Dates for your diary
CHRISTMAS LUNCH 2025
Thursday 18th December 2025
At The Rugby Club, Marlow Road, Henley on Thames
@ 12.30 for 1.00 pm
Come and enjoy the company of fellow members at our Christmas two -course Lunch.
A starter of Smoked Salmon mousse followed by a traditional Christmas lunch comprising turkey with the usual accompaniments, then mince pies and ice cream, coffee or tea
(vegetarian option – brie, cranberry and mushroom wellington)
Please let us know of any special menu requirements
£32 per person
(Tickets limited to 50)
Team table quiz with prizes
We have now negotiated a further 10 places if you wish to come
Please apply by sending the ticket price directly to our bank account
Lloyds- Sort code 30 94 13 A/c no 00001781 A/c The Henley Society
Please use the reference ‘lunch’
NB
If you arrive at the lunch by car we suggest that you do not wrestle with the rather difficult
parking payment machine – but pass us your registration number on arrival
and the Society will settle with the Rugby Club.
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First Talk of 2026
Richard Phelps
Chairman of Henley Royal Regatta
Thursday 12th February @ 7.30pm in the Eyot Centre
Our first talk of 2026 will be given by Richard Phelps, Chairman of Henley Royal Regatta. Richard succeeded
Sir Steve Redgrave as Chairman of the Regatta last year.
Richard was himself an Olympic oarsman- a member of our eight in 1992. He was an Oxford blue in 1993, 4 and 5 and
umpired the Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race in 2014 and 2019.
Tickets at £10 each for Members and Guests are now available though the normal channels
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Thursday 5th March 2026
talk by
Simon Spearman, Principal of Henley College, with his colleagues and students
The Eyot Centre, Wargrave Road, Henley on Thames RG9 3JD
Full details and ticketing arrangements to follow
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Coach Trip to the Houses of Parliament
for
Prime Ministers Questions
WEDNESDAY 11th MARCH 2026
Full details will follow shortly – if you wish to join the trip we are establishing a priority list – please email us- we are restricted to 40 places
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Henley Town Council’s
The Great Henley Sack Race
a concentrated two-hour litter pick
(sponsored by The Henley Society)
Town Hall
Sunday 22nd March 2026 – 2pm – 4pm
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The Society’s Annual General Meeting 2026
Thursday 9th April 2026 @ 7.30pm
Venue – Eyot Centre, Wargrave Road RG9 3JD
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Henley Town & Visitors Regatta
The T & V Regatta normally takes place on the fourth Saturday after the end of the Royal Regatta and so we expect the 2026 renewal to be on
Saturday 1st August 2026
and we expect to be sponsoring a race again
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Music on the Lawn 2026
Sunday 2nd August 2026
Come and enjoy the music of Barry Owen and the Main Attraction again and also a pig roast by the Spitting Pig Co.
Ticketing details in due course but save the date in your diaries
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Henley Farm & Country Show
Saturday 12th September 2026
at the Henley Showground, Hambleden.
We intend being represented
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