Evidence of mankind roaming Greenham Common has been found dating back to Prehistoric times. With the arrival of cruise missiles in the 1980s, and subsequently...

Newbury Library stands in the very heart of the town, and has for generations offered one of the most important social and cultural exchanges in...

The Corn Exchange is a 400 seat theatre based in the centre of the Newbury’s bustling market place. The grade II listed building was first...

The striking, twin-towered gatehouse, plus some defensive Civil War earthworks, are all that remain of this 14th Century castle once owned by Geoffrey Chaucer’s son,...

A living rainforest inside glass houses near Newbury. It successfully brings together an array of animals, including free ranging butterflies, lizards & birds, and over...

This beautiful chapel contains a world-class collection of visionary paintings by the eminent artist Stanley Spencer. The wonderful chapel has been decorated in a...

The Kennet and Avon canal runs for 86 miles linking the Thames with the Bristol Channel. The Great Western Railway opened in 1841 taking away...

This impressive 16th Century house dates back to the reign of Henry VIII. A beautiful country park with gardens, a lake, meadows, woods and...

This is an attractive 16th Century house and estate that forms a treasure trove of history. The house is a rare treasure in this...

John Carr was an eminent architect of the 18th Century and was commissioned to build this fantastic Palladian mansion for Francis Sykes, a wealthy man...

The picturesque village of Streatley lies on the Berkshire side of the river Thames, facing Goring on Thames; the two villages are linked by a...

Beale Park - part of the Child-Beale Trust - isn’t just home to an extraordinary bird collection (including peacocks, swans, owls and parrots) but offers...

Located in Whitchurch on Thames, this gallery has carved out a good reputation for showing a wide variety of modern art. The space is...

This tiny Berkshire parish church is home to the ‘Aldworth Giants’, statues of the De La Beche family dating back to the 14th Century. These...

The Ridgeway is Britain’s oldest road. Stretching 87 miles, this chalk ridge route was used by prehistoric man, and is still enjoyed today by walkers...

Lardon Chase is owned by the National Trust, from this beautiful spot at the top of Streatley Hill, a panoramic view of Goring on Thames...

Travelling over the double bridges joining together the villages of Goring and Streatley, after taking in the breathtaking views of the River Thames, you will...

From its source in the Cotswolds, the River Thames winds itself along a breathtaking journey to the Thames Barrier in London. The Thames Path is...

This magnificent road bridge across the Thames joins together the villages of Goring in Oxfordshire, and Streatley in Berkshire. The bridge as it stands today...

The Holies is a picturesque area of woodland and downland in Berkshire, with fantastic views, making it a popular destination for hikers and dog walkers....

Step back in time through three quarters of a mile of replica shops, garages, railway srations and factories at Milestones, Hampshire’s Living History Museum. The...

South Ham Library is located in Basingstoke and offers an extensive collection of texts on a variety of subjects crossing both non-fiction and fiction titles....

The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Museum of Technology is home to displays on military and trade training chronicling the corps’ role...

This museum is designed to take visitors back in time and show them the roots of Basingstoke, how it used to be, and how it...

Fairfields Art Centre is one of the main cultural points of exchange in this area and offers a multi purpose art facility aimed at encouraging...

The Making is a vibrant artist-led project and gallery that hopes to promote and instil a love of art into the people that visit....

The current building dates from around 1200 although there has probably been a church on the site of St Mary’s for over a thousand years....

This museum was founded by the University of Reading in 1951 and offers an insight into the lives of people who live and have lived...

Reading Museum is home to many collections devoted to the town’s ‘beer, biscuits and bulbs’ history. There’s a gallery featuring the influence of biscuit makers...

Set up in 1993, the gallery moved to the town hall in 2004. The aim of the gallery is to give a place of...

Most of the buildings that made up Reading Abbey, whose 30-acre site dominated the town from 1121 to its dissolution by Henry VIII in 1539,...

The Forbury Gardens, originally part of Reading Abbey, were laid out between 1856 and 1864. The gardens are dominated by the Maiwand Lion, an 1886...

Housed in the Old Laundry (1881) of the Royal Berkshire Hospital, the Centre preserves and displays items of historical medical interest particularly those with a...

Founded in 1997, the heritage centre is focussed on the rich and interesting developments in medical science that have taken place not only in this...

The remains of this fantastic Tudor property remain to be one of the most popular visitor attractions in this area of the world. With...

Known locally as the ’church next to the prison’, St James was built between 1837-1840 on the site of the north transept of Reading Abbey....

The museum tells the story of Reading’s two rivers, the Thames and the Kennet and occupies two former industrial buildings. The centrepiece is Dunton’s gypsy...

This park offers fishing and walks around a scenic lake, and great opportunities for wildlife watchers. It contains an area of heathland and an ancient...

The Cole Museum of Zoology contains some 3500 specimens of which about 400 are on display at any one time. The collection was mainly...

Situated just outside of the charming village of Chisbury, close to Marlborough in Wiltshire, this little thatched and flint walled chapel is one of the...