Caversham Park, Reading

Name: Caversham Park
Address: Reading, United Kingdom

#77 among attractions in Reading

Park, Relax in park, Vernacular architecture

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Caversham Park is a Victorian-era stately home with parkland in the suburb of Caversham on the outskirts of Reading, England. Historically located in Oxfordshire, it became part of Berkshire with boundary changes in 1911. Caversham Park was home to BBC Monitoring and BBC Radio Berkshire. The park is listed as Grade II in the English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. ()

Architectural style: Ancient Greek architectureElevation: 246 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°28'47"N, 0°57'24"W

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Caversham Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Clayfield Copse, Caversham Court, Christchurch Bridge, Caversham Bridge.

0.4 miN
Park
Clayfield Copse, Reading
11 min walk • Clayfield Copse is a local nature reserve on the northern edge of the suburb of Caversham in Reading, UK. The site is 8.65 hectares in size and is a natural open space consisting of fields, wild flower meadow and native woodlands adjoining the Oxfordshire countryside.
1.3 miSW
Park, Garden
Caversham Court, Reading
33 min walk • Caversham Court is a public garden and was a mansion located on the north bank of the River Thames in Caversham, a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The park lies within the St Peter's conservation area. The park is listed as Grade II in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
1.3 miSW
Bridge
Christchurch Bridge, Reading
34 min walk • Christchurch Bridge, originally known as the Reading Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge, is a pedestrian and cycle bridge over the River Thames at Reading in the English county of Berkshire.
1.3 miSW
Bridge
Caversham Bridge, Reading
34 min walk • Caversham Bridge is a bridge across the River Thames between Caversham and the town centre of Reading. The bridge is situated on the reach above Caversham Lock, carrying the A4155 road across the river and also providing pedestrian access to the adjacent mid-river Pipers Island.
1.3 miSW
Church
St Peter's Church, Reading
33 min walk • St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church in Caversham, a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated close to the River Thames in Caversham Heights.
1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake, Reading
33 min walk • The Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake is a rowing lake in the United Kingdom, named after the Olympic rowers Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent.
1.1 miSW
Church
West Memorial Hall, Reading
28 min walk • The West Memorial Hall, or West Memorial Institute, is a Victorian Grade II listed building at 7-9 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, Berkshire, designed by Alfred Waterhouse. The Hall is a former Baptist Free Church that has now been converted to apartments.
1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Caversham Lakes, Reading
33 min walk • Caversham Lakes is a set of lakes created through gravel extraction between the suburb of Caversham in Reading, Berkshire and the hamlet of Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire, just north of the River Thames and also refers to the sports buildings and facilities alongside those lakes.
1.1 miSE
Sailing, Marina
Thames & Kennet Marina, Reading
30 min walk • The Thames and Kennet Marina is located at Caversham Lakes in south Oxfordshire, England, just north off the River Thames on the reach above Sonning Lock. It is just to the east of Caversham, a suburb in the north of Reading, Berkshire. The marina is named after the River Thames and the River Kennet which joins the Thames nearby.
1.3 miSW
Island
Pipers Island, Reading
33 min walk • Pipers Island, or Piper's Island, is the third-smallest map-named island in the River Thames, in England. It is on the Reading, Berkshire reach.
1.2 miS
Island
Heron Island, Reading
31 min walk • Heron Island is a small island near Caversham Lock, on the north bank of the River Thames at Reading, Berkshire in England. The island has private riverside housing and is connected by road to Lower Caversham.