Self-guided audio walking tour of Reading's royal secrets and lost treasures, with 15 stops across the city starting at Reading Museum.
The Reading Revelation Tour kicks off at Reading Museum on Friday 27 November, a self-guided audio walk that takes you across the town at your own pace. It's put together by AudaTours and runs entirely on your smartphone, so you just download it and you're good to go — it works offline once it's on your phone, which is handy if you're not keen on using your data while you're out.
The route covers about 2.9 kilometres (1.8 miles) across 15 stops, starting and ending at the museum. It takes around an hour and a quarter to complete, and because it's self-guided, you can stop and linger wherever you fancy. The tour focuses on the town's hidden history, shaped by royal secrets, lost treasures and centuries-old intrigue, and it traces the stories behind landmarks you might walk past every day without thinking much about them.
Reading Abbey is one of the big ones — its ancient stones have witnessed more drama than many capitals — and you'll also head into the shadowed corners of Reading Minster. Along the way, the tour brings up characters who usually get left out of the guidebooks, and there's a bit of local lore about a strange artefact that reportedly vanished from Reading Museum on a stormy night.
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It's a straightforward way to spend a morning or afternoon seeing the town from a different angle. The tour runs from 12:00 to 20:00 on the day, and tickets are £4.99.
