Regularly, every Saturday in spring and summer
Venue: Welcome Gallery Reading Museum
Price:
£10
Our Abbey Quarter Tours are back for a new season! Book your tour now!
Enjoy a walking tour exploring the heart of medieval Reading led by our Official Reading Museum tour guides.
Starting in the Story of Reading Gallery in Reading Museum and continuing outdoors, this tour will lead you on a discovery of the history and heritage of Reading's Abbey Quarter.
You will explore the highlights of the Abbey Quarter, including the Hospitium where medieval pilgrims stayed and the impressive Reading Abbey Ruins. The tour gives you exclusive access to the Abbey Gateway, the grand entrance to the Abbot’s Lodgings which became Queen Elizabeth I’s royal residence, and later the school where Jane Austen studied as a girl.
Developed and managed by Reading Museum.
Who
All ages
When
Regularly every Saturday morning. A one-and-a-half hour tour starting at 11am.
Where
Meet at Reading Museum, main reception.
Please note that the meeting place and some of the stops during the tour might change depending on site accessibility at the time of your tour.
Reviews of the Official Reading Abbey Quarter Tour:
'Lots of very interesting sites to visit'
'Excellent - lively guide. Thanks'
'Really interesting tour, it brought the Abbey to life'
'Engaging guide. Very informative regarding Abbey and some of the wider history of Reading'
