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Pro
Many good Restaurants, Bars and Shopping Facilities, and good connections to London
Con
Reading Buses, lack of diverse nightlife, commuters everywhere, hideous architcture e.g. Apex Plaza, Broad Street Mall.
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Getting to be more and more worthy of a visit
Geoff_Wright Says: At the Pendon Museum the aim to recapture, in detailed and colourful miniature, scenes showing the beauty of the English countryside as it used to be in the years around 1930. Realistically modelled cottages, farms, fields and lanes recall the peaceful country ways of that...
Geoff_Wright Says: Stonehenge consists of a group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, S England. Preeminent among megalithic monuments in the British Isles, it is similar to an older and larger monument at Avebury. The great prehistoric structure is enclosed within a circular...
1 Review and 150 Opinions When we arrived in Reading we spent a few nights in the Caversham Bridge Lodge. The location was...
2 Reviews and 367 Opinions I am a member of Accor Club so I booked this hotel, the welcome was warm, both the agents at the...
The Great Expectations: Great Expectations for food and beer
jonathanbarker Says: An interesting pub in a neo-classical building on London Street, the inside has been decorated to look like a Dicken's theme (like the "Old Curiosity Shop", a library etc) where an eclectic selection of beers and alcoholic drinks are served along with burgers in buns,...
China Palace: Chinese Restaurant
St_Vincent Says: The China Palace is an upmarket Chinese restaurant on Oxford Road near the town centre. Service was good but the place was very quiet on what I thought would be a busy Friday evening. It might have had something to do with the cost, it was quite expensive. I guess it could...
The Bugle: If It's A Proper Pub You're Looking For...
johngayton Says: ...you could do worse than pop into The Bugle. This is a no-frills town centre boozer with good beer, friendly (if slightly drunken) locals and makes a refreshing change from the characterless pubco places.This is the sort of pub where you can just sit with a quite pint and...
Sarah169 Says: ok, the oracle or friar street are the best places for pubs;Theres too many too write down but theres a good list at this sitehttp://www.readinet.org/I like Casa, near the Library, walkabout, bar med ( in the oracle) all the classy places :) varies
bobthetaxidriver Says: Hi i'm a taxi driver in Reading and get many customers who come from other places to visit Reading. The best thing to do is either get a train like mentioned otherwise book a taxi in a reasonable price, like ourselves and then go site seeing to the most popular locations...
robertbaum Says: Park your car in this brand new nine storey car park and enjoy the views you have from top floor.Address: Chatham Street, Reading, Berkshire, Reading, RG1 7JFMax. vehicle height: 2mParking spaces: 590Available in this location: Spaces for disabled people, for motorbikes,...
The Pier: Best smelling candles in England
iris2002 Says: Awwwwwwww THE PIER --- my absolute favourite store in all of the UK .... it's generally a home furnishings place that has exclusively stuff from aroudn the world ... and WHAT stuff oh boy ---- where's that credit card LOLThe Oracle CentreReadingRG1 2AQ Store Manager:...
Oracle Shopping Centre: Shop Shop Shop
dejavu2gb Says: This Shopping Centre is located in the heart of Reading, with a wide array of shops to suit all needs, the Oracle is host to 90 top name shops, where you are almost sure to find exactly what you are looking for.At the Riverside of the Oracle you will find 19 stylish...
mariegriffiths Says: The small and narrow pedestrianised street between Broad Street and Friar Street is called Smelly Alley although it's official name is Union Street. It is so called because of Frosts Fishmongers that hs been there for the past 40 years at least. The street also is home to...
One of Reading's Most Famous Buildings - Its Gaol!
johngayton Says: "In Reading Gaol by Reading TownThere is a pit of shame,And in it lies a wretched manEaten by teeth of flame,In burning winding-sheet he lies,And his grave has got no name."If it hadn't been for Oscar Wilde's imprisonment here, and his subsequent writing of "The Ballad of...
The Fatal attack of the local "BINGE-MOSKITO"
iris2002 Says: WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!A fact very few visitors of Reading & Berkshire & the UK in total are aware off, is ... that along the Rivers and in damp towns (pretty much ALL of the UK) ... there is a lethal threat looming.... The "Binge-Moskito" (Mosquitos-promillus-ex)This small...
mwe Says: Good selection in numerous town-centre, suburban and local shops if you forget anything. If you use 35mm film, I recommend 400-speed in December and January, when the sunrise is typically after 8am & sunsets typically before 4pm. The weblink below gives a guide to the...
Walking along the river Thames
Hobbes007 Says: You can walk the Thames path, from Reading to either side, and take a train back from Pangbourne, Goring or Henley. A few very nice villages are situated on the bank of the river: Sonning, Mapledurham, Pangbourne, Goring.Read "Three man in a boat" from Jerome K. Jerome to...
Harris Shopping Arcade in Reading
tkwy Says: Harris Arcade in Reading's town centre is a welcome change to the huge and expensive shopping malls we all know.All the shops are owner occupied and offer expert advice and excellent value for money.The shops include excellent cafe's/sandwich bars... perfect for a coffee &...
Playing the best golf courses in Berkshire
Friggett Says: Calcot Park does not follow the modern trend of opening with a gentle par five. The first hole is a testing par four of well over four hundred yards that demands two well-struck shots to negotiate the tree-lined fairway.The second, at first sight, provides a measure of light...
Geoff_Wright Says: Salisbury is the administrative centre of Wiltshire, in Southern England. It is a market town with varied industries, amongst which are the famous Wilton Carpet factories. Salisbury was founded in 1220, when the bishopric was moved here from Old Sarum. The great Cathedral,...
Geoff_Wright Says: Windsor is obviously best known to the visitor for its famous castle, which is still used as a main Royal residence by the Queen and the Royal Family. Sir Christopher Wren built the Town Hall*, and a gentleman by the name of Grinling Gibbons did much of the wood carving in...
Geoff_Wright Says: >Didcot is rather a non-descript town. The building of the Great Western Railway from London to the West Country sparked its growth in the 19th century. After 160 years since the passing of the Act authorising construction of the line, Didcot is still an important...
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Reading - Home is where the heart is
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Reading is in the Thames Valley about halfway between London and Oxford. It grew near the meeting place of the Rivers Thames and the Kennet which were the main transport routes through the ancient...
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