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High Street, Streatley, Reading, West Berkshire
RG8 9HS West Berkshire
Days out for all the family
Are there any fun places to visit? The following attractions are within 10 miles of RG8 9HS:
Legoland Windsor
Winkfield Road, Windsor, SL44AY
LEGOLAND Windsor has over 50 fantastic rides and attractions, including..
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle, Windsor, SL41NJ
Windsor Castle has been named one of the Seven Wonders of Britain in a major survey by Yellow Pages, backed by the English Tourism Council. Windsor Castle is one of three official residences of The Queen and has been home to the Sovereign for over 900 years.
Household Cavalry Museum
Combermere Barracks, St Leonards Road, Windsor, SL43DN
The Household Cavalry Museum collection relates to The Life Guards (1st and 2nd), Horse Grenadier Guards, Royal Horse Guards (Blues), 1st Royal Dragoons (Royals) and The Blues and Royals, covering over three hundred years of the history of the Sovereign's mounted bodyguard. The collection contains Uniforms, Weapons, Standards, Guidons, Drum Banners, Horse Furniture, Campaign and Gallantry Medals, Regimental Medals from the 17th Century.
Thorpe Park
Staines Road, Chertsey, KT168PN
ColossusRiders flung into a record breaking 10 loops of fear at 65 kph. 120 jockey wheels of NASA-developed materials tenaciously grip 850 metres of proximity-sensor monitored track.
Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, OX201PX
Blenheim Palace, the Formal Gardens and Park are now open daily until 29th October.From 1st November, the Palace, Park and Gardens are open Wednesdays through to Sundays until 10th December.
Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, HP180JH
Completed in 1889 Waddesdon Manor is the last remaining example of 'le style Rothschild'. Waddesdon Manor houses one of the finest collections of French 18th century decorative arts in the world.
Basildon 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.
The 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.
Mapledurham 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.
Island 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.
Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot, OX117NJ
Join us in our rural setting based around the original engine shed. The Great Western Society has had a home in Didcot since 1967 and the range of activities and facilities on offer is substantial.
Greys 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.
Pendon Museum
Long Wittenham, OX144QD
At Pendon we aim to recapture, in detailed and colourful miniature, scenes showing the beauty of the English countryside as it used to be in the years around 1930. Realistically modelled cottages, farms, fields and lanes recall the peaceful country ways of that period.
Museum 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.
Stonor 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.
River 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.
Drayton Park
Drayton Park, Steventon Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX144LA
Drayton Park - golf course in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Contact the golf course on telephone number 01235 528989 for course availability, course rules, member information, golf academy (if available) and green fees at Drayton Park golf course/club.
West 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.
Harcourt Arboretum
Nuneham Courtenay, Oxford, OX449PX
Six miles south of Oxford on the A4074 is the Harcourt Arboretum. This is an integral part of the plant collection of the Botanic Garden.
Calleva 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.
Stratfield 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.
Wellington 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.
Sandham 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.
Rycote Chapel
, Rycote, OX92PE
Owned by Mr and Mrs Bernard Taylor and managed by the Rycote Buildings Charitable Foundation, this 15th-century chapel has original furniture, including exquisitely carved and painted woodwork..
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Rose Lane, Oxford, OX14AZ
Welcome to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. We are often asked how a botanic garden differs from other types of gardens.
Highclere 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.
St Edmund Hall
College of Oxford University, Queens Lane, Oxford, OX14AR
St. Edmund Hall, the oldest continuing seat of education at the University of Oxford, is fortunate to have five special collections of books, and a general collection of antiquarian books.
Museum of Oxford
Old Ashmolean Building, Broad Street, Oxford, OX13AZ
The Museum of Oxford is the only museum that is dedicated to the history of Oxford and its University. Town Hall, Oxford The museum is located in the historic Town Hall, and the entrance is off St Aldate's on the corner of Blue Boar Street.
