Top Things to do in Reading
What to do and see in Reading, England: The Best Things to do Good for Kids
Discover the best top things to do in Reading, United Kingdom including TimeTrap Escape Rooms, Knockout Escape Rooms, Reload Laser Clay Shooting Range, Deadlocked Escape Rooms, Escape Hunt Reading, The Museum of English Rural Life, Basildon Park, Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre, Kennet & Avon Canal, Museum of Berkshire Aviation.
Restaurants in Reading
1. 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!)
2. 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 :)
3. 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!
4. 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!
5. 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!
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 316 reviews
Reviewed By rogergardiner - Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Not for wet weather but on a sunny day the circuit of the wall is well worth doing. Handy parking. Take in the 12th Century Church and the amphitheatre. Lovely countryside views. Drinks and food at the Calleva in Silchester.
9. Kennet & Avon Canal
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 305 reviews
Reviewed By RosyU - Colombo, Sri Lanka
I have had peaceful walks along the canal. It is really nice to have such a view in the town area. very quiet and peaceful.
10. Museum of Berkshire Aviation
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 107 reviews
Reviewed By Radjon91 - Aberaeron, United Kingdom
Tucked away on the edge of a housing estate, on the fringes of a country park, this museum is a hidden gem. It doesn’t have the attention grabbers, like Spitfires and Hurricanes, but it does have a wealth of exhibits and information about some of the lesser known ‘greats’ of British aviation. It is staffed by volunteers, who have a real passion for their subject, and £3.50 per adult entrance fee doesn’t seem enough. Well worth a visit.
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