Henley Bridge

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Henley Bridge
The bridge at Henley-on-Thames from near the Henley Royal Regatta headquarters on the Berkshire bank
Carries	A4130 road
Crosses	River Thames
Locale	Henley-on-Thames
Design	Arch
Material	Stone
Number of spans	5
Piers in water	4
Opening date	1786

Henley Bridge is a five-arched stone road bridge built in 1786 at Henley-on-Thames over the River Thames, between Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It replaced an earlier wooden bridge, the foundations of which can be seen in the basement of the Henley Royal Regatta headquarters nearby on the Berkshire side.

The bridge links Hart Street in Henley with White Hill (designated the A4130) leading up a steep hill to Remenham Hill. It crosses the Thames on the reach between Hambledon Lock and Marsh Lock, carrying the Thames Path across the river.

Sculptures of Isis and Tamesis by Anne Seymour Damer are at the top of the central arch on each side of the bridge. The original models for these can be seen in the Henley Gallery at the nearby River and Rowing Museum.

Leander Club, the leading rowing club in the United Kingdom is also close to the bridge on the Berkshire side. On the Oxfordshire (Henley) side are the Angel on the Bridge riverside public house and the Red Lion Hotel, an old coaching inn. St Mary the Virgin, the main civic church in Henley with its tower dominating the view, is also close by.

[edit] See also

• Crossings of the River Thames

[edit] External links

• Keystones:[1] &[2] — photographs from the Courtauld Institute of Art

Coordinates: 51°32′15″N, 0°54′01″W

Next crossing upstream	River Thames	Next crossing downstream
Shiplake Railway Bridge	Henley Bridge	Hambledon Lock (pedestrian)
Next crossing upstream	Thames Path	Next crossing downstream
northern bank Sonning Bridge & Sonning Backwater Bridges	Henley Bridge	southern bank Temple Footbridge