Fobney Island Wetland Nature Reserve

Fobney Island Wetland Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Reading, England. Fobney Island Wetland Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Green Park Village, as well as near the suburb Coley Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Madejski Stadium and Reading Railway Station.

Madejski Stadium

Stadium

Photo: TheSportsDB, CC0.

The Madejski Stadium, currently known as the Select Car Leasing Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Reading, Berkshire, England. It is the home of Reading Football Club, who play in EFL League One.

Reading Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: DavidTDC3377, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reading railway station is a major transport hub in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England, it is 36 miles west of London Paddington. It is sited on the northern edge of the town centre, near to the main retail and commercial areas and the River Thames.

Reading Abbey

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors." In its heyday the abbey was one of Europe's largest royal monasteries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Earley and Caversham.

Earley

Suburb

Photo: Virginia Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Earley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Along with the neighbouring town of Woodley, the Office for National Statistics places Earley within the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area; for the purposes of local government it falls within the Borough of Wokingham, outside the area of Reading Borough Council.

Caversham

Suburb

Photo: Jystyn, Public domain.

Reading is a large, historic town in Berkshire in the South East of England. It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.

Lower Earley

Suburb

Photo: Rosalind Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lower Earley is a suburb of Earley, a town in Berkshire, England. Lower Earley is a predominantly lower-density residential area lying on the northern banks of the River Loddon.

Fobney Island Wetland Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Also known as: “Fobney Island Nature Reserve”
Category: recreation area
Location: Reading, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.4348° or 51° 26′ 5″ north

Longitude

-0.9909° or 0° 59′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C3XC2M5+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 488933365

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Green Park Village and Coley Park.

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Highlights include Homer’s Mead and Eight Acres.

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