Historic house · Henley-on-Thames · Oxfordshire

Friar Park

Friar Park is an English Victorian neo-Gothic mansion, former home of George Harrison. Visitors find it inside Henley-on-Thames’ built-up area. It is protected as a Grade II listed building.

Photo: Friar Park, don cload (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Henley-on-Thames

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 12%

#1,023 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–22°C

In brief

Historic house in Henley-on-Thames

Inside Henley-on-Thames

Friar Park is inside Henley-on-Thames’ built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Henley-on-Thames has 374 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–22°C highs in Henley-on-Thames).

Jan8° / 1°75 mm

Feb8° / 1°56 mm

Mar11° / 3°51 mm

Apr14° / 4°58 mm

May17° / 7°57 mm

Jun20° / 9°54 mm

Jul22° / 11°54 mm

Aug22° / 11°65 mm

Sep19° / 9°61 mm

Oct15° / 7°85 mm

Nov11° / 4°89 mm

Dec8° / 2°77 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Henley-on-Thames, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Henley-on-Thames. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Henley-on-Thames’ full climate →

About

Friar Park

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 8 languages. Our list has 43 more places within 15 km; first among them is Greys Court (National Trust), at 2.9 km.

Henley-on-Thames’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: in Henley-on-Thames

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Locating Friar Park

Orange: Friar Park.

Towns near it

Towns that list Friar Park

Henley-on-Thames is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (11,786 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Henley-on-Thames

11,786 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 2.8 km southeast of it

Lower Shiplake

1,086 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 3 km northwest of it

Bix

277 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km south of it

Binfield Heath

700 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Friar Park is	People	Places to visit
Henley-on-Thames	It’s in town	11,786	6
Lower Shiplake	2.8 km southeast of it	1,086	6
Bix	3 km northwest of it	277	5
Binfield Heath	3.7 km south of it	700	5
Sonning Common	4.2 km southwest of it	5,264	4
Shiplake	4.3 km south of it	289	5
Wargrave	4.7 km southeast of it	2,896	7
Kidmore End	6.6 km southwest of it	356	3

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Friar Park

Around it, within 15 km, lie 43 more, including 4 historic houses, 2 museums and a castle.

Castle · National TrustGreys Court (National Trust)2.9 km away 2

Abbey or prioryAbbey Ruins10 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustWest Wycombe House14 km away 4

MuseumRiver and Rowing Museum1.6 km away 5

Historic houseCaversham Park7.3 km away 6

Historic house · National TrustBasildon Park15 km away 7

Historic houseStonor Park6.4 km away 8

MuseumMuseum Of English Rural Life11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

What people ask about Friar Park

Where is Friar Park?

Friar Park is in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Friar Park?

English Victorian neo-Gothic mansion, former home of George Harrison.

When is the best time to visit Friar Park?

May to September are the warmest months in Henley-on-Thames, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Friar Park a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Friar Park?

Within 15 km: Greys Court (National Trust) (2.9 km), Abbey Ruins (10 km), West Wycombe House (14 km) and River and Rowing Museum (1.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Friar Park: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Greys Court (National Trust): Dennis Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbey Ruins: Chris Wood (User:chris_j_wood)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
West Wycombe House: Original author was Giano, converted to PNG format by PNG crusade bot at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
River and Rowing Museum: Motmit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Caversham Park: Yablochko (Uploads), CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Basildon Park: grumpylumixuser, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stonor Park: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum Of English Rural Life: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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