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Reading to Caversham Premier inn 2mi Thu 13 Apr
School run 1mi Wed 12 Apr
Mereoak P+R 1mi Thu 30 Mar
Reading Uni Loop 2mi Fri 10 Mar
Honda_Reading 4mi Tue 7 Feb
To Grannies 2mi 30 Sep 2022
Home_GreenPark 3mi 1 Aug 2022
Reading_Ashenbury Park 3mi 24 Jul 2022
Sonning Common to Reading (via NCN5 / Kidmore End) 5mi 18 Jul 2022
Henley to Reading 7mi 15 Jul 2022

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Reading bike hire launches on June 10

29 May 2014

Reading is the latest town to get its own bike hire scheme, with 200 bikes setting sail under the Readybike banner. The system is set to launch on June 10th,…

Days Out

Weekend rides

Find somewhere to cycle this weekend. Here’s our route-planner’s top picks around Reading:

The Old Post Office · 6mi one-way
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Cliveden · 38mi round-trip
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National Cycle Network

Cycle routes in Reading

The National Cycle Network is a great way to find traffic-free routes and quiet lanes. These routes pass through Reading:

To Basingstoke, Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton, Cowes, Newport and Shanklin.

To London, Weybridge, Windsor, Maidenhead, Thatcham, Newbury, Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Bath, Bristol and Chepstow.

To Wallingford, Didcot, Abingdon, Oxford, Woodstock, Banbury, Stratford-upon-Avon, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Birmingham, Brownhills, Cannock, Stafford, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Alsager, Sandbach, Middlewich, Winsford, Northwich, Frodsham, Ellesmere Port and Chester.

Knowledge

Share your tips for cycling in Reading

What are the roads like? Which are the most cycle-friendly cafés? Where’s your favourite place for a Saturday afternoon spin? Share your knowledge with other local cyclists.

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A note on our PDF maps

30 Oct 2022 · 2

When you’re planning a route, cycle.travel has always offered the option to export a print-ready PDF in one of several scales. PDF maps are great as a fallback for electronic…

cycle.travel now has Ordnance Survey maps

2 Apr 2021 · 2

Ordnance Survey maps are justly famed for their clear, detailed coverage of the British countryside. Generations of cyclists have planned their adventures with an OS map or two stuffed in…