Hold the Date – 2025 AGM
This year’s Reading Civic Society Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place at 14.00 on Saturday 15th March 2025. The Chair and other members of the Society will provide an update on Society activities, plans and finances and this year will introduce the new section of the website displaying and detailing Heritage Plaques located around ... Read more
Our Heritage Plaque Website goes live
We have been working on a new section of our website which details the heritage “blue” plaques around our town. A sub-committee has worked tirelessly to find, check and document the plaques, and information panels, and collate them in to one useful display with an associated map to help members and visitors to Reading to ... Read more
Pride of Reading Awards 2024
These awards have taken place since 2004, making 2024 the 20th anniversary. This year there were 23 award categories with each having a worthy winner. Here at the Reading Civic Society we are very pleased to see the Thames Lido receive the ‘Putting Reading on the Map’ award at a ceremony in the Madejski Stadium ... Read more
Reading Civic Society Newsletters
The Society produced regular updates to members through emails and on social media. During the year Newsletters are produced which consolidate events and news information and often provide more details of these activities, plus Reading topics covered in more depth. Below there are links to the Newsletters produced in a last few years:
Explore Reading
Find out about Reading old and new.
Hillside House – Heritage Open Days
On 14 September the garden of Hillside House in Allcroft Road will be opened as part of the Heritage open Days.
Look, Draw, Build @ Reading Station 2024
This year we will deliver the programme to 10 schools across Reading, including 2 SEN schools during May.