Reading CAAC are participating in Reading Walks Festival 2023. On Sunday 14 May starting at 11 am we will be leading a walk around the Eldon Square Conservation Area. Eldon Square was Reading's first conservation area designated in 1972 and extended in 1982. Booking is required for the free walk which will last 1-2 hours.… Continue reading We are taking part in Reading Walks Festival 2023
Category: Eldon Square
Beating the bounds of the Eldon Square CA
3 December 2022 a cold morning for a 9.30am start to beat the bounds of the Eldon Square CA. Thank you to everyone who came along. We were considering if there should be changes to the boundary of the CA as part of reviewing the existing appraisal. At the Wesley Methodist Church on Queen's Road… Continue reading Beating the bounds of the Eldon Square CA
On the eighth day of Christmas…
...my true love sent to me: eight Russell Terrace, Seven Bridges House, six hexagons, five Abbey gates, four time pieces, three Thames bridges, two ancient monuments and an Inner Distribution Road. In the garden of 8 Russell Terrace, 1846. public domain: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/283065 It is thanks to the 'Reading Establishment' at 8 Russell Terrace, now 55… Continue reading On the eighth day of Christmas…
On the first day of Christmas…
...my true love sent to me: an Inner Distribution Road. IDR flyover at the foot of Southampton Street looking north Reading's Inner Distribution Road (IDR) encircles the town centre and has very few admirers but as a route around the town centre it takes in some of Reading's most important heritage sites. Construction began at… Continue reading On the first day of Christmas…
Reading Conservation Area Advisory Committee 