we're now in Henley
Henley is a beautiful town on River Thames and it dates back to 1179 when King Henry the second
bought some land to build some houses so that's that's a pretty old
pretty pretty old town
there are many antique shops in Henley and this is one of them
Marlow and Henley, Henley and Marlow they're like brothers or sisters I don't know
I'm not really sure, its a a bit like Oxford and Cambridge you
could never really quite decide which one is more magnificent which one is
more beautiful but both Henley and Marlow have these wonderful little
flags flying across the street they're absolutely tremendous
always three colors: white, blue and red
George Orwell who is a famous writer spent his forming years in Henley; his actual name is Eric Arthur Blair
something that I did not know before but I've learned fairly recently
markets have been in this town for the past millennia, ages, forever in fact
to be precise - 12th century
wandering around streets family wander them to this beautiful beautiful nook
around the corner literally behind the church and what's quite remarkable is
that to my left you can see a row of cottages which pretty much face the
cemetery but it does look so so beautiful absolutely remarkable
when you go through this beautiful narrow street you will walk into the
New Street is a fantastically beautiful Street which has the Kenton Theatre, brewery
beautiful cottages and many ornate details on it
in England cottages have names as well as numbers, sometimes just the name
sometimes just a number and sometimes both
here is the s probably one of my favorite architectural elements - the "S"
originally it's used to pull the cottage together when it starts to fall apart
there's a massive rod that goes through the actual cottage and then there is also
another "S" like that there is a bolt right here but it's not always
the case and it's not always real because these elements are frequently used as
decorative elements as well so you can never really quite tell if it's a real
rod going through oh it's just an architectural element
that's designed to make a cottage look more beautiful here's
another one over here
and I love the mixed materials that these cottages are using there's a bit
of timber this brickwork, the stone and we could see by the shape of the bricks
that the age is different as well
this is Kenton Theatre it was built in 1805 and it's the fourth oldest theatre
in the United Kingdom, Henley is also a renowned world centre for rowing
Once a year there's a royal regatta that's taking place
it became royal after Prince Albert became its patron
Month of July really busy for Henley it's got Royal Henley Regatta as well as music festival
taking place and autumn greets us with a Henley literary festival
Behind me is the beautiful hamlet bridge built all the way back in 1786 however in 2011
it incured an accident with a boat called Crazy Love which caused a massive damage
but it (the bridge) was restored
but this town doesn't just offer its own beauty you can also take a wonderful
walk by the river and really enjoy the scenery
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