Haywood Oaks is a hamlet and former civil parish, 10 miles (16 km) from Nottingham, now in the parish of Blidworth, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England.

[1] Haywood Oaks continues as an extra parochial area in the Church of England.

The name "Haywood Oaks" means 'Enclosed wood'.

[2] Haywood Oaks was an extra-parochial area until 1858 when it became a separate parish,[3] on 19 February 1988 the parish was abolished and merged with Blidworth.

[4] Most of the population of Haywood Oaks is concentrated around the area around Dale Lane and Haywood Oaks Lane.