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Henley-on-Thames
Town in Oxfordshire, England

Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames is a town and civil parish on the River Thames, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Reading, 7 miles (11 km) west of Maidenhead, 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Oxford and 37 miles (60 km) west of London, near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

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The population at the 2021 census was 12,186.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Greys Court

    Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4PG, greyscourt@nationaltrust.org.uk.

  2. 02
    Grave of Dusty Springfield

    Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4PG.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Black Bears Polo Club

    Lower Bolney Farm Shiplake, RG9 3NN (1.7 mi (2.7 km) south of Henley on the A4155), office@blackbears.org.uk.

  2. 02
    Fawley Hill Railway

    Station, Railway Museum, Ironhenge and animal sanctuary Henley Royal Regatta.

  3. 03
    Regal Cinema

    2 Borama Way (Just off Bell Street).

Eat

Where to eat

Hart Street and Market Place, which run inland from the river at Henley Bridge are lined with restaurants, cafes and pubs.

  1. 01
    Catherine Wheel

    One of Henley's old coaching inns, this Wetherspoon's pub now does food and drink at very reasonable prices.

  2. 02
    Pizza Express

    Serves good pizzas in a building dating back to 1408.

  3. 03
    Loch Fyne

    This restaurant provides excellent (and apparently eco-friendly) seafood in an attractive environment with a separate oyster bar and (for summer) tables in the market place.

  4. 04
    Smoky Flame

    Cheap and quick takeaway kebab, chicken, pizza and chips.

  5. 05
    JK Fish and Chips

    54 King Road, RG9 2DG,.

How locals move

Getting around Henley-on-Thames the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ermell (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.