FAQs
How to Book: Key Information at a Glance
Booking Windows
- Dining tickets are available online at leander.co.uk from 10am on Thursday 23 April until Tuesday 16 June.
- You will need to buy day passes for your dining guests – this is a change to previous year
- In‑person bookings in the office or over the phone are not available due to the new numbered ticketing system.
Table Sizes & Limits
- Marquee Lunch / Afternoon Tea: up to 10 guests
- Clubhouse Lunch / Afternoon Tea: up to 6 guests
- Clubhouse Dinner: up to 6 guests
- Members may book one lunch table per day.
Additional Day Tickets
- Members may purchase up to 7 additional (non-dining) tickets on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
- Up to 8 additional (non-dining) tickets may be purchased on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Receiving Your Tickets
- UK Members: Meal tickets and guest passes will be sent by second‑class post.
- Overseas Members: Collect passes and meal tickets from the Badge Tent on arrival (after upgrading membership).
- Contact membership@leander.co.uk in advance to arrange this.
Large Groups, Breakfasts & Boat Trips
- For large group dinners, contact events@leander.co.uk or call 01491 575782.
- For breakfast bookings and boat trips, contact regatta@leander.co.uk or call 01491 575782.
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ACCESSIBILITY
Two wheelchairs are available for emergency use
The Club is fully accessible except the Eton Room
Registered guide, hearing and medical alert dogs welcome (proof may be requested)
CHILDREN
Children over the age of 10 are welcomed provided they comply with the adult dress code. Younger children and babies will not be allowed entry before the end of racing on Sunday.
CLOAKROOM
For security reasons, large bags may not be brought into the Club during Regatta, unless you are a resident. Coats, hats and umbrellas may be left in our cloakroom, for a small fee. There is limited space in the cloakroom.
LOST PROPERTY
Lost and found items should be reported to the cloakroom. Found items will be kept for one month.
CLUB OPENING TIMES DURING HRR
Club: 8am–late
Badge Tent: 8.30am–5.30pm
COLLECTIONS
Polite notice: The Badge Tent is not a poste restante. Please ensure your guests have everything they need prior to the event.
You may leave Leander passes for friends to collect, but only in named envelopes with the recipient’s name, and your name, clearly visible. Proof of identity may be required.
This is not a secure service so we are not permitted to take any other items for collection, including HRR Stewards badges. These must be left at HRR’s secure collection point.
CONTACT US
By telephone: 01491 575782
By email: regatta@leander.co.uk
By post: Leander Club, near Henley Bridge, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2LP
CORPORATE BOOKINGS
We offer a very small number of bespoke corporate bookings. Please contact regatta@leander.co.uk to discuss your requirements.
DRESS CODE
All Members are asked to remind their guests that the dress code for Regatta is very traditional. These dress codes apply to everyone and no exceptions are made.
The Leander Dress Code during the Regatta is the same as the Dress Code for the Stewards’ Enclosure.
Gentlemen are required to wear lounge suits, or jackets or blazers with trousers, together with a tie or, if preferred, a cravat.
Ladies are required to wear dresses or skirts, with a hemline below the knee, or jackets or blazers with trousers, or trouser suits.
No one will be admitted to Leander or the Stewards’ Enclosure wearing shorts, leggings, tracksuits or jeans.
OVERSEAS MEMBERS
To attend HRR, Overseas Members must upgrade their membership to ‘Full’. To do this, they must email membership@leander.co.uk at least two weeks before the event.
MOBILE PHONES
We have no WIFI at Leander Club during Regatta week. Mobile phones should not be used in such a way as to impair the enjoyment of others. Please switch your phone to silent and, if it is necessary to hold a conversation, conduct it quietly in a discreet place, outside the Clubhouse. Please note the Stewards’ Enclosure has stricter controls on the use of mobile telephones.
PAYMENTS
We accept Visa and Mastercard payments.
RACE PROGRAMMES
We have a very small number of Regatta programmes for sale at the Badge Tent. It is advisable to purchase instead from the HRR ‘sentry boxes’ outside the the entrance to Regatta.
RACE RESULTS
These will be updated daily on the noticeboard in the garden, on the leander.co.uk website and our Instagram feed.
RECIPROCAL MEMBERS
Members of our reciprocal clubs are able to buy guest passes on the first and final days of racing, Tuesday and Sunday. No formal dining may be booked. Tickets are £50 and limited in quantity. A letter of introduction from your club will be required. Apply to regatta@leander.co.uk to book, from 23 April.
TRAVEL
CAR PARKING
The Club car park is not available for Members throughout regatta week as it owned by HRR. The car park is therefore closed to Members from Monday – Sunday inclusive.
Members must make their own parking arrangements during HRR.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Leander Club is a short walk over the bridge from Henley town centre. Traffic during the regatta is very busy so we encourage visitors to travel by public transport where possible.
The train station is a 10-minute walk from the club.
There is a taxi rank in the centre of town, on Hart Street, and at Henley Train Station. Cars are unable to drive directly to the entrance during Regatta Week so it is advisable for you to be dropped off in town and walk from there.
ADDRESS
Leander Club, near Henley Bridge, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2LP
OTHER INFORMATION
The Club does not carry cancellation insurance for force majeure occurrences such as flooding, and it is not possible to insure against cancellation due to an act of terrorism and communicable diseases such as foot and mouth or a pandemic. Full or even part refunds may not, regrettably, be possible in such extreme circumstances.
