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Forbury Gardens is a public park in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The park is on the site of the outer court of Reading Abbey , which was in front of the Abbey Church. The site was formerly known as the Forbury , and one of the roads flanking the current gardens is still known as The Forbury .
Christchurch Meadows is a park in Reading, Berkshire, England, located next to the River Thames. It stretches along the north ( Caversham ) side of the river, between Caversham Bridge and Reading Bridge , and is linked to the south (Reading) bank by the Christchurch Bridge , a pedestrian and cycle bridge built in 2015.
The town's most famous resident was Josh Billings, born Henry Wheeler Shaw. He was a popular humorist in the nineteenth century, rivaling Mark Twain for popularity at the time. Historic sites include the Old Stone School, an unusual stone one-room schoolhouse , built in 1832 from funds donated by Ephraim Bradley and which operated as a school ...
Woodside is a large detached house with 37 acres (15 ha) of gardens in Old Windsor, Berkshire, on the edge of Windsor Great Park. The house has been rebuilt several times since the 18th century. The Rococo gardens of Woodside were laid out in the mid-18th century and depicted by the artist Thomas Robins the Elder.
The park and pavilion were designed by architect, William Ravenscroft. [2] [3] The Park was the venue for the 1927 WAAA Championships, held on 9 July 1927. [4] Popular with local residents for various activities, it often hosts religious festivals, sports tournaments and small special events. In the past, Carter's Steam Fair visited the park ...
From 1949 to 2000, the property was an NHS hospital for mentally handicapped children, and during that time was called "Binfield Park Hospital". Juliette Alvin did work on music therapy there in the 1960s.
Welford Park is a country house and estate in the village of Welford in the English county of Berkshire, situated 5.2 miles northwest of Newbury and 10.9 miles south of Wantage. It is a Grade I-listed building. [1] The church of Welford St Gregory, one of only two existing round-tower churches in Berkshire, is located
Francis Greenway Correctional Complex, formerly John Morony Correctional Complex is an Australian minimum security prison complex for males and females located in Berkshire Park, 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Windsor in New South Wales, Australia.