Wonder of Waterhouse
Reading Walks Festival 2024
We will start in the grounds of the University of Reading and walk around its award-winning green campus and lakeside path to our first Waterhouse building - Foxhill House. From there, we will begin our walk towards the town centre. Next stop is Reading School, which is not normally open to the pubic but as your walk leader is an ex-pupil, we are allowed to have a look around this imposing place. Next stop is St Andrew's Hall on Redlands Road, which is now home to the Museum of Rural Life. Before we head to our final stop, the magnificent Reading Town Hall, we will drop in at The Rising Sun Arts Centre on Silver Street, originally a Waterhouse-designed Temperance House. There is only an hour or so walking to do, but with all the places to visit and look at, we expect to be at The Town Hall about two and half hours after we set off.
Key facts
- Part of Reading Walks Festival 2024
- Learn something new on a guided tour - less walking/more talking
- Medium difficulty / 5.5 km / 2.5 hours
- Start point: Whiteknights House, University Whiteknights campus
- Bring water. We will hopefully be able to grab a drink at the Rising Sun Arts Centre
- Toilets at Reading School, Rising Sun and multiple places on route if necessary
- Wheelchair accessible
- Not family friendly
About the walk leader
Mark Lyford is the walk leader.
"I am Sustrans Active Travel Officer for Reading with extensive experience in leading walks and bike rides, both in the UK and in Europe. Always looking up and around when I walk - it is amazing what you notice if you look!"
Getting there
Meeting point: Whiteknights House https://what3words.com/lungs.economies.onions
Start and finish accessible by public transport. The University is served by regular bus service Claret 21 from Reading Station stop EK.
