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
27th March 1756
Henrietta, Lady Luxborough died 27th March 1756. She was born 15th July 1699, the daughter of Henry, Viscount St John. An unsuccessful marriage to Robert Knight, later Lord Luxborough, saw her banished to Barrells Hall in Ullenhall. She became a literary hostess to a group of local writers known as "The Coterie" including William Shenstone, William Somerville, Richard Jago and Richard Graves.
(Henrietta Knight, Lady Luxborough)
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Saturday 21 March 2026
The Heritage Centre is getting ready to re-open for the season on Tuesday 31st March
This year it is the Bicentennial of the opening of the Stratford Moreton Tramway.
The Heritage Centre will be taking part in a collaborative celebration of the Stratford Moreton Tramway by renewing our display of William James - the Railway Pioneer.
Other organisations that will be celebrating this event are the Stratford Society, Museum of Stratford upon Avon & Shipston on Stour History Society at Shipston Museum.
We will reopen 31st March 2026.
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