to attract new players, and develop the band’s sound. As confidence has grown they have entered major contests, and have achieved a string of successes. Including finalist at the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, held in Torquay in 2004. This was almost exactly 50 years since the band had qualified for the Nationals.

There is still much to do in putting the band on a truly firm footing, but there is a great team spirit in the band and an incredible commitment from the players, that anything is possible.

Yiewsley and West Drayton Band have an "Open Door" policy, all players are welcome however players for the Contest band are chosen at the discretion of the Director

The band is a self supporting organisation, funded by concert fees and membership subscriptions. There is currently a need for financial help towards the purchase of instruments that are currently borrowed from other bands, and to fund the recent purchase of a band uniform that reflects our new status and professionalism.

ANNIVERSARIES BACK TO TOP

Remembering artists from the past

FAIZ AHMED FAIZ (b. 1911) 100

Renowned Pakistani poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. Faiz acquired a Masters of Arts in English and Arabic Literature and started a branch of Progressive Writers' Movement in 1936. He briefly joined the British Indian Army and was promoted to the rank of Lieut. Colonel and resigned in 1947. In 1959 he was appointed as Secretary, Pakistan Arts Council.

LOUISE BOURGEOIS (b. 1911) 100

Born in France, Bourgeois trained at the Ecole de Louvre and Academie des Beaux-Arts. She emigrated to the US in 1938 and worked as an engraver and painter but in the 1940s turned to sculpture and has since worked in many materials, modelling and carving and creating installations. Bourgeois’s work can be seen in collections of major museums throughout the world

ROBERTO MATTA ECHAURREN (b. 1911) 100

Usually known as Matta, he was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century art. Born in Santiago, he left for Europe where he travelled widely before settling in Paris in 1933. During his time there Breton introduced him to the leading members of the Paris Surrealist movement and invited him to join the movement. He described his works as "psychological morphologies”.

GIORGIO VASARI (b. 1511) 500

Vasari was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, and was sent to Florence at the age of sixteen to continue his education. He was befriended by Michelangelo whose painting style would influence his own. As an architect, Vasari was more successful than as a painter, working both in Florence and Rome. He is famous today for writing biographies of Italian artists.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE (b. 1861) 150

Bengali poet, novelist, musician, painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music. As author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. His poetry in translation was viewed as spiritual, and this together with his mesmerizing persona gave him a prophet-like aura in the west but his "elegant prose and magical poetry".

FRANZ LISTZ (b. 1811) 200

Was a 19th century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher, renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer. He was said to have been the most talented pianist of his age.Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the "Neudeutsche Schule" ("New German School"). He left behind an extensive body of His work influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some 20th-century ideas and trends.

GUSTAV MAHLER (d. 1911) 100

Was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. Born in humble circumstances, Mahler showed his musical gifts at an early age. After graduating from the Vienna Conservatory in 1878, he held a succession of conducting posts of rising importance in the opera houses of Europe.

SIR W. S. GILBERT (d. 1911) 100

Was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed works in the history of musical theatre, The Mikado. These, as well as most of their other Savoy operas, continue to be performed regularly throughout the English-speaking world.

DAME NELLIE MELBA (b. 1861) 150

Born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian opera soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century due to the purity of her lyrical voice and the brilliance of her technique. Melba was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (1911) 100

The day is marked on the 8th of March every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. The holiday blended in the culture of many countries. The first International Women's Day was observed in 1911 in Germany. It was suggested by the Socialist Clara Zetkin.

ROBERT JOHNSON (b. 1911) 100

Was an American blues singer and musician. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend, including a Faustian myth.

ROBERT TRESSEL (d. 1911) 100

Was the nom-de-plume of Robert Croker, latterly Robert Noonan, an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.

TERRENCE RATTIGAN (b. 1911) 100

One of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally situated within an upper-middle-class background. He is known for such works as The Winslow Boy (1946), The Browning Version (1948) and Separate Tables (1954), among many others. He was also a screenwriter, mainly of his own plays.

FLOYD COUNCIL (b1911) 100

Was an American blues guitarist and singer. He became a well-known practitioner of the Piedmont blues sound from that area, popular throughout the southeastern region of the US in the 1930s.

Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Harrie and Lizzie Council, Floyd began his musical career on the streets of Chapel Hill in the 1920s, performing with two brothers, Leo and Thomas Strowd as "The Chapel Hillbillies".

ARTISTS MATERIALS BACK TO TOP

Materials for drawing, painting, sculpting, potting, weaving etc.

Wright Ltd, Uxbridge branch

127-128 High Street, Uxbridge,

UB8 1DJ

Tel: 01895 450300

Fax: 01895 450323 Email: sales@bovilles.co.uk

Reputable local art supplier for generations in Uxbridge. Supplying materials for painting, watercolours, graphics, framing, etc.

Helpful & knowledgeable.

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Cass Art Store

66-67 Colebrooke Row

N1 8AB

Tel: 020 7354 2999

Art is freedom. Cass Art believes in art. We know the freedom and creative pleasure it brings. So we want everyone to realise they can do it - and afford it.

Artists need the choice of all the best materials. We stock the top brands from around the world, as favoured by London artists.

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Alec Tiranti Ltd, 3 Pipers Court,

Berkshire Drive, Thatcham, Berkshire,

RG19 4ER, UK.

Tel: 0845 123 2100

Tiranti supply a wide range of materials, equipment and tools to sculptors, model makers, mould makers, designers, wood carvers, stone carvers, specialist plasterers, building picture and furniture restorers, potters and ceramicists.

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Atlantis

Britannia House

68-80 Hanbury Street

London

E1 5JL

Tel: 020 7377 8855

Large warehouse and online sales of arts materials. Vast selection of all kinds of artists supplies. www.atlantisart.co.uk

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Pullingers, 18 High Street

Epsom, Surrey KT19 8AH

Tel: 01372 741 81

Pullingers has 3 retail stores in Epsom, Farnham & Kingston Upon Thames selling a wide range of artists supplies. Email: info@pullingers.com

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Jackson's Art Supplies
1 Farleigh Place
London

N16 7SX

Tel: 0844 499 8430

A leading art materials mail-order company. Jackson's Art Supplies offer a huge range of art materials, fast delivery, friendly service, expert advice and unbeatable prices

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Clayman

Morells Barn
Park Lane, Lower Bognor Road
Lagness, Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 1LR
Tel: 01243 265845

www.claymansupplies.co.uk

We live and breathe ceramics at Clayman, from carefully choosing the products we sell for quality and value for money. Realising the vision of an efficient, imaginative ceramic supplier of materials and equipment has been a journey of commitment. That commitment shapes our philosophy.

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HILLINGDON MUSIC SERVICE BACK TO TOP

Orchestras and ensembles on Saturdays

HILLINGDON MUSIC CENTRE

Hillingdon Music Centre is a vibrant music school which runs on Saturday mornings. Around 300 young musicians come along to play in bands and orchestras and to sing in choirs. The environment is informal. It’s a friendly place to be and provides a setting in which children and young people flourish.

The Music Centre caters for students who have some experience on their instrument and who have reached about Grade 2 level. Some students may have their Special Place lesson on Saturday and some may also choose to support their music studies by taking theory and aural classes.

Activities at the Music Centre include: three full-size orchestras, four string orchestras, three wind bands, two choirs, a brass ensemble a percussion group, string quartets, a saxophone group, music theory, keyboard skills and aural work

A calendar of events is published each year with concerts and other activities for all Music Centre groups. There are many concerts throughout the year and this schedule of performances, events and activities include foreign tours, courses, major CD recording projects and concerts both locally and at major London venues such as the South Bank Centre and the Royal Albert Hall. Groups have also performed in major high-profile events, such as the visit to the Borough of Hillingdon by Her Majesty, The Queen. A huge diversity of music is explored and the team of dedicated staff directing groups are imaginative and creative in their choice of repertoire.

Every Music Centre student has a timetable for Saturday morning showing which groups they take part in. This may include a band, orchestra and choir. Theory and aural sessions are optional for students from the second year of their membership. First year students will normally attend a general musicianship class.

The Music Centre operates on the Abbotsfield and Swakeleys schools site, Clifton Gardens, off Long Lane, Hillingdon UB10 0JE. Rehearsals run between 9.00am - 1.30pm and the Music Centre meets for a total of 30 sessions per academic year.

The Music service can be contacted Monday- Friday 9.30am to 5.00pm Tel: 01895 630 155 Fax: 01895 625 571

Hillingdon Music Service, Compass Theatre, Glebe Avenue, Ickenham, Middlesex UB10 8PD

FUNDING for ARTS BACK TO TOP

From Charitable Trusts, Lottery etc.

To be eligible to apply for funding from many Trusts you must be a registered charity. For some it is only necessary to have a constitution and a set of annual accounts. There are often other important criteria related to either minimum or maximum income and the aims of your organisation. Most Trusts have a website where their criteria are published.

The Big Lottery

Unfortunately the Awards for All no longer fund projects that are mainly to do with sport, arts or heritage.

The Your Heritage programme offers grants between £3000 and £50,000 inclusive for projects that relate to the local, regional or national heritage of the UK. We welcome applications that help people to learn about, look after and celebrate heritage in a fun and enjoyable way.

Programme priorities: help people to learn about their own and other people’s heritage.

Your project must also do either or both of the following: conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for present and future generations to experience and enjoy. Help more people, and a wider range of people, to take an active part in and make decisions about heritage.

Lloyds TSB Foundation

The Community programme focuses on funding core work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. We are particularly interested in work that achieves this through: improved social and community involvement, improved life choices and chances, helping people to be heard

To be eligible:

you must be an underfunded charity (12 months of reserves or less) your work must enable disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community in one (or more) of the following ways – through: improved social and community involvement improved life choices and chances, helping people to be heard

What type of funding do we provide?

We fund charities to continue and develop existing community-based work, or to develop the organisation or its services. We can support charities in a range of ways – examples include funding to:

maintain and or improve their capacity and or effectiveness, encourage learning and best practice, enable the continued provision of services, support the expansion of services, help improve the quality of services

www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk/FundingProgrammes/Pages/Community.aspx

Hillingdon Community Trust

Applications for grant funding must be in respect of a community or voluntary activity and the beneficiaries must be people in the southern part of Hillingdon.

The Trust can make grants for the following purposes: Improving the environment. The advancement of education, training or retraining The promotion of wellbeing through the provision of assistance in the provision of recreational facilities

The Trust can make grants to:

Properly constituted voluntary bodies. The minimum requirements are a constitution, a governing body, an annual report and a bank account. For large grants, above £25,000, there is a preference for applicants to be registered charities

Small Grants Programme: £150,000 (15%) of the Trust's funds is set aside for this programme which offers grants of between £100 and £7,500.

There is a single form designed to be easily completed even if an organization has little or no experience of applying for a grant.

www.hillingdoncommunitytrust.org.uk/

Arts Council

Our grants are for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. They support activities that engage people in England or that help artists and arts organisations in England to carry out their work.

Your activity must take place mainly in England. There are some exceptions to this when artists or arts organisations from England are involved in activities in other countries. An application to Grants for the arts must include a number of items to be eligible to be assessed. The How to apply booklet has full details about what makes an eligible application.

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/grants-arts/

Barra Hall Park

Freemans Lane

Hayes UB3 2NH

Cavendish Pavillion

Field End Road

Eastcote HA4 9PG

Hayes End Community Centre

Kingsway

Hayes End UB3 2TY

Harlington House Farm Site

Park Road