Attractions near Reading West Station

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Reading West Station

Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7PY - England, UK

Reading West Station is one of several railway stations that serve the large town of Reading. The facility is much smaller than Reading station which operates all of the intercity services. Reading West is on the Basingstoke Branch...

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Attractions near Reading West Station

A selection of attractions close to Reading West Station:

St Mary’s Church (< 1 Mile)

The current building dates from around 1200 although there has probably been a church on the site of St Mary’s for over a thousand years....

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Museum of Reading (< 1 Mile)

Reading Museum is home to many collections devoted to the town’s ‘beer, biscuits and bulbs’ history. There’s a gallery featuring the influence of biscuit makers...

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Jelly Leg'd Chicken Gallery (< 1 Mile)

Set up in 1993, the gallery moved to the town hall in 2004. The aim of the gallery is to give a place of...

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The Forbury Gardens (1.1 Miles)

The Forbury Gardens, originally part of Reading Abbey, were laid out between 1856 and 1864. The gardens are dominated by the Maiwand Lion, an 1886...

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Reading Abbey (1.1 Miles)

Most of the buildings that made up Reading Abbey, whose 30-acre site dominated the town from 1121 to its dissolution by Henry VIII in 1539,...

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St James Church (1.2 Miles)

Known locally as the ’church next to the prison’, St James was built between 1837-1840 on the site of the north transept of Reading Abbey....

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The Riverside Museum (1.5 Miles)

The museum tells the story of Reading’s two rivers, the Thames and the Kennet and occupies two former industrial buildings. The centrepiece is Dunton’s gypsy...

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Berkshire Medical Heritage (1.8 Miles)

Founded in 1997, the heritage centre is focussed on the rich and interesting developments in medical science that have taken place not only in this...

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The Berkshire Medical History Centre (1.8 Miles)

Housed in the Old Laundry (1881) of the Royal Berkshire Hospital, the Centre preserves and displays items of historical medical interest particularly those with a...

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Museum of English Rural Life (2 Miles)

This museum was founded by the University of Reading in 1951 and offers an insight into the lives of people who live and have lived...

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Cole Museum of Zoology (2.2 Miles)

The Cole Museum of Zoology contains some 3500 specimens of which about 400 are on display at any one time. The collection was mainly...

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Museum of Berkshire Aviation (5.3 Miles)

Berkshire’s dynamic contribution to aviation history is graphically recaptured at the Woodley Museum. Run as a charitable trust, the museum is at the historic site...

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Kennet and Avon Canal (5.5 Miles)

The Kennet and Avon canal runs for 86 miles linking the Thames with the Bristol Channel. The Great Western Railway opened in 1841 taking away...

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St Nicholas Church (6.5 Miles)

With origins dating back to the 12th Century, St Nicholas boasts a tower of Berkshire brick built in 1612. Inside, the Elizabethan chancel screen carries...

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Dinton Pastures Country Park (6.7 Miles)

Dinton Pastures Country Park’s lakes, rivers, meadows and wooded areas span just over 335 acres of what was once part of the Great Forest of...

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Modern Artists Gallery (7.5 Miles)

Located in Whitchurch on Thames, this gallery has carved out a good reputation for showing a wide variety of modern art. The space is...

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Greys Court (8.3 Miles)

The original house on this site would have been built in the 14th Century, although only one tower still remains from 1365. The majority...

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Basildon Park (9.6 Miles)

John Carr was an eminent architect of the 18th Century and was commissioned to build this fantastic Palladian mansion for Francis Sykes, a wealthy man...

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REME Museum of Technology (9.7 Miles)

The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Museum of Technology is home to displays on military and trade training chronicling the corps’ role...

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Beale Park Bird Collection (10.2 Miles)

Beale Park - part of the Child-Beale Trust - isn’t just home to an extraordinary bird collection (including peacocks, swans, owls and parrots) but offers...

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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)

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