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THE director of the Henley Literary Festival says this year’s event could not have gone any better. More than 15,000 people attended 125 events over nine ...

HENLEY’S elite rowers will be celebrated during a Heroes’ Return event in the town tomorrow (Saturday).Athletes who competed at the Olympic and Para...

THE River & Rowing Museum in Henley hopes to wipe out its debts in three years’ time. The venue has lost an average of £300,000 per year over th...

Museum under fire for loss of learning space ');  '); THE former head of learning at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley has spoken out against plans to introduce more office space. Christina Parker, who held the role from 2009 to 2012, has formally objected to the museum’s application to South Oxfordshire District Council. It wants to change the use of the learning space to make it suitable for commercial, business and office purposes. The museum, which is a registered charity, intends to let the space to a local architectural practice and use the income to help it recover from being clo...

Museum wants to let surplus space to bolster revenue ');  '); THE River & Rowing Museum in Henley wants to rent out surplus office space to bring in more revenue. It has applied to South Oxfordshire District Council, the planning authority, for change of use permission for part of the building. The 253 sq m of space would change from learning and non-residential use to commerical, business and office use. This would be let to a local architectural practice.  The museum, which is due to re-open on May 20 under the Government’s roadmap out of the coronavirus pandemic, says the move would h...