The city with a mixture of old and new Reading is a town in the borough of Reading and the urban area in the English county of Berkshire. The city is the historic town of Royal Berkshire.
The reading center is on a small ridge between the rivers Thames and Kennet. It is a mixture of old and new, with old red brick buildings on the local side by side with modern commercial buildings.
The town developed as a business center, housing companies UK offices of a significant number of computers such as Microsoft and Sage.
People come from miles around to sample the nightlife Plays. It has the best selection of pubs in the area, and several bars with DJs and clubs. All sites offer water front cafes. The Oracle of embodiments of the coffee culture with bars, cafes and restaurants.
The Oracle Shopping and Leisure Complex has 90 new stores, including brands such as Zara, Mango, Karen Millen, Disney Store and Mama and Papas and offers three floors of shopping. It was built in 1999 and is named after 17th century hospital founded by John Kendrick. Broad Street, the main shopping street is another pedestrian shopping street which was in 1995.
Famous people reading include authors Michael Bond and Elizabeth Taylor, artist Chris Tarrant, Marianne Faithful, Alma Cogan and most famous actors Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet.
Three cities main industries of the twentieth century was Huntley and Palmers, Simonds and three B Suttons cookies, beer and bulbs. Most of the people working in factories readings of these three companies. At the turn of the millennium that the brewery remained.
The Hexagon offers a range of live comedy and drama, live pop and rock.
The Forbury Gardens, which where originally part of Reading Abbey, was built between 1856 and 1864. The gardens are dominated by the Maiwand Lion, a monument of 1886 to the death of the 66th Regimentin Berkshire war of 1878-80.It was designed by George Blackall-Simonds.
Riverside Museum tells the story of Reading's two rivers Kennet and the Thames. It is located at Lock Blake and occupies two former industrial buildings. A medieval mill wheel was found when the oracle has been built.
The Turbine Hall is a unique building that spans the Kennet with waterfront views of downtown, housing kept turbine machines and occasional summer art exhibitions and events.
Posted on February 16, 2010.
