Places to visit in Reading

A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Reading.

• Andrews And Barrett Family Monuments · Historic

  monument in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

• Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum · Culture

  museum in Reading, England, United Kingdom

• Eldon Square · Parks

  urban square, with central public gardens, in the English borough of Reading

• Reading (Samian Ware Discovery Site) · Historic

  Reading as Samian Ware discovery site

• Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork · Historic

  archaeological site in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

• Royal Berkshire Regiment Museum · Culture

  museum in Reading, England, UK

• Simeon Monument · Historic

  The Simeon Monument, also known as the Soane Obelisk, the Soane Monument and the Simeon Obelisk, is a stone structure in Market Place, the former site of the market in Reading, Berkshire. It was commissioned by Edward Simeon, a Reading-born merchant who became extremely wealthy as a City of London trader. Simeon's brother, John, was a former Member of Parliament for Reading who had lost his seat in the 1802 elections to the parliament of the newly created United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, since which time the family had been engaged in ostentatious spending locally in an effort to gain support among the town's voters.

• Whiteknights Park · Parks

  Whiteknights Park, or the Whiteknights Campus of the University of Reading, is the principal campus of that university. The park covers the area of the manor of Earley Whiteknights, also known as Earley St Nicholas and Earley Regis.

• Cole Museum of Zoology · Museum

  The Cole Museum of Zoology is a university museum, part of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Reading. It is located on the ground floor of the Health and Life Sciences building on the university's Whiteknights Campus in the town of Reading, Berkshire, England. The collection was established in 1907.

• Gosbrook Garden Growers · Parks
• Openhand · Landmark
• The Royal Berkshire Medical Museum · Museum
• The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology · Museum

  The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology is a museum of ancient Mediterranean archaeology, primarily that of ancient Greek civilisation but with smaller collections of Egyptian, Etruscan and Roman items. It contains one of the most important collections of ancient Greek pottery in the United Kingdom. The museum is part of the University of Reading's University Museums and Special Collections Services (UMASCS), and is located in and works closely with the university's Department of Classics. The museum is situated on the university's Whiteknights Campus, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the centre of the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The museum is open to the public and entry is free.