Parks and Open Spaces

Reading Borough Council is committed to preserving and improving Reading Borough Council's parks and open spaces for generations to come.

We are responsible for managing and maintaining Reading's parks and open spaces estate comprising of over 100 parks and playgrounds including about 5 miles of riverside and a growing number of children's playgrounds, teenager and ball games' areas and skate parks

We also look after a wide variety of land used for sports & other facilities including numerous football pitches, cricket pitches, bowls greens, and tennis courts. These facilities are managed with close liaison with various leagues clubs and the Sports Development Team.

Reading has 20 woodlands, many are ancient and four of these are Local Nature Reserves. The Volunteer and 'Friends of' groups are especially active within these areas. Most of the parks have areas managed for nature conservation.

Article		Description
	Links	A list of associated "Friends of" organisations and conservation groups
	Grounds Maintenance	The Council carries out grass cutting, senior citizen grass & hedge cutting, cuts some hedges on highway verges and public land, maintains roadside shrub and flower beds, and trees
	Memorial Items	Information on how to request a memorial item
	Park Event Hire Application	For you or your organisation to organise an event in one of Reading's parks
	Parks Steering Groups	Provides information and contact details for Parks Steering Groups
	Prospect Park 5-A-Side League	Details of the new Prospect Park 5-a-Side League
	Public Rights of Way in Reading	Reading has a small but very important rights of way network
	Reading Waterspace	A vision for the Thames and Kennet
	Reading's Biodiversity Action Plan	Download and view Reading Borough Council's Biodiversity Action Plan
	Thames Parks Plan	The Thames Parks Plan document

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Reading Open Spaces Strategy	PDF	419 KB	56Kbps Modem: 1 Minute Broadband : 8 Seconds