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
11th August 1909
Hilda Horsley was born on 11th August 1909, she married Jim Horsley in 1930 and they lived at the Gas works, in Beaudesert Lane. The Gas works were situated where Alne Close is today and began supplying gas in 1864. With the cost of replacing the original apparatus becoming prohibitive, the Henley in Arden Gas, Coal and Coke Company was taken over by the Solihull Gas Company in 1948. The site closed in 1952 and the gas-holders were dismantled in May 1953. Jim Horsley had worked at the Gas works for some 24 years when it closed.
(Worker Jim Styles in front of the Gas Retort c.1900)
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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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