What is "shiplake"

Shiplake is a two-centred village and rural civil parish on the left bank of the River Thames centred south of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. Binfield Heath away from the Thames was once part of the parish.

The village has Shiplake Railway Station, the only through station on the Henley Branch Line. The railway crosses the Thames via iron-girder Shiplake Railway Bridge built in 1897. The line has train services connected to the national network requiring a change at the small town of Twyford to the south. Shiplake College is a large independent school in the village which has many buildings, some of which are conservation- listed.

The main road from Henley to Reading, Berkshire, which is south-west bisects the western edge of the village. No dual carriageways or motorways pass through or next to the village.