2026 Annual General Meeting (14 February)
Date of the Reading Civic Society Annual General Meeting 2026 followed by talk from Thomas Macey on the history of Jacksons Department store
LOOK DRAW BUILD 2025 Bristol-Awards Night
LOOK DRAW BUILD Bristol Awards Night to be held on 5 June 2025 in the Engine Shed, Bristol, where the winning models will be announced.
LOOK DRAW BUILD 2025 Reading
2025 LOOK DRAW BUILD programme is running in March 2025. It allows primary school children to compete in designing and building model railway stations supported by engineers, architects and engineers. This year the programme is to be extended to Bristol.
Explore Reading
Find out about Reading old and new.
Our Heritage Plaque Website
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
Jane Austen 250 – Commemorative Plaque
Reading Civic Society worked with Reading Borough Council and Reading Museum from summer 2024 to identify sources of funding to commission a new commemorative plaque the mark Jane Austen’s time at school in Reading. The plaque was erected in June 2025 on the eastern wall of the Abbey Gateway to replace the previous almost illegible ... Read more
Workhouses, Inns & Vestries – Talk (6 Nov 2025 )
Talk on Workhouses, Inns & Vestries: How Reading parishes cared for their poor in the 18C
Bracknell before the New Town – Walk (12 June & Presentation 12 April 2025 )
Talk and walk based on 'The Story of Bracknell: Before the New Town' by Andrew Radgick. Taking place in April & June 2025
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-related topics covered in more depth. Here are links to our most recent Newsletters: