The Centre
Located in the main High Street of this historic market town, the Heritage Centre is a museum of the town’s history from the Norman Conquest to the present day.
The Museum & Heritage Centre at Henley-in-Arden, near Stratford-upon-Avon, England is a unique facility made possible by the generosity of a former Lord of the Manor of Henley-in-Arden, Joseph Alexander Hardy of Pennsylvania and inaugurated by his daughter, Robin Hardy Freed, in November 1996.
Please take a look round our site. We look forward to welcoming you on a visit to the Centre very soon.
This Week in History
28th May 1857
Charles Voysey was born in Yorkshire on 28th May 1857. Charles Francis Annesley Voysey was a prominent architect whose style from 1890 to 1914 was seen by contemporaries as "the epitome of tranquillity, gentleness and elegant kindness". Charles Voysey was commissioned by Miss Knight to build a house in Henley in Arden called Brook End in 1909. The design of the house was characteristically Voysey with whitened exterior walls, low spreading roof and triangular shaped dormer windows.
(Plans for Brook End, 1909)
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Thursday 23 April 2026
Items from the Guildhall on display
The Heritage Centre has agreed to temporarily store and display items from the Guildhall whilst work on the building takes place this year.
The items on display include the hand-scribed records of the Manor of Henley in Arden, the ceremonial town Mace & Constable's baton.
Also on display from the Guildhall are one of the pewter plates inscribed 'Henley in Arden 1677'.
The Guildhall is currently undergoing major refurbishment to its roof. Over £140,000 has been raised by local individuals & businesses in order for this work to be carried out.
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