Hanging baskets put up in the sunshine

THE hanging baskets that will decorate Henley this summer went up on Monday when the sun was shining. Residents and businesses have bought a total of 241 baskets from Henley in Bloom, which is supported by the Henley Standard’s Buy a Basket campaign....

Children connect with nature

SIX pupils at Badgemore Primary School in Henley are completing a new educational programme designed to support their social and mental health. They have teamed up with the town council’s parks services team, immersing themselves in nature at Mill and...

Christmas tree shredding service raises £200

ABOUT 60 Christmas trees were shredded and recycled at Mill Meadows in Henley on Saturday. Karl Bishop and Clive Gibbs, of the town council’s parks services team, shredded the trees using an Ecogreen composter, which uses an Archimedes drill to turn...

Celebrities add sparkle to traditional village show

MARY Berry and Jerry Hall will be the guests of honour at the Binfield Heath Flower Show. Dame Mary, the cook, food writer and TV presenter, who lives in Henley, will open the show and Hall, the former supermodel who lives in the village, will present...

Bloom judges to be shown best of town (and no litter)

THE proposed route that the Britain in Bloom judges will be taken on around Henley next year has been approved. The town will enter the Royal Horticultural Society competition next summer for the first time since 2019. The draft route was agreed at by...

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Father and son try to sell shop after eight months

Father and son try to sell shop after eight months

CONCERNS have been raised about the future of a shop and post office in Shiplake after it was put up for sale. The property in Station Road has been listed for sale with a leasehold for almost £150,000. Owners, father and son Andrew and Archie...

Pub staff in miracle escape as car hits wall

Pub staff in miracle escape as car hits wall

THE landlord of a pub in Henley said it was “miraculous” that his staff escaped without serious injuries after a car crashed into the kitchen wall in the middle of dinner service. At around 6.45pm on Sunday, a car left Remenham Lane and ploughed...

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