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🚶‍➡️For when your brain has approximately 47 tabs open...The trees are turning, the leaves are crunching and your screen...
10/10/2026

🚶‍➡️For when your brain has approximately 47 tabs open...

The trees are turning, the leaves are crunching and your screen time could probably do with a break 👀

In the spirit of World Mental Health Day, why not swap the scroll for a stroll? Reading’s wellbeing walks are a great excuse to get some fresh air, clear your head and see a different side of town. Bonus points if you spot some particularly good autumn colours along the way. 🍁

Fancy a wander? Pick up a wellbeing walks leaflet from Reading libraries or Reading Town Hall, pick your route and get exploring.

Or download online via the link in bio.

Reading Council

🤔 No Googling allowed. Where in Reading is this? Just a few steps from Reading Station, this characterful little arcade ...
09/10/2026

🤔 No Googling allowed. Where in Reading is this?

Just a few steps from Reading Station, this characterful little arcade is home to independent shops, bags of personality and plenty of reasons to have a nose around.

From collectibles at Crunch Comics to the gorgeous finds at Adrienne Henry Millinery, there's plenty to discover if you fancy a browse beyond the usual high street.

Give up? It's Harris Arcade! 🎉

Consider this your sign to take a little detour next time you're in Reading...

What's your favourite shop in there? 👇

Summer plans looking a little empty? 👀It’s time to get Reading Festival on the radar for 2027.Four days of huge acts, 10...
06/10/2026

Summer plans looking a little empty? 👀

It’s time to get Reading Festival on the radar for 2027.

Four days of huge acts, 100,000 festival-goers and one very good reason to make Reading your summer trip📍

Music, mates and no need for a pilgrimage to Somerset? Sounds like a pretty good weekend to us.

📅 26–29 August 2027.
Your summer plans just got interesting.

📸 Reading Festival |

🎃 WIN 4 tickets to Hallo'welly'ween at Wellington Country Park! 🎃Fancy a frightfully fun family day out this half term? ...
05/10/2026

🎃 WIN 4 tickets to Hallo'welly'ween at Wellington Country Park! 🎃

Fancy a frightfully fun family day out this half term? Enter for the chance to win tickets to this spooktacular event! Trust us, there’s plenty to get excited about…

Celebrating 13 years of award-winning Halloween fun, Wellington Country Park is bringing nine days of family-friendly entertainment from 23–31 October. Expect circus shows, exotic animal encounters, a silent disco, recycled crafts, pumpkin carving, fang-tastic walkabout entertainment and plenty of spooky decorations for the perfect Halloween snaps. 👻

Find out more using the link in bio.

Want to win? Here’s how to enter:
🧡 Follow Visit Reading and Wellington Country Park
🧡 Like this post
🧡 Tag someone who needs a little Halloween fun below. Each comment counts as an extra entry!

Competition closes: 11 October 2026

Terms & Conditions
• Open to UK residents aged 18+.
• One winner will receive 4 tickets to Hallo'Welly'ween at Wellington Country Park.
• Tickets are valid for Hallo'welly'ween 2026, from 23–31 October 2026.
• Competition closes at 11:59pm on 11 October 2026.
• The winner will be selected at random and contacted via direct message from Visit Reading only.

100 years of Caversham Bridge 👀On 25 June 1926, the new bridge was formally opened by HRH Prince Edward, the Prince of W...
02/10/2026

100 years of Caversham Bridge 👀

On 25 June 1926, the new bridge was formally opened by HRH Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, replacing an ancient bridge first recorded way back in 1231, followed by an iron bridge which opened in 1869.

And there are some lovely details hiding in its history. The bridge was built from reinforced concrete using the Mouchel-Hennebique system, while its bronze lampstands were made by the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts, the same guild responsible for the gates of Buckingham Palace.

A century on, it’s still doing what it was built to do: getting people across the Thames and into Caversham.

But why stop at the bridge?

Cross over and you’ll find riverside walks, independent shops, cafes, pubs, parks and plenty of places to eat and explore. Caversham is waiting...

👉 See what’s beyond the bridge: visit-reading.com/explore/areas-to-visit/caversham

📸 Helen Lambert

✨ There’s something BIG on its way to Broad Street… Diwali is coming to town! 🎊Join Kala The Arts on Saturday 24 October...
30/09/2026

✨ There’s something BIG on its way to Broad Street…

Diwali is coming to town! 🎊

Join Kala The Arts on Saturday 24 October for Diwali: Light It Up! — a spectacular, free celebration taking over Reading town centre.

Expect towering 17-foot puppets of Sita, Rama, Ganesh and their companions, alongside dhol drummers, live music and dancers in beautiful, colourful costumes inspired by goddesses, animals and mythic tales.

Here’s how the evening unfolds:

🕺 5pm–5.45pm — Dance performances at Reading Town Hall Square
🥁 5.45pm–6pm — Drummers
🎉 6.15pm–7pm — Parade through the town centre

📅 Saturday 24 October
📍 Reading Town Centre

🍂 Fancy a little autumn adventure?From 24 October – 1 November, Reading town centre is hiding a whole load of golden aco...
28/09/2026

🍂 Fancy a little autumn adventure?

From 24 October – 1 November, Reading town centre is hiding a whole load of golden acorns… and it’s your job to find them 👀

Head into town, grab your map and see how many you can spot hiding in shop windows along the trail. And if you find them all? You can enter our competition for the chance to win an exciting prize. 🍁

Perfect for a half-term wander, with plenty of shops, cafes and treats to discover along the way.

📍 Pick up your map from Reading Central Library, Reading Museum or Broad Street Mall Customer Service Desk.

Ready to get acorn-spotting? 🌰

🔗 Find out more: visit-reading.com/autumntrail

What's On Reading

125 YEARS?! 🚌Reading Buses have been getting people around town for over a century…so naturally, it’s time to celebrate!...
26/09/2026

125 YEARS?! 🚌

Reading Buses have been getting people around town for over a century…so naturally, it’s time to celebrate!

See these classic buses in real life next weekend with era-inspired entertainment and limited edition merch. There will even be FREE vintage bus rides from St Mary’s Butts, 11am–4pm!

🗓️ Sunday 4 October
⏰ 10am - 4pm
📍 Broad Street

You’ll be able to see how Reading’s buses have changed over 125 years, right up to one of the latest electric buses.

A pretty good excuse to look at buses all day, if you ask us 👀

Find out more at reading-buses.co.uk/125-years-reading-buses-display

Reading has a suspicious number of ways to lock you in a room… 👀In fact, our town has become a bit of an escape room cap...
25/09/2026

Reading has a suspicious number of ways to lock you in a room… 👀

In fact, our town has become a bit of an escape room capital, with loads of spots offering wonderfully nerdy, creative and seriously fun ways to spend an afternoon. Think pirate treasure, magic, mad scientists, time travel and, naturally, a few things that would be better left unexplained…

Here’s where to get yourself locked in:

🔐 Deadlocked – Home to some seriously immersive sets, puzzles and storylines, including the Reading Witch, ranked #1 escape room in the UK by the Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts’ Choice Awards.

🕵️ Escape Hunt – Pick your adventure with immersive rooms including A Dalek Awakens, Blackbeard’s Treasure, Alice in Puzzleland and more.

🧩 Escape Reading – Choose from adventures including Blown Away, Age of Magic and Mary’s Curse.

🏴‍☠️ DreamVault Escape Adventures – Enter a boy’s dream in Smuggler’s Grove, with more rooms coming soon!

🥊 Knockout Escape Rooms – Take on Dirty Money, Mad Scientist, The Locktopus or The Curious Cabin, with mysteries, experiments and plenty of puzzles to work your way through.

So, who in your group is actually getting you out… and who’s going to be staring blankly at a padlock for an hour?

🔗 Link in bio to plan your next Escape Adventure.

Good luck!

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