Remenham
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 Remenham
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| Remenham shown within Berkshire | |
| Population | 547 (2001) 524 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SU7784 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Henley-on-Thames |
| Postcode district | RG9 |
| Dialling code | 01491 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
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Remenham is a village and civil parish on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames opposite Henley-on-Thames in southern England.
The parish covers the starting point of the Henley Royal Regatta course. Remenham Club and Upper Thames Rowing Clubs are private members club for rowers, with a good view of the river halfway along the Henley course. The Leander Club, founded in 1818, is one of the oldest rowing clubs in the world.
Remenham is host to many successful rowing regattas including Henley Women's Regatta, Henley Masters Regatta and Henley Boat Races.
Temple Island Meadows events venue is home to Rewind Festival , the Henley Swim Open Water Swimming events, and the events venue that covers the first half of the course during Henley Royal Regatta in addition to the rowing regattas including Henley Women's Regatta, Henley Masters Regatta and Henley Boat Races.
The parish church St Nicholas's is Norman in origin, but has been rebuilt subsequently. The tower has chequer-work turrets and in the chancel there are some Sienese wrought iron gates.
A field on the Park Place estate has a large obelisk which was originally the spire of St Bride's Church in the City of London.
The manor has mostly had main landowners, some of whom not only held the estate but also lived in it as one of their main residences, including a medieval Earl of Warwick and Duke of Buckingham, passing for many years down lines of the De Montford family. Indeed by the time of his fall from grace and attainder in 1496, it was Simon de Montford who possessed it.
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