Discover History & Heritage in Reading

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   Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock

   Address

   Gas Works Road (next to Bel & The Dragon), READING, Berkshire, RG1 3EQ

   Telephone

   0118 9373400

   READING

   This small branch site tells the story of Reading's two rivers - the Kennet and the Thames. The Riverside Museum occupies two Listed former waterworks buildings, the Screen House and the Turbine House.

   The Turbine House hosts a programme of…

   

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   Jane Austen's Schoolroom

   Address

   Abbey Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3BD

   Telephone

   0118 937 3400

   Reading

   Jane Austen's former schoolroom, located in Reading’s Abbey Quarter, is often cited as the inspiration for Austen’s Mr Goddard’s School in Emma.

   

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   Silchester Roman City walls and Amphitheatre

   Address

   Mortimer West End, Silchester, READING, Berkshire, RG7 2HP

   Silchester, READING

   Silchester, 12 miles south of Reading, has its origins as Calleva, a centre of the Iron Age Atrebates tribe from the late 1st century BC. After the Roman conquest of AD 43 it became the large and important town of Calleva Atrebatum. Unlike most…

   

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