The Henley Post is an independent news and information site for Henley-on-Thames and south Oxfordshire. We work from public records, we cite them, and we are not connected to the council or to anyone we report on.
The patch
Henley is the anchor, on the Thames with the bridge, the regatta course and the Chilterns rising behind it. Upstream are Goring, Wallingford and Benson; north east are Thame, Chinnor and Watlington; and Didcot sits at the western end, much larger than any of the others and growing. The villages between belong to whichever town they shop in. We name the actual place in every story rather than writing “south Oxfordshire” and leaving you to work it out.
What we report
South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning register and committee papers, licensing notices, police.uk crime data, HM Land Registry sold prices, Food Standards Agency hygiene ratings, Environment Agency flood warnings for the Thames and its tributaries, and company filings in The Gazette. The Thames floods here, and we report the official warnings rather than the version going round. Parts of the district lie within the Chilterns designated landscape, which affects what can be built and where, and we say so when it applies.
Council reorganisation, now on hold
In July the government decided that most of South Oxfordshire, Henley included, would move into a new Ridgeway Council with the Vale of White Horse and West Berkshire in April 2028. On 7 September 2026 the minister paused that decision while the whole programme is reviewed, and elections in May 2027 will go ahead on today’s council boundaries. We explain what that means in our report on the pause. Our reference pages will name whoever actually answers for a service, and we will update them when the review reports.
Updated 11 September 2026: this section previously said the move to Ridgeway in April 2028 was due. The government paused that decision on 7 September.
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