Categories Places to Visit South East England, Stately Homes, Castles, Palaces, Old Houses, Museums Places to Visit in Berkshire, Stately Homes, Old Houses, Historic Houses, Palaces, Castles, Museum
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Places to Visit in Berkshire
Places to Visit in Berkshire, Stately Homes, Castles, Old Houses, Historic Houses and Museums. Look below for Places of interest in Berkshire to visit with family, friends or children.
Where opening times are not listed please contact before visiting, as opening times may vary and some close during winter months.
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Beautiful Palladian Mansion built in the 18th century and featured in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. read more... |
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| Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, 0207 930 4832 Windsor Castle dates back 900 years, and is the official residence of the Queen. It is the largest occupied castle in the world. On view are the State Apartments where furniture, paintings, armour, tapestries, and sculpture is on view to the public. Also available to see are Queen Mary's Dolls House and St.Georges Chapel, burial place to 10 sovereigns, and setting for many Royal Weddings, including that of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. |
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| Highclere Castle, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20, 01635 253210 Stunning Victorian mansion dating back hundreds of years and transformed to its current Victorian splendour late in the 19th century. Vast mansion, in which the present Lord and Lady Carnarvon still live. The castle is the location where Downton Abbey was filmed for ITV. Beautiful gardens, and a library housing 5,500 books are also on view. |
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| Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham, Berkshire, 01628-471885 The Stanley Spencer Gallery opened in 1962 and is housed in the former Victorian Methodist Church where he worshipped as a child, not far from the cottage where he lived. On permanent display are letters, documents, and memorabilia of Stanley Spencer, as well as works of his including The Last Supper (1920). |
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| Museum of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, 0118 939 9800 Museum tracing the history of Reading with a range items, interactive galleries, art, and archaeology. |
