Set on the banks of the River Thames in Henley-on-Thames, the stunning River & Rowing Museum has three galleries devoted to the River Thames, the...

Fawley Court has a history that dates back to the 11th Century, was designed by the world famous Christopher Wren and built in 1663 for...

The Barn Galleries are one of the most important cultural centres in this small community. They display a rich and eclectic range of paintings...

The original house on this site would have been built in the 14th Century, although only one tower still remains from 1365. The majority...

For over 800 years, Stonor has nestled picturesquely in the Chiltern hills. The core of the house is medieval but the Stonor family’s Catholic faith...

Berkshire’s dynamic contribution to aviation history is graphically recaptured at the Woodley Museum. Run as a charitable trust, the museum is at the historic site...

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

With origins dating back to the 12th Century, St Nicholas boasts a tower of Berkshire brick built in 1612. Inside, the Elizabethan chancel screen carries...

Dinton Pastures Country Park’s lakes, rivers, meadows and wooded areas span just over 335 acres of what was once part of the Great Forest of...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

The Maidenhead Heritage Centre is a fascinating museum dedicated to the protection and preservation of the long and illustrious history in Maidenhead and surrounding areas....

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...

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....