Think Local

SITE INDEX

Delivering the news from Henley-on-Thames since 1885

Buy a photo

Submit a story

Council

Traders delighted with new festive lights and free trees

BUSINESS owners say they are happy with the small Christmas trees in Henley this year. A total of 145 small trees were installed on brackets above shop fronts around the town at the end of last week. The town council used to share the cost of the...

Think Local

Festive trade down as shoppers spend less

INDEPENDENT businesses in Henley say they had a mixed trading period in the run up to Christmas. Many said that footfall remained steady but they found that visitors to their shops were less willing to spend. Some clothes retailers say they are...

Home

Cheese and wine... all in one

A CREAMERY in Nettlebed has partnered with Waitrose to produce a sparkling wine-infused cheese. The Nettlebed Creamery, a family-run business owned by Rose Grimond, has launched Leckford Wash Cheese with rind washed in Leckford Estate Brut. Ms...

Cafes report big surge in trade during regatta week

Author visit

Eco business

Climate fair

Health festival in volunteer week

Sale sign missing

Charities

Menswear shop donates £1,000 to Chiltern Centre

A SHOP in Henley has donated £1,000 to a charity. Laurence Menswear in Bell Street raised the money for the Chiltern Centre at the town’s Christmas festival. Laurence Morris, who owns the shop, said: “It’s great to support local charities and the...

Think Local

New cafe

A CAFÉ will open in Henley tomorrow (Saturday).Stable Brew is at Stable 34 in Hart Street and will be open from Tuesday to Sunday each week. The bar has partnered with Coopers Roastery in Marlow to serve speciality barista coffee and will offer some...

Traders delighted with new festive lights and free trees

Festive trade down as shoppers spend less

Cheese and wine... all in one

Cafes report big surge in trade during regatta week

Author visit

Eco business

Climate fair

Health festival in volunteer week

Sale sign missing

Menswear shop donates £1,000 to Chiltern Centre

New cafe

Henley man arrested on suspicion of murder after Poole death

Flood warnings issued on stretches of the River Thames

Henley Rowing Club’s GB junior eight triumph

Flood warnings remain in place as River Thames levels continue to rise

Call for council funds to fix Marsh Lock horsebridge branded ‘outrageous’

Bid launched to turn former River and Rowing Museum into “future-facing” community hub

Stoke Row bakery makes national ‘Baker’s Dozen’ list

Tributes following death of key figure behind Henley’s River & Rowing Museum

Fireworks organiser criticises lack of support

Soaring menace of potholes on Henley roads exposed

Plans to add £3million to Watlington relief road budget approved

A first mate, a funeral director and a keen teen: Meet the Henley 2026 marathon runners

Brakspear’s longest-serving landlady celebrates 46 years as Wargrave publican

Henley Rowing Club’s junior crews sweep to success