Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock
Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock is a local museum. You will find it inside Reading’s built-up area. It is managed by Reading Museum.
Museum in Reading
Inside Reading
Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock is inside Reading’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather by the month
From May to September, Reading sees highs of 18–23°C.
Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages. 29 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Abbey Ruins (600 m).
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Reading Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Reading
Practical information
Around Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock, mapped
The map centres on Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Reading’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock
Reading, with 203,789 people, is the largest of the 8. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Reading
Caversham
Woodley
Sonning
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | It’s in town | 203,789 | 16 |
| Caversham | 700 m north of it | 33,038 | 10 |
| Woodley | 2.5 km east of it | 28,019 | 11 |
| Sonning | 2.8 km east of it | 1,615 | 9 |
| Chalkhouse Green | 4.1 km north of it | 212 | 7 |
| Tokers Green | 4.4 km northwest of it | 354 | 7 |
| Shinfield | 4.5 km south of it | 5,417 | 9 |
| Winnersh | 4.8 km southeast of it | 8,904 | 8 |
Pair Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock with these
A visit can add 4 museums, an abbey or priory and a historic house, from 29 places within 15 km.
Abbey or prioryAbbey Ruins600 m away2
MuseumMuseum Of English Rural Life800 m away3
MuseumReading Museum800 m away4
Historic houseCaversham Park2.8 km away5
MuseumThe Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology1.9 km away6
Castle · National TrustGreys Court (National Trust)9.9 km away7
Fort · English HeritageCalleva Atrebatum14 km away8
MuseumCole Museum of Zoology2.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock
Where is Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock?
Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock is in Reading, Berkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock?
Local museum in Berkshire, England.
Who runs Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock?
Reading Museum.
When is the best time to visit Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock?
May to September are the warmest months in Reading, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock?
Within 15 km: Abbey Ruins (600 m), Museum Of English Rural Life (800 m), Reading Museum (800 m) and Caversham Park (2.8 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock: Juan J. Martínez from Exeter, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abbey Ruins: Chris Wood (User:chris_j_wood)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum Of English Rural Life: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reading Museum: Leslie, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caversham Park: Yablochko (Uploads), CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology: Voluremuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greys Court (National Trust): Dennis Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calleva Atrebatum: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Museum of Zoology: Chris_huh (Uploads), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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