Binfield Heath
Binfield Heath is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) south-southwest of Henley-on-Thames and 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) northeast of Reading on a southern knoll of the Chiltern Hills.
Binfield Heath is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) south-southwest of Henley-on-Thames and 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) northeast of Reading on a southern knoll of the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 709. The village has a Congregational Church, ground for polo, Michelin star chef-run restaurant, and public house. 12 of its 294 homes are listed buildings.
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Worth seeing in and around Binfield Heath
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Crowsley Park
Crowsley Park is a 160-acre country estate in South Oxfordshire, central-southern England, owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
2 km · grade II listed English country house in Binfield Heath, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02The Deanery
Deanery Garden is an Arts and Crafts style house and garden in Sonning, Berkshire, England. The house was designed and built by architect Edwin Lutyens between 1899 and 1901.
4 km · Grade I listed country house in Sonning, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Park Place
Park Place is a historic Grade II Listed country house and gardens in the civil parish of Remenham in Berkshire, England, set in large grounds above the River Thames near Henley, Oxfordshire.
3.9 km · country house and gardens in the civil parish of Remenham in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Conway's Bridge
Conway's Bridge is an ornamental rustic arched stone structure close to the River Thames on the estate of Park Place, Berkshire, England.
3.5 km · bridge in Remenham, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Kenton Theatre
The Kenton Theatre is a theatre and Grade II listed building in the town of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.
3.6 km · theatre in Henley-on-Thames, England · Wikipedia - 06Shiplake Railway Bridge
Shiplake Railway Bridge carries the Henley Branch Line to Henley-on-Thames, England across the River Thames, connecting Shiplake in Oxfordshire with Wargrave in Berkshire. It crosses the river just downstream of Shiplake Lock on the reach above Marsh Lock.
3.3 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Sonning Backwater Bridges
Sonning Backwater Bridges are the road bridges across the first two of three branches of the Thames at Sonning Eye, Oxfordshire, England. Built in 1986 to replace older wooden structures, one bridge spans a main weir stream – traditionally named the backwater – and the other spans the splayed under-mill outlets from the millrace of the island known as Sonning Eye.
3.7 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Sonning Bridge
Sonning Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames at Sonning, Berkshire. It links Sonning with Sonning Eye and crosses the Thames on the reach above Shiplake Lock, just short of Sonning Lock.
3.8 km · grade II listed deck arch bridge in Sonning Eye, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Henley Bridge
Henley Bridge is a road bridge built in 1786 over the River Thames, between Henley-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire, and Remenham, in Berkshire. The bridge has five elliptical stone arches, and links Hart Street in Henley with White Hill in Remenham.
3.5 km · Grade I listed bridge in Oxfordshire, England · Wikipedia - 10River and Rowing Museum
The River & Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, was on a site at Mill Meadows by the River Thames. It had three main themes represented by major permanent galleries, the non-tidal River Thames, the international sport of rowing and the local town of Henley-on-Thames.
3.2 km · Local museum in Henley-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Binfield Heath
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 32 km · London Luton (LTN), 56 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 65 km
- Stations
- Wargrave railway station, 3.5 km · Shiplake railway station, 2.8 km · Henley-on-Thames railway station, 3.2 km
- London → Binfield Heath55 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £6–8
- Luton, Luton → Binfield Heath55 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £8–10
- London, Essex → Binfield Heath55 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £6–8
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Binfield Heath
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Binfield Heath. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe nearest major ferry port to Henley-on-thames is Harbour which is located next to the city of Portsmouth.
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Next door to Binfield Heath
Binfield Heath is 7 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Rotherfield Greysvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England3.7 km
- Harpsdenvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England2.2 km
- Rotherfield Peppardvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England3.1 km