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Reading Town Centre Wonderfully Rewarding Easily Exploring Uniquely Shopping Street Index 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 Thames 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 Abbey 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 London 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 Addison Road A1 London Street D5 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 park 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 glance than Reading …but few towns better d Betam Road G4 Minster 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 England’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 Charvil from the 12th century. Wander through the ruins glorious countryside of RoyalLong Lane Berkshire 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 Peppard 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 Gosbrook Ave the tranquil River Thames and theOverdown vibrant Kennet Carey Street A5 Oxford Road A4 Road Amersham Dark La Hill Oak Tree Road Road Castle Hill A5 There is so much to intrigue and inspire. Walk the and Avon Canal. To discover more of Reading’s Sonning St St Castle Street B4 P 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 Caversham 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 Norcot Oxford Rd Road Chatham Place A3 School A329 Ave Museum and relax in a restaurant that started life La RoadCorwen Western Church Cheapside B3 Q Road Road 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 Church Street D5 Queen’s Road E4 Thanks to the town’s superb location it’s hardly Church Leibenr A4 A329 Woodlands Ave M4 Tilehurst Rd W Mohawk o Crockhamwell Coley Hill A6 Queens Walk A4 Medway 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 Map Key Road companies have set up home here. But Reading City BitterneRoad m 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 Redlands Road F6 renowned red-brick university; Michelin Star Lane Christchurch Redlands Rd Colemans Cres Hill Crossland Road D5 Regent Court A2 A Bennet Road/Acre Road n Road o cote restaurants; over eight hundred listed buildings t Road s Rd r K Crown Place F6 Rose Walk B5 South Industrial Park a Wensley Holy Brook Shinfield 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 LaneKennet Island Avenue Düsseldorf Way B4 South Street D5 acknowledges its remarkable history. From an F Rd Island G Madejski Stadium 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 Earley 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 Rd R Business ParkWay Bennet Basingstoke Rd u Eaton Place A3 St John’s Street F4 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 CutbushRoyal BerkshireWay Lower Earley 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 University of Reading 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 Whitley Wood 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.