Harpsden
Harpsden is a rural and semi-rural village and civil parish immediately south of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England.
Harpsden is a rural and semi-rural village and civil parish immediately south of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England. Its scattered centre is set 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the east border which is the River Thames, marking a short boundary with Berkshire. The parish extends 5 miles (8.0 km) inland and borders Rotherfield Peppard to the west, that is, next to its main sections of woodland in the southern extreme of the Chiltern Hills including an SSSI area of ancient woodland. The village has neither a railway station nor shops, but has the main road from Reading to Henley, both of which have grown substantially since World War II into centres of trade, education and general meeting places, such as by their increased number of cafés and restaurants.
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Worth seeing in and around Harpsden
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.
3.7 km · grade II listed English country house in Binfield Heath, South Oxfordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Park 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.
1.7 km · country house and gardens in the civil parish of Remenham in Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Conway'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.
1.5 km · bridge in Remenham, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Fawley Court
Fawley Court is a country house, with large mixed-use grounds standing on the west bank of the River Thames at Fawley in the English county of Buckinghamshire. Its former estate once encompassed both adjacent Phyllis Court as well as Henley Park which served as the dower house.
3.1 km · country house at Fawley in Buckinghamshire, 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.
1.7 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 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07River 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.
1 km · Local museum in Henley-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Wargrave War Memorial
Wargrave War Memorial is First World War memorial in the village of Wargrave in Berkshire, south-eastern England. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was unveiled in 1922 and is today a grade II listed building.
3.4 km · war memorial in Wargrave, Wokingham, Berkshire, 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.
1.5 km · Grade I listed bridge in Oxfordshire, England · Wikipedia - 10Culham Court, Berkshire
Culham Court is a Grade II* listed house and estate beside the River Thames at Remenham in the English county of Berkshire.
3.8 km · building in Remenham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Harpsden
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 31 km · London Luton (LTN), 54 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 65 km
- Stations
- Wargrave railway station, 3.4 km · Shiplake railway station, 2 km · Henley-on-Thames railway station, 1.1 km
- London → Harpsden54 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £6–7
- Luton, Luton → Harpsden52 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £8–10
- London, Essex → Harpsden54 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £6–7
- 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 Harpsden
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 Harpsden. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Henley-on-Thames, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Harpsden
Harpsden is 9 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Henley-on-Thamestown in Oxfordshire, England1.3 km
- Wargravevillage and civil parish in Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Remenhamvillage and civil parish in Wokingham unitary authority, Berkshire, England3.1 km
- Shiplakevillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England2.3 km
- Binfield Heathvillage in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England2.2 km
- Rotherfield Greysvillage and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England3.9 km