Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock

Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock is a museum in Reading, England. Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock is situated nearby to the building Bel and the dragon, as well as near the pub The Fisherman’s Cottage.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock and Reading Abbey.

Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock

Museum

Photo: Juan J. Martínez, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock is a museum located at Blake's Lock in the town of Reading, in Berkshire, England. The museum contains information about the history of human activity on the River Kennet and the River Thames in Reading.

Reading Abbey

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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. Reading Abbey is situated 1,700 feet west of Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock.

Bel and the dragon

Building

Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bel and the dragon is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtown and Cemetery Junction.

Newtown

Suburb

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newtown is a residential area in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England. It is situated in East Reading between the Cemetery Junction and the River Kennet.

Cemetery Junction

Locality

Photo: Walton Adams, Public domain.

Cemetery Junction is a road junction and locale in the East Reading and Newtown neighbourhoods of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

Coley

Suburb

Photo: Uli Harder, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coley is a neighbourhood near the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It is often referred to as Old Coley, to distinguish it from the adjacent, and much more recent, suburb of Coley Park.

Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock

Type: Museum
Address: Reading
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Reading, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.45576° or 51° 27′ 21″ north

Longitude

-0.95775° or 0° 57′ 28″ west

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

way 80966408

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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