Reading's Milling Heritage Walk
A guided walk through mill sites across Reading, exploring the town's industrial history.
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The "Reading's Milling Heritage" walk is back. Taking place during Heritage Open Days 2026, this guided walk offers a unique opportunity to explore some of Reading’s lesser-known industrial heritage.
Margaret Simons, Mills Archive Trustee and historian will guide attendees around various mill sites, narrating more about Reading’s milling heritage, associated structures and town history along the way.
This guided walk will take place on Saturday 19th September, at 12:30pm. The event will last for around 1.5 - 2 hours.
It's free to attend but pre-booking is essential as spaces are limited!
The walk starts at Watlington House, a Grade II* listed building and home to The Mills Archive Trust, who have used their archive to develop the route. The Trust is an educational charity and an archive, home to over three million records on windmills, watermills and renewable energy!
This event is free to attend. If you enjoy the walk and would like to support the work we do, there's the option to make a small donation towards our charitable running costs on our website. Every contribution helps us keep events like this going and is genuinely appreciated.
Visit our website to find explore our collections, discover milling heritage or support us with a donation, so we can keep bringing events like this to you!
We will also be holding a free exhibition at The Mills Archive Trust, and a drop in screenprinting workshop at Watlington House. Simply bring your own tote bags, tshirts or even tea towels!