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For a honeypot riverside town, especially one with its own Royal rowing regatta, there have long been glaring gaps in Henley-on-Thames’s tourist offerings. Until now.
Following the success of the first Crockers in Tring, Hertfordshire, owner Luke Garnsworthy has now opened a second venue in Henley’s Market Place. He has done his research: while nearby Marlow, he contended, was ‘over-saturated’, similarly affluent Henley lacked ‘really top-end dining options’.
It also lacked quality top- end hotels, which Crockers delivers, too. This Grade II, converted Georgian townhouse has restaurants on the ground floor while a trio of floors above host seven large bedrooms, known as The Quarters. Three have minimal four-poster beds, while all boast bold lighting, white walls, weathered wood, exposed brick and contemporary paintings from a local gallery.