Activities & projects

Drawing of Jane Austen c. 1810 by Cassandra Austen. Credit: National Portrait Gallery London

Jane Austen 250 – Commemorative Plaque

Reading Civic Society worked with Reading Borough Council and Reading Museum since summer 2024 to identify sources of funding to be able to commission a new commemorative plaque the mark Jane Austen’s time at school in Reading. The aim was to erect this during 2025 on the eastern wall of the Abbey Gateway to replace ... Read more

Children building models

LOOK DRAW BUILD @ Reading & BRISTOL

This is a creative learning programme that uses the transport terminal of Reading Station to inform, and inspire, some 600 Primary Schools students every year.