Reading Rockets
The Rockets were founded in 1997 and have since gone on to become one of the most successful clubs in the UK. In the 2008/09 season, the men’s team won all 4 national championships, winning every game in the process.
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The Rockets were founded in 1997 and have since gone on to become one of the most successful clubs in the UK. In the 2008/09 season, the men’s team won all 4 national championships, winning every game in the process.
A 30 min walk away (via the tunnel under the railway line, opposite Luscinia View) will find Luscinia View residents at Palmer Park Stadium. The Stadium has fantastic facilities including an Athletics Stadium (track and field), a 460m Velodrome, a Floodlit Football Pitch, Floodlit Artificial Grass Pitches (5-a-side), a covered Grandstand (seating capacity 780) and a gym and other facilities. There are Readybike facilities and cycle parking for those who prefer to cycle there.
The Wokingham waterside centre is on the Thames Path between Luscinia View and Thames Valley Park. A short walk or cycle away. The water sports offered include canoeing, kayaking, katakanuing, bell-boating, dragon boating, stand up paddle-boarding and raft building and there is optional room hire at the venue. It is for all the family.
Linking the River Thames at Reading with the River Avon at Bath (and also the Thames Path to the Cotswold Way National Trails). Advantage can then taken of the waymarked River Avon Trail (25 miles and included on OS mapping) through the spectacular Avon Gorge in Bristol to finish on the west coast at Pill.
The Thames Path passes within yards/metres of Luscinia View. From your doorstep, in Luscinia View, you can, within minutes, be following the Thames Path along the greatest river in England. It runs for 184 miles from its source in the Cotswold hills, through the heart of London to end at the Thames Barrier in Greenwich. Runners, walkers, dog-walkers, cyclists can all be seen every day walking the path. In addition, business people living at Luscinia View and working at the close by, Thames Valley Park are often seen walking or cycling to work.
Thames Lido is a 5 min walk across Kings Meadow Park. Luscinia View residents can take up membership without having to pay the one-off joining fee (at the time of writing in early 2019). Thames Lido is the result of a 3-year restoration project of the disused King’s Meadow swimming pool located by the river Thames on King’s Meadow in Reading.
There are several tennis courts and clubs across Reading. This one is a 10 min walk along the river path from Luscinia view, just past the Lido. At the time of writing (early 2019), a household membership costs £40 per year. There are 4 Hard Courts (in excellent condition) that are open all year round utilising a state-of-the-art court booking and gate access system.
The Madejski is a football stadium located in Reading. It is the home of Reading Football Club, playing in the Football League Championship, and the rugby union club, London Irish, are tenants. It also provides the finish for the Reading Half Marathon.
By the end of the 18th century, new industries were growing in Reading. In 1785 Simmonds brewery opened in Broad Street and brewing became a major industry in the 19th century. At the time of the first census in 1801 Reading had a population of just under 10,000. In 1807 John Sutton, a corn and seed merchant founded Suttons Seeds.
Following the Dissolution of Reading Abbey in 1539 and the anti-Catholic legislation that followed, it became illegal to go to Mass. Priests and others helping them could be executed for treason. The laws against Catholicism were called the Penal Laws and those who refused to accept the Church of England and the English monarch as the Head of the Church were known as recusants. By the end of the 18th century, there were very few Catholics in Reading, maybe only 50 or so.