Kendrick Conservation Area Walk
Lost Turkish baths, schools, Albion Terrace and the original University campus
In this walk around the Kendrick Conservation Area, developed by Terry Dixon and Richard Bennett (Chair of Reading Civic Society), you will be taken back over 150 years to when the area looked very different.
Highlights include an enormous long lost swimming baths complex, only one pub, Kendrick Court, two secondary schools, Albion Terrace, the original University of Reading campus, Kendrick and Redlands Roads, impressive listed buildings, majestic trees, historic plaques & much more!
The meeting place will be notified a few days before the visit. Please arrive 10 mins early for signing in and safety briefing etc.
Numbers are limited, so pre-booking is required. Bookings close three days beforehand.
Image (above and right): Andrew Smith, Albion Terrace, London Road, Reading, CC BY-SA 2.0 – web
To book, scroll down.
Date
- Tue 04 Aug 2026
Time
- 10:45 - 13:15
Tickets
- £5.00
Location
- The meeting point will be communicated shortly before the walk
Category
Organiser
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The Centre - Berkshire FHS
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Email
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Website
https://berksfhs.org/branches/
Speakers
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Richard Bennett DLDeputy Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire
Richard started with the idea of being a teacher but after a brief spell in the security industry became an accountant working for Whitbread Brewery. After the Monopolies Commission took its axe to the brewing industry, he worked for British Rail InterCity for 7 years. Post privatisation he joined the MOD as the Chief Accountant in a number of its organisations including; Naval Support Command, Defence Logistics and finally RAF Air Command, where his last 4 years were as the Head of Civilian Human Resources, which was great fun… apart from having to close several UK RAF Stations.
He finally got his Tri Service “badge” in 2015, when he led a team which erected a memorial to Reading’s only VC winner, and the Berkshire Yeomanry. As Chair of Reading Civic Society, he engages with Reading Council, and developers, on their “mad ideas” which change the face of Reading. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant in 2018.
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Terry DixonTerry is Reading-born and completed a local apprenticeship as an electronics engineer, before branching into project management and specialising in defence-related initiatives, until his voluntary early retirement in 2016.
With a love of Reading and its history and considerable experience in leading a Reading-based organisation, he set up his own guided walk initiative – Terry’s Reading Walkabouts, as a non-profit making entity. In the five years since launch, he has established thirteen different themed routes and has raised over £9,400, most of which has been donated to local charities.