One day in Reading, United Kingdom
A day through Reading’s best-known sights that lie close together: Reading Museum, Forbury Gardens, Reading Abbey, Museum of English Rural Life, Cole Museum of Zoology and Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology. 6 stops, about 1.7 mi between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Reading MuseumMuseum · On the map
- Forbury GardensGarden · 0.1 mi on from Reading Museum · On the map
- Reading AbbeyTemple or shrine · 0.1 mi on from Forbury Gardens · On the map
- Museum of English Rural LifeMuseum · 0.6 mi on from Reading Abbey · On the map
- Cole Museum of ZoologyMuseum · 0.8 mi on from Museum of English Rural Life · On the map
- Ure Museum of Greek ArchaeologyMuseum · 0.1 mi on from Cole Museum of Zoology · On the map
6 stops, 2.3 mi on foot along the streets: about 46 min of walking.
More for Reading
- Things to do in Reading, United Kingdom · 27 places to see, led by Reading Abbey and Wallingford Castle
Day trips from Reading
- Salisbury45 mi awayStonehenge14 places to see, led by Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral
- London37 mi awayBritish Museum6 stops in a day, starting at British Museum
- Oxford24 mi awayBlenheim Palace6 stops in a day, starting at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
- Swindon35 mi awayAvebury6 stops in a day, starting at The Sanctuary
Photo credits
- Reading Museum: Leslie, CC BY 2.0
- Forbury Gardens: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Reading Abbey: User:chris_j_wood, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museum of English Rural Life: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Cole Museum of Zoology: Chris_huh, Public domain
- Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology: Voluremuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
Other places nearby
- Oxford24 mi away · Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Swindon36 mi away · Things to do, Plans, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- London37 mi away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather, Port and ships, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Southampton43 mi away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, Weather, Port and ships, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Portsmouth46 mi away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, Weather, Port and ships and Hiking routes
- Brighton56 mi away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Stratford-upon-Avon60 mi away · Things to do and Plans
- Bath60 mi away · Things to do, Plans, Flights, Weather and Hiking routes