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Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.
Henley-on-Thames
England, United Kingdom
Henley-on-Thames, town (parish), South Oxfordshire district, administrative and historic county of Oxfordshire, southeast-central England. It lies on the left bank of the River Thames at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, where the river is crossed by a fine stone bridge (1786).
The old town (incorporated 1526) has a medieval church and a wide market street. Georgian buildings are also well represented. The old town serves as the shopping centre of the modern riverside resort and residential town, which is especially famous as a rowing centre. The Henley Royal Regatta, which dates from 1839, is visited annually in July by international rowing crews. Pop. (2001) 10,646; (2011) 11,619.
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