Counties 1 Middlesex


Counties 1 Middlesex is a level 7 Rugby Union league with teams from North-West London taking part. Historically the league was a level 10 completion and the division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 campaign after nine seasons due to the merger of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional leagues. After nearly 20 years, ahead of the 2025-26 season the league was re-instated as a decision was taken to once more split out Hertfordshire RFU and Middlesex RFU clubs.
Promoted teams typically move up to Regional 2 Thames and relegated sides move down to Counties 2 Middlesex.

Participating clubs 2025–26

This was the first season in which Hertfordshire RFU and Middlesex RFU clubs were split out with the Hertfordshire RFU teams remaining in what was Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex and became Counties 1 Hertfordshire.
Teams in this league came on a level transfer from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex or were drawn up from Counties 2 Hert/Middlesex.
TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
ChiswickDukes MeadowsChiswick, LondonLevel transfer from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex
Ealing Trailfinders 1871Trailfinders Sports Ground4,000West Ealing, LondonLevel transfer from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex
FinchleySummers Lane1,000Finchley, LondonLevel transfer from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex
HampsteadParliament Hill FieldsHighgate, LondonPromoted from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
Old HaberdashersCroxdale RoadBorehamwood, HertfordshireRelegated from Regional 2 Thames
Old StreetoniansHaggerston ParkShoreditch, LondonLevel transfer from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex
RuislipWest End RoadRuislip, LondonLevel transfer from Counties 1 Herts/Middlesex
Saracens AmateursBramley Sports GroundCockfosters, LondonPromoted from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
UCS Old BoysUCS Sports GroundCricklewood, LondonPromoted from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex
Wasps FCTwyford Avenue Sports GroundActon, LondonPromoted from Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex

1996–2025

Not contested

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
  • Finchley
  • Hampstead
  • Lensbury
  • London New Zealand
  • Old Haberdashers
  • Old Meadonians
  • Old Millhillians
  • Orleans FP
  • Staines
  • Sudbury Court
  • Uxbridge

    Middlesex 1 honours

Middlesex 1 (1987–1992)

The original Middlesex 1 was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 North West and relegation down to Middlesex 2.

Middlesex 1 (1992–1996)

The creation of Herts/Middlesex at the beginning of the 1992–93 season meant that Middlesex 1 dropped to become a tier 9 league. The introduction of National 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Middlesex 1 dropped another level to become a tier 10 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion was into the new Herts/Middlesex league while relegation continued into Middlesex 2. The merging of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional divisions at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Middlesex 1 was cancelled.

Number of league titles

  • Finchley
  • Hackney
  • Hampstead
  • Lensbury
  • Mill Hill
  • Old Hamptonians
  • Staines
  • Twickenham
  • Uxbridge