Stuck for something to do this weekend? The Reading Chronicle has you covered.
Every year Tripadvisor gives a Travellers’ Choice award to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travellers.
Here's our top five within driving distance of Reading.
Take a tour around this impressive Georgian mansion, surrounded by a curated park, and see all the restored 1800s have to offed.
The building is filled with interesting architecture, fine paintings and fabrics.
The park is currently running its Hallo’Welly’Ween week from October 23 to 31, including a Halloween-themed disco, pop-up play village and a ‘Spooktacular Halloween Train Ride’.
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This lavish hotel is filled with plush fabrics and swanky wallpapers.
If you don’t believe me, check out the 86,000 Italian-glass beads in the chandelier that hangs from the top of the building.
4. Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre
The area in Hampshire has its origins in the late 1st century BC.
The former Roman town, unlike most, was reoccupied or built on after it was abandoned in the 6th or 7th century.
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5. Osaka
The independent restaurant and bar serves dishes "inspired from the streets of Japan" such as sushi, ramen, Katsu curry and noodle soup.
The restaurant's website explains they "use food to bring the community together" describing their restaurant as "a place like no other".
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