Mapledurham Watermill, Reading

Name: Mapledurham Watermill
Address: Reading, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Reading

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Mapledurham Watermill is a historic watermill in the civil parish of Mapledurham in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is driven by the head of water created by Mapledurham Lock and Weir, on the River Thames. The mill was built in the 15th century, and further extended in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It is a Grade II* listed building and is preserved in an operational state. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°29'9"N, 1°2'15"W

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Mapledurham Watermill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Calcot Park, Mapledurham House, Oxford Road, Prospect Park.

2.7 miS
Golf
Calcot Park, Reading
70 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.
~540 ftSE
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Mapledurham House, Henley-on-Thames
3 min walk • Mapledurham House is an Elizabethan stately home located in the civil parish of Mapledurham in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building, first listed on 24 October 1951.
1.8 miSE
Shopping, Shopping district
Oxford Road, Reading
46 min walk • Oxford Road is an urban street and major arterial road in Reading, Berkshire, England, Beginning near the town centre at the meeting of St. Mary's Butts/West Street/Broad Street. The road leads west to Pangbourne, continuing eventually to the city of Oxford. The road was previously known as Pangbourne Lane.
2.7 miSE
Park
Prospect Park, Reading
69 min walk • Prospect Park is a public park in the western suburbs of Reading situated north of the Bath Road in the English county of Berkshire. It is the largest and most popular park in Reading, and includes a large regency style house, now known as Prospect Park Mansion House and previously as Prospect House.
2.1 miW
Bridge
Whitchurch Bridge, Pangbourne
53 min walk • Whitchurch Bridge is a toll road bridge over the Thames in England. It links the villages of Pangbourne, Berkshire, and Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire – crossing the river's reach above Mapledurham Lock just downstream of Whitchurch Lock.
2.7 miSE
Church
St Peter's Church, Reading
69 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.
2 miS
Park
Blundells Copse, Reading
53 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.
3.4 miSE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
The Hexagon, Reading
86 min walk • The Hexagon is a multi-purpose theatre and arts venue in Reading, Berkshire, England. Built in 1977 in the shape of an elongated hexagon, the theatre is operated by Reading Borough Council under the name "Reading Arts and Venues" along with South Street Arts Centre and Reading's concert hall.
2.4 miS
Church
Church of St Michael, Reading
61 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.
1.6 miS
Park
McIlroy Park, Reading
41 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.
2.9 miSW
Tower
Wilder's Folly
74 min walk • Wilder's Folly is a folly and dovecote at Nunhide, near the village of Sulham in the English county of Berkshire.

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How to get to Mapledurham Watermill by public transport?

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Tilehurst (27 min walk)