BY NATALIE ALDRED
HENLEY Arts Trail is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, with new venues and a total of 300 artists taking part.
Taking place over the bank holiday weekend of Saturday, May 2 to Monday, May 4, visitors are encouraged to visit the trail venues on foot or by train or boat.
There will be all sorts of creations, big and small, affordable to extravagant, along the self-guided trail in Henley and the surrounding villages.
From Greenlands to Oaken Grove Vineyard, The Henley Distillery, Greys Court and Leander Club, venues include 12 working artists’ studios.
In a celebration of Henley’s riverside setting, Hobbs of Henley will be running 12-seater cruisers from central Henley to the River House at Greenlands. Four of the venues have longer opening times.
Established in 2006, Henley Arts Trail is a not-for-profit organisation, helping artists to showcase and sell their work directly to the public. More than 25,000 visitors came along last year.
The 36 venues for the 2026 trail are as follows: 1 The Old Fire Station Gallery, Market Place, Henley; 2 Bijan’s, Market Place, Henley; 3 Zizzi, Hart Street, Henley; 4 Kirsten Jones and Friends, the Relais Henley, Hart Street, Henley; 5 Leander Club, near Henley Bridge, Henley; 6 Artists at Eyot, the Eyot Centre, Wargrave Road, Henley; 7 The Castle House Creatives, 64 St Andrew’s Road, Henley; 8 Graffix House, Newtown Road, Henley; 9 Jo Harris at Laurel Studio, 17 Newtown Gardens, Henley; 10 Sacred Heart Church Hall, Walton Avenue, Henley; 11 Harpsden Home Studio, 13 Harpsden Road, Henley; 12 Little Barn Studio, 1 Western Avenue, Henley; 13 Wisteria Gallery, Wisteria Place, 1 Deanfield Road, Henley; 14 Tizzy Cottingham Studio, 2 Highland Lane, Henley; 15 Kings Road Studio, 50 Kings Road, Henley; 16 The River House, Greenlands,
‘This year’s trail features a fascinating, eclectic mix of 36 exhibition spaces and a unique riverside setting’
Henley; 17 Oaken Grove Vineyard, Benhams Lane, Fawley; 18 Busby K Studio and Gallery, Timbers Farm, Timbers Lane, Nuffield; 19 The Maker Space, Gangsdown Hill, Nuffield; 20 Greys Court, Rotherfield Greys; 21 Blackmore Farm, Blackmore Lane, Sonning Common; 22 eARTh, the Bottle and Glass Inn, Binfield Heath; 23 Wendy Penrose and the Garden Gallery, Rose Cottage, Orchard Close, Shiplake Cross; 24 Shiplake College Great Hall, Shiplake; 25 Shiplake Meadows, Meadow Chase, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake; 26 Shiplake Artists, Roughwood House, Manorwood Gate, Lower Shiplake; 27 The Henley Distillery, Hampstead Farm, near Henley; 28 Charvil village hall, 100 The Hawthorns, Charvil; 29 Esté MacLeod’s Studio, The Ramblers, Beggars Hill Road, Charvil; 30 Whistley Arts at Dolphin School, Waltham Road, Hurst; 31 Stanlake Park Wine Estate, Waltham Road, Hurst; 32 Sally Castle and Guest Artists, Walnut Cottage, Ruscombe Lane, Ruscombe; 33 The Porcelain Pig, 19 Church Street, Twyford; 34 The Big Plant Nursery, Wargrave Road, Twyford; 35 The Coach House Studios, Yeldall Manor, Bear Lane, Hare Hatch; and 36 West Forest Potters, Knowl Hill village hall, The Terrace, Knowl Hill.