Tilehurst Water Tower, Reading

Name: Tilehurst Water Tower
Address: Reading, United Kingdom

#75 among attractions in Reading

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Tilehurst Water Tower, is a distinctive water tower in Tilehurst, a suburb of the English town of Reading. People from Reading know they are near home when they are coming eastbound along the M4 and they can see the top of the tower. Although in recent years with the growth of trees this has become more difficult. It is a prominent landmark in the vicinity and, located on the Tilehurst ridge line, can be seen from a considerable distance, especially when approaching Reading from the west along the M4 motorway. ()

Completed: 1932 (92 years ago)Coordinates: 51°27'6"N, 1°2'49"W

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Tilehurst Water Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Calcot Park, Blundells Copse, Church of St Michael, McIlroy Park.

0.6 miSE
Golf
Calcot Park, Reading
16 min walk • Calcot Park is a country house, estate, and golf club in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated between Calcot and Tilehurst, suburbs of the town of Reading, and within the civil parish of Tilehurst. It is north of the Bath Road.
0.7 miNE
Park
Blundells Copse, Reading
19 min walk • Blundells Copse is a local nature reserve in the suburb of Tilehurst in the town of Reading, UK. The site is 5.55 hectares in size, and comprises a close growing, ancient woodland with a stream.
0.6 miE
Church
Church of St Michael, Reading
17 min walk • St. Michael's Church, Tilehurst, is the parish church of Tilehurst in the English county of Berkshire. It is a parish of the Church of England in the Diocese of Oxford. The church dates from the 12th century, although the oldest part of the current building is the south aisle, built round about 1300, now dedicated as the Lady Chapel.
1.2 miNE
Park
McIlroy Park, Reading
32 min walk • McIlroy Park is a 12-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Tilehurst, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Reading Borough Council. Along with Blundells Copse and Lousehill Copse it is part of West Reading Woodlands.
0.9 miW
Tower
Wilder's Folly
23 min walk • Wilder's Folly is a folly and dovecote at Nunhide, near the village of Sulham in the English county of Berkshire.
1.2 miE
Park
Lousehill Copse, Reading
30 min walk • Lousehill Copse is a local nature reserve in the Tilehurst suburb of the English town of Reading. The nature reserve is 13.03 hectares in size, and is under the management of the Reading Borough Council.
1.2 miNE
Park
Round Copse, Moor Copse
30 min walk • Round Copse is a 1.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Reading in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Reading Borough Council.
1.4 miSW
Park
Arlington Business Park, Reading
37 min walk • Arlington Business Park is a business park in Theale, England. specially designed to blend the benefits of a modern working environment with the benefits of outdoor living.
1.2 miNE
Park, Playground
Arthur Newbery Park, Reading
30 min walk • Arthur Newbery Park is a park in Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire. It is named after Arthur Newbery, who donated the land in 1932. It is one of Reading's oldest parks and was once part of Kentwood Common. Hollows in the park are remains of chalk and clay pits.
1 miS
Watermill
Calcot Mill, Reading
26 min walk • Calcot Mill is an historic former watermill on the Holy Brook, a channel of the River Kennet in the English county of Berkshire. The mill is situated in the civil parish of Holybrook and to the south of Calcot, a suburb of Reading.