Hayes - Word on the street
What is it really like to live in Hayes?
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Word On The Street: Hayes
28 November 2006
I'm sitting here overlooking a farm ...
... Down the bottom of the lane is another farm. Behind my house are woods and fields. I'm also just a 5 minute walk away from the 207 and 607 buses that run from Shepherd's Bush to Uxbridge. Hayes is the place for me!
Jim
Word On The Street: Hayes
28 November 2006
Excellent place to live with brilliant transport links to anywhere ...
... M3, M4, M40, M25, with Central Piccadilly and Met lines just up the road. Plus the 607 Express to Uxbridge or Shepherd's Bush, with a tram link on the way and Australia's just a ten minute bus ride to Heathrow.
Good pubs, clubs, cafes, Indian restaurants with Southall being just up the road. Hayes town is about to be redeveloped around the station, so plenty of work. Why house prices are so cheap I'll never know. The only place I have lived where I meet the local MP on a regular basis who has a passion for the area.
S Walker
Word On The Street: Hayes
28 November 2006
Hayes is a fantastic place to live. It has been my home for 51 years and I wouldn't live anywhere else ...
... Hayes has excellent transport links; rail, bus, air and road (including motorways) are all well provided. I work in central London and the bus and rail links are first rate.
I enjoy the cosmopolitan and lively nature of Hayes, there is such a good mix of diversity and cultures. The local facilities are great too, we have a sports stadium; swimming pool, Bowling Green, leisure gardens, theatre and cinema, and libraries, local markets, nature reserves, boating marina, bingo halls and golf are all easily accessible by private or public transport.
James Baldock
Word On The Street: Hayes
17 August 2006
It's a FANTASTIC place to live ...
I have lived in the Dawley Road area of Hayes for the last six years. It's a FANTASTIC place to live. Excellent connections to anywhere you want to go- central London only 10 minutes by train, Heathrow 10 minutes by bus, Uxbridge just down the road. Brunel University is close by, two shopping centers in Uxbridge, plus a GBP50 million regeneration programme for Hayes!
Word On The Street: Hayes
23 March 2006
I have lived in Lansbury Drive in Hayes for fifty years...
I think it is a brilliant place to live, open fields, playgrounds, nice people, well served by buses and a bus ride to Central Line, Met and Piccadilly lines and Hayes mainline station.
Word On The Street: Hayes
21 September 2005
Hayes is close to central London...
45 mins from kingston, 25 mins from Windsor. Uxbridge is just 10 mins down the road, and has two shopping centres. I think the Uxbridge road is the only road I know where you can get a solicitor to a chinese take away!
Word on the Street: Hayes
13 December 2002
We have lived in Hayes for nearly 3 years now...
Hayes is very convenient for travelling into London, out of London and for Heathrow and compared to Hounslow, the disruption of air traffic (the noise) is minimal. Hayes town centre has absolutely nothing though and if this would change (better shops, banks, etc.) Hayes would be a great place to live.
Word on the Street: Hayes
29 August 2001
Very close to all transport links...
...15 minutes from Paddington by train & 10 minutes drive from M4, M40 & M25.
Hayes Town Centre itself isn't much to write home about but there are plans submitted for a £50m regeneration programme.
Word on the Street: Hayes
22 March 2001
Hayes is close to everything...
...- major transport links (airport, motorways, train and tube Stations in Uxbridge, Hounslow, Heathrow, Ealing), shopping centres (Uxbridge, Hounslow, Slough, Ealing), University (Brunel).
Word on the Street: Hayes
03 January 2001
Good transport links, but poor high street and shops. Vey working-class area.
Word on the Street: Hayes
07 September 2000
Hayes is close to Heathrow and the major motorway networks - M4, M40 and M25...
Trains to and from London can be as quick as 18mins and also run 24hrs a day.
Properties are reasonable value. The only real downside is some lack of community spirit.
