Discover History & Heritage in Reading

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   Greyfriars Church

   Address

   Friar Street, READING, Berkshire, RG1 1EH

   READING

   The building of Greyfriars Church was completed in 1311 by Franciscans, followers of St Francis of Assisi who were monks, then called friars, who wore grey, hence the name Greyfriars. It is now a Grade 1 listed building, being the oldest Franciscan…

   

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   Church of Our Lady and St Anne

   Address

   2 South View Avenue, Caversham, READING, Berkshire, RG4 5AB

   READING

   Built 1902-21, it includes a shrine chapel, re-designed between 1954-58 to include the external squint on South View Avenue for observance by passers-by. This has a large 500-year old oak statue of Our Lady and Child. The shrine was redecorated in…

   

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   Museum of Berkshire Aviation

   Address

   Mohawk Way, Woodley, READING, Berkshire, RG5 4UE

   Telephone

   0118 944 8089

   READING

   Berkshire's dynamic contribution to aviation history is graphically recaptured at the museum. Run as a charitable trust, the museum is at the historic site of Woodley Airfield, near Reading, U.K. - once the centre of a thriving aircraft industry.…

   

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