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There are few places to rival Reading for The M4 has three junctions There are two major shopping centres in Reading. Harris Arcade is well worth a visit to explore its energy and ambition. Reading is a major at Reading, with the M25, The Oracle enjoys a unique location and is home unique and quirky shops from antique clothes A L Abattoirs Road A2 Letcombe Street D5 commercial centre, capital of the Valley M40 and M3 within easy to famous brands from The Disney Store to Zara. to soft toys, as well as the Reading Collector’s Square D3 Livery Close E5

economic region - but also one of the most reach. There is plenty of Its Riverside is packed with restaurants and cafes, Centre (the place for memorabilia and antiques). Abbey Street D3 Court D5 historic town of Reading Reading of town historic interesting and dynamic towns in the south east. good quality car parking in a 10-screen cinema and a beach in the summer! Abbot’s Walk E3 London Road E6-F5-G5

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the centre, but to make life Broad Street Mall is home to lots of family Your trip to Reading will not be complete without Your guide to the the to guide Your Albion Terrace F5 Lynmouth Road C1 Anyone who has visited recently will tell you easy for you we also have favourites including Argos and TK Maxx – it’s a a wander down Union Street (more famously Alfred Street A4 about the shopping, the restaurants and the two excellent and ride great place to chase down a bargain or enjoy a known as Smelly Alley). This passageway sees Anglers Way G4 M nightlife. Talk to anyone who lives here and they services. The town is served leisurely browse. grocers, butchers and fishmongers alongside Anstey Road A5 Mallard Row B5 Arthur Place G4 Maltings Place B5 will tell you about the beautiful stretches of river by very regular rail services Kiln Rd internet cafes and cobblers. Courtney Market Place D3 and the acres of parks and woodland. from locations throughout the You’ll find an array Drive B Meadow Road A1 ha Upper Gravel ers m Baker Street A5 Merchants Place C3 UK (London Paddington is 25 of specialist and Kidmore Rd Cav“Few P towns are less prepossessing at first Hill a r Evesham k Barry Place A1 Mill Lane D5 Wood

Famous as one of the UK’s top ten retail minutes) and is on two national cycle routes. For independent stores R Woodcote Woodcote glance than Reading …but few towns better

d Betam Road G4 Street C4 destinations the heart of Reading offers so much more details visit www.reading-travelinfo.co.uk in the town’s smaller Rd Rd A 329 cote repay exploration.” Blagrave Street C2 Mundesley Street C5 Lowfield Road Blakes Cottages E4 more than superb shopping. The Forbury, a streets and arcades. Way Road Sir John Betjeman, Playhatch Body Road A5 N nationally acclaimed Victorian formal garden, is Reading enjoys a pivotal location in the south The Walk, St Mary’sRoad Thames St Albert English Counties, Betjeman’s Britain. Woodcote Road RotherfieldWay Boult Street F5 Napier Road E2 the town’s floral heart, leading you to the ruins east and the very best of ’s heritage is Butts, Queen Victoria Buckingham A 4155 Road Oakley B 478 Bridge Street C4 New Bright Street B5 Rd of Reading Abbey, an ancient monument dating within easy reach by road and rail. Explore the Street, Chain Street Lane Broad Street B4-C3 North Street A2 Road from the 12th century. Wander through the ruins glorious countryside of RoyalLong Lane with its and Harris Arcade Butter Market D4 Northfield Road B1 KnowsleyRoad Oxford Rd Henley Road to the Kennet and Avon Canal, strolling past picture postcard villages, enjoy the historic towns offer a mix of small Priest A 4 Road C O Hill Lane

Reading Gaol and the Oscar Wilde gates. of Windsor and Henley, as well as the delights of specialist shops. Briant’s Cardiff Road A1 Orts Road G4

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the tranquil and theOverdown vibrant Kennet Carey Street A5 Oxford Road Amersham

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pocket map pocket Westwood Rd Richfield canal, past the sites of Reading’s industrial past surprising side visit www.livingreading.co.uk wood Avenue Butts Hill Road B2 Parthia Close C6 Portman Road centre and find yourself at Blake’s Lock, in the shadow Kent Vastern Chain Street C4 Patriot Place G4 Road Road George of luxury apartments. Explore the Riverside Rd Reading Chatham Street A3 Princess Street F5 A 340 South Reading

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School A329 Museum and relax in a restaurant that started life Road La Corwen Western

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as a Victorian pumping station. Drive Spey Rd Business, retail and leisure venues End town Road Cheriton Court B5 Queen Victoria Street C3

Mayfair Grovelands Pitt’s Lane Beechwood Way Headley ChestnutHurricane Walk Way E3 Queen’s Cottages E4 Hildens Ave Road Central Reading London Road Street D5 Queen’s Road E4 Thanks to the town’s superb location it’s hardly Church Leibenr A4 A329 Woodlands Ave M4 Rd W Mohawk o Crockhamwell Coley Hill A6 Queens Walk A4 Kendrick Rd Fairwater Parklane k surprising that some of the world’s most famous Road Vauxhall Honey i

n Loddon g Drive ColeyRd Place A5 Whitley Crescent h ood a Road companies have set up home here. But Reading City BitterneRoad m Map Key Crane Wharf E4 R Avenue Road Moor

R Church Road End A4 Berkeley o Craven Road G6 Reading Bridge D1 Hotels Drovers Way is surprising in so many other ways: a world- Elgar Rd Langley St Hogarth Ave A4 Avenue a Bath Rd Whiteknightsd Drive Bridge Rd Ln Upper One way Cross Street C3 Road F6 renowned red-brick university; Michelin Star Lane Christchurch Redlands Rd Colemans Cres Hill A Bennet Road/Acre Road Crossland Road D5 Regent Court A2 n Road o cote restaurants; over eight hundred listed buildings t Road s K Rd Crown Place F6 Rose Walk B5 r South Industrial Park a Wensley and monuments; boutique hotels; family friendly G Bath Road Dwyer Rd Northumberland A 3290 Crown Street D6 The B BrunelWokingham Retail RoadPark Chase S museums; two National Trails and two great rivers C A33 C Green Park a D Sackville Street B3 r Road te Kennet & Pepper La on our doorstep. r e Avon Canal M D Green Park Station (late 2010) A 329 (M) Charrington Rd s Ris De Montfort Road C1 San Franciso Libre Wlk B4 Rose Kiln E Household WasteRoad Beech Deansgate Road C5 Sidmouth Street E5 Lane A327 RecyclingSilverdale Centre As the town moves forward it proudly Wilderness Rd DukeWokingham Street Road D4 Simmonds Street B5 B Cressingham F Lane Avenue Düsseldorf Way B4 South Street D5 acknowledges its remarkable history. From an F Rd Island G Southampton Street C6 E Road influential position at the heart of monarchy in Way Kiln Rd Elm H Park & Ride E St Giles Close D6 Elm Ln sea the middle ages, to its popularity as a thriving A33 I ReadingRushley Gate Retail Park Place C4 St John’s Hill F4 Carshalton Drive J Reading International East Street E5 St John’s Road F5 commercial centre under the Victorians, each new Avenue Way

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development has been embraced as part of a s Longwater A Hartland Road h K Reading Link Retail Park Eldon Place G5 St Mary’s Butts B4 l e natural process of growth – and is about creating C y Chatteris W L Cutbush Royal BerkshireWay Eldon Road G5 Stanshawe Road B2 a town that its residents can feel proud of. D G L ay ConferenceLane Centre Eldon Square G5 Star Lane D4 N H M Eldon Street G4 Station Approach C2 al Way ri Way West pe - Whiteknights Campus Eldon Terrace G5 Station Hill C2 I m Our people reflect the energy and ever-changing M4 I Shinfield Road N Worton Grange Industrial Park Erleigh Road G6 Station Road C3 Rd face of the town. They come from all over the globe Lower Earley Swan Place B5 J to be part of the exciting way of life in modern F Swansea Road A1 M4 Wood La Field Road A6 Reading. Together, people and place are moving Whitley Junction 11 Fobney Street C5 T forward, sharing an ambitious vision for a town that Forbury Road D2-E3-F3 Talbot Close B5 is recreating itself with imagination and heart. Friar Street B3-C3 The Dell F5 The Forbury D3 G The Grove F5 Garrard Street B2 The Walk D4 Gas Works Road F3 Thorn Lane D4 Great Knollys Street A2 Thorn Street A3 Greyfriars Road B2 Town Place G5 A Gun Street C4 Tudor Road B2

H U Harris Arcade C3 Union Street C3 B D Henry Street C6 Reading Explorer High Bridge Wharf D4 V High Street D4 Vachel Road B3 Need to see a doctor? Hosier Street B4 Valpy Street D3 Reading Explorer is a pedestrian orientation and Howard Street A4 Vastern Road C1 Located on the first floor inside the Broad Street navigation system that will help you find your way C Victoria Street G4 positively Mall (turn right at the top of the main escalator), around the town, while providing a glimpse of its J Jesse Terrace A5 W Reading Walk-in Health Centre provides access fascinating past. Shown right is one of a network Waterside Gardens B5 to general practice doctors, nurses and clinical of information points that are situated at key K Watlington Street F4-F5 appealing team members seven days a week between 8am locations across the town centre. On each of the Lane C6 Weldale Street A3 and 8pm with or without an appointment. Patients units you will find: Kenavon Drive F3 West Street B3 Kendrick Road E6 Willow Street B5 wishing to be seen do not need to be registered Kennet Side E4 Wiston Terrace C3 Tel: 0118 900 1620 or even be from the Reading area. A direction signs, Kennet Street F4 Wolsey Street B6 B a local area map showing all the streets and Kennet Walk G3 Reading Walk-in Health Centre offers patients of all points of interest in the vicinity, King Street D4 Y Kings Meadow Road D2 Yield Hall Lane C4 ages a wide range of medical services. A full list of C a Reading town centre map, showing the main King’s Road D4-G4 Yield Hall Place D4 the clinics and services available to both registered streets, zones and attractions, York Road A1 and unregistered patients can be found on our D information about Reading, featuring some Z website: www.readingwalkinhealthcentre.nhs.uk. of its notable buildings as well as events, Zinzan Street A4 Main switchboard: 0118 939 0900 Alternatively, please call the Centre for further industries and people that have played a part in www.reading.gov.uk information on 0118 902 8300. shaping the town. Reading Explorer was designed and produced by Streetwise Orientation and Navigation Systems Ltd www.streetwisesystems.com

Attractions & Information 1 G6 Map Key 2 The Oracle Shopping and Leisure C4 3 Broad Street Mall B4 4 Concert Hall D3 Reading Retail Park 5 Museum of Reading D3 6 Hexagon A4 7 Thames Valley University G4 8 South Street Arts E5 9 Chestnut Walk (Oscar Wilde Memorial) E3 10 Museum of English Rural Life F6 11 Forbury Gardens D3 12 Abbey Ruins E3 Napier Road Car Park 13 Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock G3 14 Queen Victoria Monument C3 15 Greyfriars Church B3 16 Minster Church of Saint Mary the Virgin C4 17 Saint Laurence’s Church D3 18 Town Hall D3 19 Civic Centre B4 20 Crown Court D3 21 County Court C3 Map Scale 22 Magistrates Courts B5 Forbury Gate 250 metres (approximately) Retail Park 23 Main Post Office D3 24 Job Centre Plus B3 25 New Directions D4 The Town 26 Library D4 Hall 27 HMP Reading (Prison) E3 28 Simeon Monument D3 29 Abbey Mill Arch D4 30 Oracle Riverside C5 31 Reading Walk-in Health Centre B4 Chatham Place Car Park District CHATHAM PL Key Thames

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Reading Explorer Points 1 Railway Station C2 2 Blagrave Street C2 3 Friar Street/West Street B3 4 Friar Street/Merchants Place C3 5 Friar Street/Station Road C3

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7 The Forbury/Abbot’s Walk D3 8 Oxford Road/Queens Walk A4 9 Broad Street/Saint Mary’s Butts B4 10 Broad Street/Union Street C3 11 Broad Street/Queen Victoria Street C3 12 Broad Street/Minster Street C4 13 King Street/High Street D4 14 Civic Centre B4 15 Saint Mary’s Butts/Gun Street C4 16 Chain Street/Saint Mary’s Minster C4 17 Duke Street D4

18 Queen’s Road Car Park D4 19 Chestnut Walk E3 20 North West Forbury D3 21 Vastern Road D1 © Streetwise Orientation & Navigation Systems Limited © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. . Account No. 100019672. 2009 See over for map detail of south Reading