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Things to do in Berkshire
The best holidays are planned around great days out. Here's what's on the doorstep in Berkshire, from big-ticket attractions to rainy-day savers.
🎟️ This weekend near Berkshire
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Fri 13 Nov · 10:00
Oxford Victorian Christmas Market
Broad Street, Oxford · 23.7 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 20:00
Lock & Key Singles Party in Oxford @ The Varsity Club | 40s-...
The Varsity Club, Oxford · 23.6 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Oxford Highlights Audio Tour: Scholars and Spires
Oxford Castle, Oxford · 23.7 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Oxford Audio Tour: Legends, Lions, and Lost Scholars
Oxford Castle, Oxford · 23.7 mi
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Aquariums
15.2 mi from Berkshire
Deep Sea Adventure
Deep Sea Adventure is a LEGO® City ride where you board a submarine and join the Deep Sea Explorers on a mission to discover a lost underwater city. Along the way you'll spot shark...
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Museums & Galleries
1.4 mi from Berkshire
Reading Museum
Reading Museum is a museum of the history of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire, and the surrounding area. It is accommodated within Reading Town Hall, and con... — Wikipedia
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1.7 mi from Berkshire
Museum Of English Rural Life
The Museum of English Rural Life, known as The MERL, explores the past and present of the English countryside and the people whose work has shaped it. You can see seasonal displays...
1.9 mi from Berkshire
Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock
Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock is a small branch museum in Reading, set in two Listed former waterworks buildings beside the River Kennet. It tells the story of Reading's two riv...
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2.4 mi from Berkshire
The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology is a museum of ancient Mediterranean archaeology, primarily that of ancient Greek civilisation but with smaller collections of Egyptian, Etrusca... — Wikipedia
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2.6 mi from Berkshire
Cole Museum of Zoology
The Cole Museum of Zoology is a university museum, part of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Reading. It is located on the ground floor of the Health and Life... — Wikipedia
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3.8 mi from Berkshire
British Museum Archaeological Research Collection
5 mi from Berkshire
The Museum Of Berkshire Aviation
The Museum of Berkshire Aviation is a small aviation museum in Woodley, a town in Berkshire, England. The museum is on the edge of the site of the former Woodley Aerodrome and many... — Wikipedia
11.8 mi from Berkshire
Wallingford Museum
Wallingford Museum is a colourful, family-friendly local history museum set on two floors of a medieval oak-beamed building in the heart of Wallingford. You can explore the Walling...
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12.6 mi from Berkshire
Marlow Museum
Marlow Museum is a small, volunteer-run community museum in the heart of Marlow, telling the story of the town and surrounding villages through objects spanning pre-historic times...
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13.1 mi from Berkshire
Greenham Control Tower
Greenham Control Tower is a former military control tower in Greenham, West Berkshire, now run as a charity visitor centre and community hub where heritage meets community. You can...
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13.5 mi from Berkshire
Willis Museum
The Willis Museum sits in Basingstoke's historic Market Place, in a former Town Hall that has housed the museum since 1984. Inside you'll find Basingstoke and Deane's story from th...
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13.6 mi from Berkshire
Milestones Museum
Milestones Museum is an indoor living history museum in Basingstoke, recreating Hampshire streets and everyday life from the past under one roof. You can explore a 1940s sweet shop...
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13.9 mi from Berkshire
The Pest House
The Pest House is a small, historic isolation hospital built around 1622, used to house local people and travellers suffering from the plague, smallpox and other infectious disease...
14.3 mi from Berkshire
West Berkshire Museum
West Berkshire Museum sits in Newbury, housed in the historic Cloth Hall and old Granary buildings, and tells the story of West Berkshire from ancient rocks to local characters and...
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14.7 mi from Berkshire
Stanley Spencer Gallery
The Stanley Spencer Gallery is an art museum in the South of England dedicated to the life and work of the artist Stanley Spencer. It was opened in 1962 and is located in the Thame... — Wikipedia
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14.8 mi from Berkshire
Earth Trust Centre
Earth Trust Centre is an environmental charity site near Little Wittenham, South Oxfordshire, caring for green spaces including the iconic Wittenham Clumps and local nature reserve...
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15.1 mi from Berkshire
Dorchester Abbey Museum and Gift Shop
Dorchester Abbey Museum is a local museum in the village of Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England. It is attached to Dorchester Abbey. — Wikipedia
15.5 mi from Berkshire
Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot Railway Centre is a railway museum and preservation engineering site in Didcot, Oxfordshire, England. The site was formerly a Great Western Railway engine shed and locomotiv... — Wikipedia
Theme Parks
12 mi from Berkshire
Go Ape Bracknell
Go Ape Bracknell sits in Swinley Forest, offering high ropes, zip lines, Segways and axe throwing for a range of ages and abilities. You can take on the legendary Tarzan Swing and...
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15 mi from Berkshire
Legoland Windsor
Legoland Windsor is a LEGO-themed park in Surrey with over 55 rides and attractions, including the duelling coaster Minifigure Speedway, a LEGO City Driving School, and Adventure G...
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19 mi from Berkshire
Bekonscot Model Village
Bekonscot Model Village is the oldest original model village in the world, set in 1.5 acres of immaculate gardens filled with finely detailed miniature buildings capturing 1930s ru...
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20.5 mi from Berkshire
Go Ape Alice Holt
Go Ape Alice Holt sits in woodland near Binsted, East Hampshire, offering high ropes adventures including a 126-metre zip wire and the 41-crossing Treetop Challenge with its Tarzan...
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21.2 mi from Berkshire
Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park is a large theme park in Surrey, built around the UK's tallest and fastest rollercoaster, Hyperia, plus other record-breaking rides like Stealth, Nemesis Inferno and Co...
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25.4 mi from Berkshire
Go Ape Wendover
Go Ape Wendover sits at the highest point of the Chiltern Hills, offering treetop high ropes and ziplines amid vibrant forest scenery. You can take on the testing Treetop Challenge...
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29.2 mi from Berkshire
Malden and District Society of Model Engineers Ltd
This society is run by model engineering enthusiasts who operate the Thames Ditton Miniature Railway, with a particular focus on live steam miniature railways and all the work invo...
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Water Parks
15.8 mi from Berkshire
Wet n Wild Oxford
Oxford Wet n Wild sits on the freshwater Queenford Lakes at Berinsfield, offering an Aqua Park, paddleboarding, kayaking, open water wild swimming and kids' summer camps, plus a la...
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19.1 mi from Berkshire
Plastic Playground Wake Park
Plastic Playground Wake Park is a wakeboarding destination in Horton, offering both a Cable Lake for cable wakeboarding and a Boat Lake for wakesurfing, waterskiing and wakeboardin...
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23.3 mi from Berkshire
Guildford Lido
Guildford Lido is a public, open-air swimming pool in Guildford, Surrey, England. In Stoke Park, to the north of the town centre, it is surrounded by 1.8 ha of landscaped grounds.... — Wikipedia
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Zoos & Wildlife
5.6 mi from Berkshire
Beale Park
Beale Wildlife Park is situated by the River Thames, between the villages of Pangbourne and Lower Basildon in Berkshire, England. It has three main areas of attraction: collections... — Wikipedia
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19.8 mi from Berkshire
Birdworld
Birdworld is the UK's only dedicated bird park, spread across 18 acres of landscaped gardens in Berkshire, home to 181 bird species including penguins, flamingos and owls, alongsid...
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27.3 mi from Berkshire
Waddesdon Aviary
Architectural structure in Waddesdon, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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28.4 mi from Berkshire
Hanwell Zoo
Hanwell Zoo, formerly known as the Bunny Park, is a small community zoo in Brent Lodge Park in Hanwell, home to animals such as meerkats, flamingos and Hatari the porcupine, alongs...
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Where to stay near Berkshire
Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best things to do in Berkshire?
The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Berkshire.
What can we do in Berkshire when it rains?
Museums, galleries and aquariums are your friends — filter the list below by category and keep a couple in reserve for wet days.
More ways to explore
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