Monday, 08 September 2025

Hidden Henley

WITH the smart new acrylic signs, it is easy to miss this older coat of arms mounted on two blades that form the gate to the riverside ...

Hidden Henley

DOES any reader know of a public footpath which passes through a tunnel? Well, there’s one in Medmenham. At the turn of the 19th ...

Hidden Henley

DURING the recent sunny weather this small riverside park called Singers Wharf has been exceptionally busy with visitors as well as ...

Hidden Henley

On the Henley Road just before entering Marlow is this easily overlooked plaque marking where two famous writers lived. There is ...

Hidden Henley

THE picturesque Chilterns village of Turville has only a few fortunate residents but plenty of visitors yet I wonder how many see some ...

Hidden Henley

SOME older readers may remember that there was once an airfield in Henley. Located at the highest point just beyond Remenham Hill on ...

Hidden Henley

WARGRAVE high street has seen more than its fair share of changes. There used to be a supermarket, chemist, post office, newsagents, ...

Hidden Henley

MOST people walking along the Thames pathway below Remenham will not have noticed this large metal weighbridge in the courtyard of the ...

Hidden Henley

THIS old door on the front of The Catherine Wheel in Hart Street is no longer in use and has been blocked off, but its ornamental ...

Hidden Henley

It is interesting to note both these signs on the bank wall at the corner of Friday Street and Reading Road and the stories they tell. ...

Hidden Henley

WITH names like Elton John and Elvis Costello at the Henley Festival this week, here is a picture of a local building with rock music ...

Hidden Henley

SHARP-EYED readers may have noticed that there has been some renovation work on the ornamental folly on Temple Island by the Henley ...

More News:

Wb Watlington FOWL AGM 2708

Friends of Watlington Library will hold its annual meeting in the library on Thursday, September 25 at 8pm. Doors open at 7.30pm. All are welcome to attend.

 

Wb Watlington nursing home 2708

A SUMMER fete will be held at Watlington and District Residential and Nursing Home in Hill Road from 2pm to 4pm on Saturday, September 13. The event will feature a tombola and ... [more]

 

Wb Art Spine lead 2708

TWO artists have been commissioned to create outdoor sculptures for the proposed Watlington “ArtSpine” public art trail. Nick Foot, 56, from Pyrton, and James Ort, 43, from ... [more]

 

Back singing

REHEARSALS for the South Chiltern Choral Society will resume at Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge in Sonning Common on Monday at 7.30pm. During the term, rehearsals will take place at ... [more]

 

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