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Ten Christmas market huts filled Henley's Market Place from 4 to 14 December 2025. The 2026 dates are not out yet; here is every festive market already dated.
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Business
Henley's Matt Watts wins Outstanding Achievement Award
MWA Projects founder Matt Watts, nominated without his knowledge, won Outstanding Achievement at the Thames Valley Property Awards 2026 on 24 September.
Henley-on-Thames
Henley School Term Dates 2026/27: Half Term Starts 26 Oct
Oxfordshire's October half term is 26 to 30 October and Christmas runs 21 December to 1 January. Gillotts, Henley College, Shiplake and more compared below.
Henley-on-Thames
Henley Christmas Trains: London Line Works 27 Dec to 3 Jan
No trains on Christmas Day, then Network Rail works at Slough from 27 December to 3 January hit Paddington trains. Henley branch dates and last trains below.
Henley-on-Thames
Henley October Half Term: 26 to 30 Oct, 11 Things On
Oxfordshire half term is 26 to 30 October. Stonor's pumpkin trail, free trick or treating in town on the 31st, steam galas and £12 Kenton shows, with prices.
Henley-on-Thames
Santa Trains Near Henley: 3 Railways, From £24 a Seat
Santa trains start on 28 November at Chinnor and Wallingford from £24 a ticket; Didcot's reindeer hunt runs in December. Dates, times and every price below.
Henley-on-Thames
Greys Court Christmas: Storybook House From 21 November
Greys Court's Christmas of childhood stories runs 21 November to 3 January, 10am to 4pm, no booking. Closed 24 and 25 December. Adults £19, members free.
Henley-on-Thames
Henley Remembrance Sunday: 8 November, Town Hall, 10.45am
Henley's Remembrance Sunday service is on 8 November at the Town Hall steps, from 10.45am. Wallingford starts at 10.30am, and Thame's times and route are below.
House prices
South Oxfordshire house prices hit £476,026 as growth halves
The average home rose to £476,026 in July, up 3.0% on a year ago, down from 5.1% in June. Semis rose fastest, flats slipped, and Oxford is still cheaper.
Henley-on-Thames
Henley Aldi: County Objects Over 95 Car Parking Spaces
Oxfordshire highways has objected to Aldi's Reading Road store: 95 car spaces against a 62 maximum and a crossing in the wrong place. Decision due 15 October.
Chinnor
B4445 Chinnor to Thame Road Shut Until 8 October
The B4445 between Chinnor and Thame is shut around the clock from 21 September to 8 October. The resurfacing is a low-carbon trial cutting 30 tonnes of CO2.
Local Info
Henley Roadworks This Week: Market Place Nights and the A34
Market Place is shut 7pm to 6.30am until 17 October. The A34 closes southbound overnight from tonight, and Goring High Street is due to shut in January.
South Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire Asks Police for Vehicle Noise Figures
The council leader has asked the Thames Valley commissioner how many vehicle noise reports come in and what is done about them, two months after the vote.
South Oxfordshire is a district of small towns with the Thames and the Chilterns running through it. Henley-on-Thames is the best known, on the river at the Berkshire boundary. Wallingford is upstream with its bridge and its market place, Thame is out to the north east, Goring and Watlington are smaller again, and Didcot is the largest place in the district and nothing like the rest of it.
The Henley Post covers that ground from the public record. South Oxfordshire District Council decides planning, bins, car parks and licensing; Oxfordshire County Council runs roads and schools. We say which of them a decision belongs to and link to its own record, every time.
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