Henley Bridge

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caption=The bridge at Henley-on-Thames from near the Henley Royal Regatta headquarters on the Berkshire bank
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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 [http://www.redlionhenley.co.uk/ Red Lion Hotel] , an old coaching inn. [http://www.achurchnearyou.com/venue.php?V=143 St Mary the Virgin] , the main civic church in Henley with its tower dominating the view, is also close by.

ee also

* Crossings of the River Thames

References

External links

* [http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/search/results.html?object_id=%22531bdbf093297f5579b3450875f179de42853b3f%22&display=Bridge Keystones] : [http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/8e31a3f1.html] & [http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/5e8a002b.html] — photographs from the Courtauld Institute of Art