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Sports & Leisure
There are numerous playing fields and sports grounds around the periphery of Hayes, such as the Metropolitan Police Sports Ground at the Warren. It is also home, since 1927, to the world-famous Blackheath Harriers Athletics Club (now Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club) at their clubhouse, The Sydney Wooderson Centre.
- Hayes Town FC (Formed 2016). The Surrey South Eastern Combination members are based at Coney Hall FC’s Tiepigs Lane ground.
- Beccehamians RFC, a Rugby Union Club founded in 1933, plays competitive rugby at Sparrows Den at the bottom of Corkscrew Hill near West Wickham.
- Hayes Cricket Club is based at the Warman Sports Ground
- Bromley RFC, a Rugby union club, started in 1886, moved to Hayes Village in 1956, and is based at the Warman Sports Ground.
- Norman Park Athletics Track – one of the main athletics tracks in Bromley
- Bromley F.C. – An EFL League 2 football club based at the Hayes Lane Stadium.
- Hayes (Lawn) Tennis Club is based at the Warman Sports Ground
- Old Wilsonians Sports Club (on fields formerly known as Hayes Hill Sports Ground)
- Bigfoot Cycle Club
Arts & Culture
- Hayes Philharmonic Choir – 1945 – May 2017
- Allegri Singers – A Chamber choir created in 1981.
- Hayes Symphony Orchestra – A community orchestra, created in 1947, that has three concerts a year
- Hayes Library – opening times
Tuesday 9.30 am-1.00 pm and 2.00 pm-5.30 pm
Thursday 9.30 am-1.00 pm and 2.00 pm-5.30 pm
Saturday 9.30 am-1.00 pm and 2.00 pm-5.00 pm
Education
- Hayes School – a mixed secondary school with academy status. Awarded WCSQM “World Class” status in October 2015.
- Hayes Primary School – Opened in 1937, the school is a three-form entry state school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 11 and has chosen to convert into an academy
- Pickhurst Infant school – a state school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 7
- Pickhurst Junior school – a state school for boys and girls aged from 7 to 11
- Baston House School – Specialist Autism School
Local Parks & Green Spaces
- Hayes Common – a 79 hectare area of public open land
- Husseywell Park
- Coney Hall Recreation Ground
- Pickhurst Park
- The Knoll – an ornamental ground of four and a half hectares with lakes and specimen forest trees
Notable Residents
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