The Living Rainforest, Newbury and Thatcham

Name: The Living Rainforest
Address: Hampstead Norreys, Newbury and Thatcham, RG18 0TN, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1635 202444

#11 among attractions in Newbury and Thatcham

Top attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo

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The Living Rainforest, Newbury and Thatcham

Facts and practical information

The Living Rainforest is an indoor greenhouse tropical rainforest located in Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire, England. It is an ecological centre, educational centre and visitor attraction consisting of three glasshouses, operated and run by the Trust for Sustainable Living. The glasshouses are named Amazonica, Lowlands and Small Islands respectively. ()

Opened: 1993 (31 years ago)Visitors per year: 95 thous.Elevation: 430 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°28'53"N, 1°13'15"W

Address

Hampstead NorreysNewbury and Thatcham RG18 0TN United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1635 202444

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Day trips

The Living Rainforest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Donnington Grove, Goring & Streatley Golf Club, Basildon Park, Douai Abbey.

6.8 miSW
Golf, Gothic Revival architecture
Donnington Grove, Newbury and Thatcham
174 min walk • Donnington Grove is a Strawberry Hill Gothic mansion, now a hotel and country club, and associated Golf Course at Donnington in the civil parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington, near Newbury, in the English county of Berkshire. It is overlooked by Donnington Castle.
3.9 miNE
Golf
Goring & Streatley Golf Club, Goring and Streatley
99 min walk • Goring & Streatley Golf Club is a golf course in the village of Streatley, in the English county of Berkshire. It takes its name partly from that village, and partly from the adjoining village of Goring-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire. The course adjoins the National Trust properties of Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down.
4.4 miE
Georgian manor with parkland and a garden
Basildon Park, Reading
114 min walk • Basildon Park is a country house situated 2 miles south of Goring-on-Thames and Streatley in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building.
5.4 miSE
Church
Douai Abbey
137 min walk • Douai Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey at Upper Woolhampton, near Thatcham, in the English county of Berkshire, situated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth. Monks from the monastery of St.
6.9 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Parkway Shopping Newbury, Newbury and Thatcham
177 min walk • Parkway Newbury is a retail and residential development in Newbury, Berkshire that opened on 27 October 2011. It includes 475,000 sq ft of retail and restaurant accommodation and Marks & Spencer, 578 shopper car parking spaces, 113 residents parking spaces.
6.8 miSE
Canal
Padworth Lock
174 min walk • Padworth Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Aldermaston Wharf in the civil parish of Padworth in the English county of Berkshire.
6.6 miSE
Canal, Canal lock
Towney Lock
167 min walk • Towney Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Aldermaston Wharf and Sulhamstead, Berkshire, England. Towney Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury.
4.5 miNE
Bridge
Gatehampton Railway Bridge, Goring-on-Thames
115 min walk • Gatehampton Railway Bridge, otherwise referred to as Gatehampton Viaduct, is a railway bridge carrying the Great Western Main Line over the River Thames in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, England.
3.8 miS
Zoo, Farm, Park
Bucklebury Farm Park
97 min walk • Bucklebury Farm Park is an animal park located in Bucklebury in Berkshire, England. The Farm Park consists of mostly Animals, Play equipment, Deer and Woody's Cafe which opened in 2013. Bucklebury Farm Park also houses a revolutionary Jumping Pillow which is one of only few in the UK.
2.5 miE
Park
Ashampstead Common, Hartslock
65 min walk • Ashampstead Common is a common in the English county of Berkshire, within the civil parish of Ashampstead. The common lies north of the M4 motorway, near to Ashampstead, Lower Basildon and Yattendon.
3 miSW
Forts and castles
Grimsbury Castle
78 min walk • Grimsbury Castle is an Iron Age "multiple enclosure" Hill Fort comprising a large circular encampment situated on a high hill. It is situated within Grimsbury Wood, between Cold Ash and Hermitage, in the county of Berkshire.