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Reading
Population 162,666 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 21 of daylight
- February: 10 h of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 50 of daylight
- May: 15 h 35 of daylight
- June: 16 h 36 of daylight
- July: 16 h 11 of daylight
- August: 14 h 39 of daylight
- September: 12 h 42 of daylight
- October: 10 h 45 of daylight
- November: 8 h 54 of daylight
- December: 7 h 53 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Reading
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Reading's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 24
2 to 3 hours· 28
3 to 5 hours· 78
- Leuven3h
- Ghent3h 02
- York3h 05
- Wakefield3h 06
- Manchester3h 07
- Sheffield3h 07
- Antwerp3h 11
- Liège3h 11
- Plymouth3h 12
- Warrington3h 16
68 moreFewer
- Chester3h 16
- Runcorn3h 16
- Shrewsbury3h 21
- Leeds3h 23
- Lier3h 25
- Wigan3h 27
- Ath3h 30
- Bruges3h 31
- Salford3h 31
- Namur3h 32
- Rotterdam3h 34
- Paris3h 36
- Altrincham3h 36
- Liverpool3h 37
- Sint-Niklaas3h 38
- Wrexham3h 39
- Preston3h 41
- Schiedam3h 43
- Kortrijk3h 46
- Disneyland Paris3h 48
- Delft3h 49
- Huddersfield3h 49
- Bolton3h 51
- Charleroi3h 52
- Hasselt3h 54
- Ostend3h 56
- Kingston upon Hull3h 56
- Lincoln3h 59
- Kerkrade4h 01
- The Hague4h 02
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 02
- Scarborough4h 02
- Saint-Cloud4h 03
- Dinant4h 08
- Durham4h 08
- Breda4h 09
- Heerlen4h 10
- Amiens4h 12
- Accrington4h 13
- Dordrecht4h 16
- Leiden4h 17
- Versailles4h 19
- Amsterdam4h 22
- Blackpool4h 22
- Burnley4h 24
- Cromer4h 24
- Tilburg4h 25
- Spa4h 25
- Sunderland4h 25
- Llandudno4h 25
- Gouda4h 28
- Middlesbrough4h 31
- Valkenburg aan de Geul4h 32
- Zaandam4h 36
- Haarlem4h 37
- Weesp4h 37
- Hilversum4h 38
- Maastricht4h 39
- Utrecht4h 48
- Ypres4h 49
- Almere4h 49
- Reims4h 49
- Eindhoven4h 49
- Bussum4h 49
- Amersfoort4h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch4h 52
- Cleethorpes4h 55
- Fontainebleau4h 58
5 hours or more· 61
- Alkmaar5h 05
- Chartres5h 09
- Penzance5h 09
- Apeldoorn5h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Le Mans5h 24
- Aberystwyth5h 24
- Tywyn5h 24
- Geldrop5h 24
- Nijmegen5h 26
51 moreFewer
- Rennes5h 27
- Venlo5h 27
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 27
- Nelson5h 27
- Annan5h 28
- Deventer5h 29
- Edinburgh5h 31
- Tenby5h 37
- Vlissingen5h 38
- Arnhem5h 41
- Strasbourg5h 42
- Zwolle5h 43
- Calais5h 52
- Metz5h 55
- Rouen5h 55
- Caen5h 55
- Zutphen5h 57
- Lyon5h 58
- Glasgow6h 04
- North Berwick6h 11
- Bayeux6h 13
- Enschede6h 16
- Stirling6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Colmar6h 24
- Assen6h 27
- Greenock6h 36
- Saint-Malo6h 42
- Groningen6h 44
- Nancy6h 46
- Le Havre6h 46
- Leeuwarden6h 46
- Nantes6h 49
- Avignon6h 50
- Saint-Étienne6h 50
- Perth6h 51
- Cherbourg-en-Cotentin7h 09
- Basel7h 10
- Bordeaux7h 10
- Marseille7h 12
- Helensburgh7h 13
- Dundee7h 14
- Lanark7h 20
- Arles7h 28
- Orange7h 28
- Clermont-Ferrand7h 33
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Grenoble7h 41
- Delfzijl7h 43
- Dieppe7h 56
From Reading's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 6
1 to 2 hours· 22
2 to 3 hours· 27
3 to 5 hours· 44
- Sheffield3h
- Stockport3h 07
- Wakefield3h 07
- Preston3h 11
- Lincoln3h 13
- Leeds3h 15
- Manchester3h 16
- Chester3h 16
- Salford3h 19
- Lille3h 28
34 moreFewer
- Bolton3h 29
- Liverpool3h 31
- Wrexham3h 31
- Huddersfield3h 37
- Durham3h 39
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 41
- Accrington3h 43
- Plymouth3h 44
- Kingston upon Hull3h 51
- Blackpool3h 53
- Burnley3h 53
- Torquay3h 57
- Middlesbrough3h 58
- Paris4h 01
- Altrincham4h 05
- Brussels4h 07
- Cromer4h 11
- Sunderland4h 15
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Llandudno4h 25
- Cleethorpes4h 25
- Scarborough4h 31
- Kraainem4h 32
- Saint-Cloud4h 34
- Aalst4h 40
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 40
- Versailles4h 42
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll4h 49
- Disneyland Paris4h 52
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Nelson4h 55
- Leuven4h 58
- Fontainebleau4h 59
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Abbey Ruins Attraction · 720 m
- Simeon Monument Monument · 440 m
- Queen Victoria Monument · 490 m
- Reading Museum Museum · 560 m
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- Maiwand Lion Monument · 640 m
- War Memorial Memorial · 580 m
- Edward VII Monument · 600 m
- Fred Potts Memorial · 620 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Water Fest
June
Water Fest is kiddy-oriented. It's held along the Kennet Canal. The next is probably 8 June 2024, tbc
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Mela
August
Mela celebrates Asian culture, with the next on 5-6 Aug 2023 in Palmer Park
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Reading Festival
August
Reading Festival is the big one, held on the Rivermead site. The next is 25-27 Aug 2023, and town will be packed out around these days
3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Reading); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 96 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- AAA Executive Cars Reading Ltd 220 m
- Taxi Rank 650 m
- Reading 720 m
- Green Metro Cars 1.2 km
- Reading West 1.2 km
- Thames RiverCruise 1.5 km
More train stations: Reading Green Park 3.5 km, Earley 4.1 km, Tilehurst 4.4 km, Amnerfield Miniature Railway 5.0 km, Winnersh Triangle 6.0 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.