Reading Minster of St Mary the Virgin
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Places › England › South East › Reading Getting here
51.45441, -0.97345
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Tamp Culture Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Tamp Culture Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Jersey Tiger, Syrphus +100 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Jersey Tiger, Syrphus +100 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern Way Southern Extension Walking route ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWS Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map St James' Way Walking route 110 km ▾
Named route Ref SJW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map 160 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 19 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Local cycle route
Show on map Link to NCN 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN4 Link Local cycle route
Show on map Woodley, Earley Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route CR5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CR5 Local cycle route
Show on map Earley Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
27,701 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,701 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species · American Mink · Mole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 American Mink Neovison vison Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Plume · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Psectrotanypus varius · Epistrophe eligans +4
Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hairy Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,701 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Mute Swan · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species · American Mink · Mole
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 American Mink Neovison vison Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Plume · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Psectrotanypus varius · Epistrophe eligans +4
Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Hairy Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dolycoris baccarum2025
Dolycoris baccarum2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025 