Skip to main content
RBC Home
Accessibility Jobs Sign In
My Reading Account information and advice

Featured News

new printed bin calendar stuck to the front of a fridge door
15th May 2025

New bin collection schedule starts Monday 9 June

Bin collection days are changing across Reading from Monday 9 June 2025. You can check your new schedule online, in the post or by using the Scrapp app.

Read more

Latest News

A worker in a high-visibility vest is installing a circular plaque on a stone wall. The plaque reads: 'JANE AUSTEN 1775–1817 Novelist went to school here 1785–1786.' The worker's face is blurred, and there is scaffolding in the foreground.
12th June 2025

Commemorative plaque added to mark Jane Austen's former school

A plaque has been installed on the Abbey Gateway to honour Jane Austen. It is part of 250th anniversary celebrations of the novelist's birth.

Read more
Duck followed by ducklings walking along pavement by Reading Civic Offices.
11th June 2025

Going quackers for Reading's new residents

Some lovely pictures showing the journey of the Civic Centre's very own duck family making their way to water.

Read more
A sepia-toned photograph shows a group of me sitting on a boat in the Thames. Seven men, dressed in old-fashioned swimsuits and wearing buckets over their heads, are seated on the edge with their feet in the water. Behind them stand five men in suits are standing in the boat.
11th June 2025

Exhibition tells story of local people and the River Thames

The new exhibition at the Royal Berkshire Archives is on from 11 June to 29 August. It includes records from the earliest settlers to interviews with current river users.

Read more
  • 1
  • 2
  • …
  • 122

About Our Council

Change Cookie Settings
Accessibility
Cookie Policy
Borough Profile
Our Mayor
Staff Structure & Salaries
Policies, finance and legal information
Reading Together
Media centre
Contact Us

Safeguarding

Report a concern about a child
Report a concern about an adult

Social Media

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
LinkedIn

Sign up to our newsletter

Subscribe