Top Things to do in Reading
10 Budget-friendly Things to do in Reading That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Reading, United Kingdom including Stanlake Park Wine Estate, Escape Reading, TimeTrap Escape Rooms, Terry's Reading Walkabouts, Knockout Escape Rooms, Reload Laser Clay Shooting Range, Deadlocked Escape Rooms, Escape Hunt Reading, The Museum of English Rural Life, Basildon Park.
Restaurants in Reading
1. Stanlake Park Wine Estate
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 165 reviews
We produce a variety of wines, including English Sparkling wine, white, rose and red wine. Our wines can be purchased at our Cellar Shop & Wine Bar, as well as online. Wine tastings & Vineyard Tours available. Large selection of gifts and accessories at the Cellar Shop.
Reviewed By normannorma1 - Farnborough, United Kingdom
Every winery tour is different and with Stanlake being a smaller winery, Natalia's passionate and personal narrative during the tour was very interestingly focused on the environment and challenges that she is working with her winemaker husband Nico here in England. We were able to try a very enjoyable selection of Stanlake's wines on our journey through the production process. I've bought their Bacchus before...it is delightful...everything good about a warm sunny day in a bottle.
2. Escape Reading
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1,234 reviews
Escape Reading is a real-life room escape game based in Reading, United Kingdom. The game is designed for 2-6 people and offers a fun, team-building, brain-busting experience! After entering a room with your team, the door is locked behind you. 60 minutes are on the clock! Success, failure and bonding are inevitable – escape is not!
Reviewed By 469holliew
Amazing time, highly recommend doing this such great fun and such a rush!!! Levi was brilliant and really made u/it feel so real!!!!!! * I actually felt he was a get away driver ???????????? absolutely loved it cant wait to do the others.
3. TimeTrap Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 794 reviews
TimeTrap Escape Rooms are Reading's award winning, 5 star rated immersive escape room venue. We send you back in time to rewrite the history with you as the hero!
Reviewed By wellsie14 - Basingstoke, United Kingdom
We had an excellent time today at Time Trap playing two rooms back to back! Both rooms were great and felt very distinctly different. Both were incredibly designed and were a lot of fun. My favourite was Imaginarium, it was very unique and all of the puzzles were fab! Pudding Lane was great too, the atmosphere was awesome, so was the set. Our Time Travel Engineers were both fantastic from the beginning brief to the debrief at the end - thank you Ella and Tegan for your help! They gave well timed clues when we needed them :D We’ll hopefully be back to play Station X soon. (I need to collect the last badge!)
4. Terry's Reading Walkabouts
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 93 reviews
PLEASE DO NOT TURN UP BEFORE BOOKING WITH ME BY PHONE OR E-Mail FIRST. Whether visiting Reading UK, recently moved to the area or lived here all your life, my easy guided walking tours explain about its beginning, Rivers/Canal, Stories, re-opened Abbey history, Forbury gardens, Reading Gaol, Glorious Revolution of 1688, WW2 Air Raid, The 5 B’s inc. what was the world’s biggest biscuit factory, Shopping & Restaurants etc. Suitable for adults & children (those aged over 5 can have a Free Quiz for 5-10 & 10-15 year olds ). I can normally conduct walkabouts on most Tuesdays, Thursday & some Saturday or Sunday mornings. Other days & times maybe available, providing that I am free on that day & you give me enough notice. Start time is normally 10am. Customised walks can often be arranged. 2nd Walkabout added - covers Reading's proud Theatre, Cinema, Religious & Retail heritage, plus Thames River & Caversham. In 2018 2 special Famous/Not-so-Famous Women of Reading Walkabouts have been add.
5. Knockout Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 549 reviews
Four Live Interactive Escape Room Scenarios - Mad Scientist, Prison Break, 9-5 Assassin and The Curious Cabin. Try to Escape within the 60 minutes - teamwork is best! Ideal fun for corporate, friends or family Minimum Age 12+
Reviewed By 719mollyd
I went to knockout escape rooms for my 21st birthday and it was so amazing! We did the prison break room... I had such a good time! The rooms are so cool and interesting to escape from! Our host was Janine, she was also so amazing at making our experience at our first escape room unforgettable Highly highly recommend So much fun for any occasion Thank you so much, we will definitely be back for more fun :)
6. Reload Laser Clay Shooting Range
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 271 reviews
Reload - Laser Clay Shooting Range The UK's first dedicated laser target sport venue. Come along, chill out and shoot stuff with our laser shotguns. With both static targets and flying clays the activity is fun for all levels of ability. Check out our Facebook for pictures and videos. Session length - 1.5hrs Suitable for ages 12+ Pre-Booking Required (Bookings only taken online via our website) Price - £50 per bay (up to 5 people), for a 1.5 hour session.
Reviewed By alicesQ8747FE
I arranged to book the whole range out for a corporate social - the evening was really fun, great games and really friendly instructors. Really good value for money too!
7. Deadlocked Escape Rooms
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 255 reviews
Trapped in a themed room with just your team and your wits, you are tasked with finding the clues, solving the puzzles and escaping the room. Perfect for corporate team building, friends hanging out, or showing how intelligent you are on a first date, Deadlocked Escape Rooms will bring you and your team closer together to give you an adventure you'll not stop talking about.
Reviewed By M9437EBsarag - Fleet, United Kingdom
The adventure begins from the moment the door opens The Time machine room was really inventive in the challenges, loved the inclusion of puzzles, logic and there are definitely a few points that stumped us at the time! Loved the passion of the team who showed us some behind the scenes secrets once we had finished! Fab & will definitely be back to try other rooms soon!
8. Escape Hunt Reading
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 582 reviews
Experience the most exciting escape rooms in Reading. Escape Hunt Reading features 5-star rated escape rooms, a luxury lounge and VIP amenities. Get locked in and let the adrenaline flow as you race against time to crack the clues and escape the room. Great fun for groups, team building, corporate events, families or a night out with friends. Our expert staff can help you create an exciting and memorable birthday party, group event, company away day and more. Escape Hunt is the global leader in escape room games with locations worldwide. Book online and step up to the challenge at Escape Hunt Reading.
Reviewed By Joinflygon
We did the "Doctor Who: Worlds Collide" escape room recently, which was very fun! Interesting puzzles, our game master Matt facilitated well and gave an appropriate level of hints (enough to make sure we weren't stuck), and some good easter eggs for Doctor Who fans for this particular room!
9. The Museum of English Rural Life
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 167 reviews
The Museum of English Rural Life is one of the best things to do in Reading. Whether on your own or with friends and family, discover our new immersive galleries, research our collections, refresh in our café and relax in our garden. Admission is free. The museum houses the most comprehensive national collection of objects, books and archives relating to the history of food, farming and the countryside. The museum galleries and garden were recently redeveloped thanks to Heritage Lottery funding.
Reviewed By ian19542016 - Reading, United Kingdom
A museum that is interesting, informative and educational, suitable for all age groups and best of all admission is free. The story of English rural life is told through a wide range of exhibits from horse drawn wagons large and small, early steam and petrol vehicles agricultural impliments, and items used by country folk in everyday life. For younger visitors there are a number of excellent interactive exhibits. Those of a certain age will recall childhood countryside days out and holidays. The only downside is that parking is very limited so best travel by public transport.
10. Basildon Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,184 reviews
An 18th-century house, a 1950s homeThis is a story of grandeur created, dissolved and resurrected - not once, but twice.Basildon Park is an impressive Georgian mansion, surrounded by glorious parkland, which was lovingly rescued from ruin by Lord and Lady Iliffe in the mid 1950s. The house you see today is a re-creation and restoration of the 18th-century mansion. They restored the elegant interior and scoured the country salvaging 18th-century architectural fixtures and fittings. They filled their comfortable new home with fine paintings, fabrics and furniture, which can still be enjoyed by visitors today.
Reviewed By JohnHodderHobbit - Clitheroe, United Kingdom
Very beautiful house that original and several prosperous, successive owners never fulfilled to its potential as a dynastic home. WW2 offered limited available accommodation to HQ elements (intriguingly claimed for both the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions) prior to their sacrifice in !944. Their basic operations office with a new A/V display is functional, but emotional in context to those who left here to fight. The NT has furnished rooms with appropriate furnishings and displays although the original treasures are long gone. The house volunteer staff are some of the most friendly and informative you could ever hope to meet. Big kitchen and still used for cookery classes in traditional catering menus. Lovely surrounding flower gardens although much now to lawn. Approach to the House is from the public car park via a Yew Tree walk with wooden statuary and a play site for little persons. Particular worthy of mention are the delicious cakes and excellent coffee/tea available in the tea room inside ( jungle animal murals by Riddle ) or sit in outside court in fine weather.
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