ATTRACTIONS IN RG26 9BU
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0.6milesCalleva Roman Museum
Bramley Road, Silchester, RG72LU
Calleva Roman Museum provides background information for the site visit to the Roman town walls and amphitheatre. In the centre lay the Forum and Basilica.
4.8milesStratfield Saye House
Stratfield Saye House, RG72BZ
In the heart of the English countryside on the Hampshire/Berkshire border, you'll find the elegant, but intimate, Stratfield Saye House, home to the Dukes of Wellington since 1817. The 1st Duke of Wellington acquired the house and estate in 1817, choosing it for its proximity to London and Windsor.
5.7milesMilestones - Hampshires Living History Museum
Basingstoke Leisure Park, Churchill Way West, Basingstoke, RG216YR
Imagine an open-air museum inside a massive modern building a network of streets with shops, a village green and even a pub..
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6.2milesBasing House
Redbridge Lane, Old Basing, RG247HB
Basing House, Hampshire, was a major English Tudor palace and castle that once rivalled Hampton Court Palace in its size and opulence. Today only the foundations and earthworks remain.
6.7milesWellington Country Park
Wellington Country Park, Riseley, RG71SP
A wonderful place for walking, and an ideal destination for children, with safe play areas, beautiful nature trails and lakeside walks to interest and educate. Featuring 350 acres of woodland, parkland and lakes, the Park is part of the estate of the Duke of Wellington, and is close to Stratfield Saye House, home of the Dukes of Wellington.
8.4milesWest Green House Gardens
West Greet, Hartley Wintney, RG278JB
The delightful series of walled gardens, voted one of the UK's top 50 gardens, surrounds a charming 18th-century house.The Lake Field and its follies and lake are now open but may, from time to time, be closed due to dampness.
9.7milesMuseum of English Rural Life
University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG66AH
The Museum of English Rural Life was founded by the University of Reading in 1951 to reflect and record the changing face of farming and the countryside. It houses Designated collections of national importance that span the full range of objects, archives, photographs, film and books.
9.8milesWest Berkshire Museum
The Wharf, Newbury, RG145AS
The museum is housed in two of Newbury's most historic buildings. The Cloth Hall was built in 1626-1627 by Richard Emmes, a master carpenter of Speenhamland for the Newbury Corporation as a cloth factory.
9.8milesSandham Memorial Chapel
Burghclere, RG209JT
This red-brick chapel was built in the 1920s for the artist Stanley Spencer to fill with murals inspired by his experiences in the First World War. Influenced by Giotto's Arena Chapel in Padua, Spencer took five years to complete what is arguably his finest achievement.
9.8milesMapledurham House
Mapledurham, RG47TR
Away from the distractions of town, business or busy hotels, Mapledurham is an oasis of peace, natural beauty and history. Mapledurham House, still the home of the descendants of the original family, is an Elizabethan Manor House situated beside the Thames and sheltered by the Chiltern Hills, visitors can enjoy the collection of portraits, furniture, the great oak staircases and original plaster ceilings.
10.2milesThe Living Rainforest
Hampstead Norreys, RG180TN
Explore the rainforest, and discover its wonders for yourself. On your visit, look out for free roaming lizards, birds and butterflies - you never know where they will appear next! See some of the world's most popular foods, from bananas to coffee, cocoa and ginger.
10.3milesBasildon Park
Lower Basildon, RG89NR
18th-century country house set in extensive parklandThis beautiful Palladian mansion was built in 177683 by John Carr for Francis Sykes, who had made his fortune in India. The interior is notable for its original delicate plasterwork and elegant staircase, as well as for the unusual Octagon Room.
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11milesHighclere Castle and Gardens
4.5m South of Newbury, Highclere, RG209RN
Highclere Castle is one of England's most beautiful Victorian Castles set amidst spectacular parkland near Newbury, Berkshire. The Castle itself stands on the site of an earlier house that, in turn, was built on the foundations of the medieval palace of the Bishops of Winchester who owned this estate from the 8th century.
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15milesGreys Court
Rotherfield, Greys, Henley on Thames, RG94PG
This picturesque house, mainly Tudor in style, has a beautiful courtyard and one surviving tower dating from 1347. The house has an interesting history and was involved in Jacobean court intrigue.
15.6milesRiver and Rowing Museum
Hill Meadows, Henley on Thames, RG91BF
The River & Rowing Museum was designed by David Chipperfield Architects to a brief which set out to establish an astonishing Museum. The building is raised on columns above water meadows beside the Thames and is built of exposed concrete and glass with a terne coated steel roof, clad in green oak.
16.1milesLook Out Discovery Centre
Nine Mile Ride, Bracknell, RG127QW
The Look Out Discovery Centre has been voted 14th out of 50 by the Independent in it's 'The 50 Best Spring Days Out in Britain'. It is a hands-on, interactive science and nature exhibition with over 70 exhibits within themed zones linked to the National Curriculum.
16.4milesBirdworld
Holt Pound, Farnham, GU104LD
In addition to a walk around 26 acres of aviares and beautiful landscaped gardens you can enjoy..
16.5milesAldershot Military Museum
Evelyn Woods Road, Queens Avenue, Aldershot, GU112LG
The story of Aldershot Military Town, and the civil towns of Aldershot and Farnborough. The gallery is sited within one of the only two surviving barrack bungalows built in North Camp in the 1890s.
17.3milesFinkley Down Farm Park
Andover, SP116NF
Finkley Down Farm Park in Andover, Hampshire is a family run children's farm with all the character of a traditional farm but in a safe, secure, friendly environment. Children can 'let off steam' in the large playground which includes the Pyramid Slide, a combine harvester, aerial runway and trampolines.
17.8milesArmy Medical Services Museum
Keogh Barracks, Ash Vale, GU125RQ
The museum is located in the Defence Medical Services Training Centre, Keogh Barracks, on Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett in Surrey. The collections on display include uniforms & insignia, medical, dental and veterinary equipment, ambulances, an ambulance train ward coach, a carriage used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War and a large medal collection including twenty three of the 29 Victoria Crosses awarded to the Army Medical Services.
18.5milesIsland Farm Donkey Sanctuary
Old Didcot Rd, Brightwell Cum Sotwell, Wallingford, OX100SW
The Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary is a registered charity, caring for abused and ill-treated animals. We rely totally upon public donations to enable us to do this valuable work.
18.7milesStonor House and Park
, Stonor, RG96HF
Stonor, open to the public, has been the home of the Stonor family for more than 800 years and a centre of Catholicism throughout - including all the dark days following the Reformation.The House is hidden in a fold of the Chilterns five miles from the Thames at Henley.
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