Description
Hayes Park is the landscaped park of a Victorian mansion, which was replaced by offices and a research centre for Heinz Corporation post-1961. There are a good number of C19th and possibly earlier oaks in the grounds, now augmented by Leylandia clumps. Around the lawn is a brick ha-ha and to the north and east is woodland of Hayes Shrub. Heinz has since sold and then re-leased the site from the subsequent owner.
Practical Information
| Site location | Park Lane, Hayes |
|---|---|
| Postcode | UB4 8AL |
| What3Words | ///finely.scared.engage |
| Type of Site | Private Garden |
| Borough | Hillingdon |
| Open to Public | No |
| Opening Times | private |
| Public Transport | Tube: Uxbridge (Piccadilly, Metropolitan) then bus/walk. Bus: 207, 207A (then walk) |
| Research Updated | 1 November 2005 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ089824 |
|---|---|
| Site Ownership | private, leased to H J Heinz Co Ltd |
| Site Management | H J Heinz Co Ltd |
| Dates | C19th |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965 | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Hillingdon |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | Not known |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | Yes |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Connaught Recreation Ground is a small park with rose beds and playgrounds in the north, fronted by railings onto Uxbridge Road. It was laid out by the mid-1930s as housing was increasingly developed here, prior to which it is shown on OS maps as a field and there were nurseries in the area into the C20th. A drinking fountain and path layout are shown in 1935 with a park lodge and lavotories in place by 1965, and allotment gardens to the south-east of the park.
Once the site of a private house with a formal garden and walled kitchen garden, it was later given to Hayes & Harlington UDC and in 1961 it was established as Hayes Botanic Garden. It was extended in 1990 and renamed The Norman Leddy Memorial Garden in the 1990s, after Hillingdon's former Assistant Director of Parks who died in 1993. The garden has a fine collection of exotic trees and shrubs, with a pond, bog garden and woodland.
Barra Hall Park was formerly the grounds of Barra Hall, a Jacobean-style mansion built in 1872 and originally called Grove Lodge. In 1923 Hayes and Harlington UDC acquired the site, using the mansion as its Town Hall. The grounds became a public park, for a time known as Town Hall Park. By 1928 the park had a cast iron bandstand, cast iron shelter together with other facilities. An open-air theatre in the park became derelict and in c.2005 was later by a modern theatre.