What to do and see in Berkshire, England: The Best Hidden Gems Things to do

June 8, 2021 Roseanne Arnett

Discover the best top things to do in Berkshire, United Kingdom including Stanlake Park Wine Estate, CKT Canoe and Kayak Tours, Windsor & Eton Brewery, Feathers and Fur Falconry Centre, Thames Valley Police Museum, Surbiton Coaches, ExCLUEsive Games Escape Rooms, Escape Reading, TimeTrap Escape Rooms, BCA Zoo.
Restaurants in Berkshire

1. Stanlake Park Wine Estate

Waltham Rd Stanlake Park, Twyford, Reading RG10 0BN England +44 118 934 0176 [email protected] http://www.stanlakepark.com
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5.0 based on 165 reviews

Stanlake Park Wine Estate

We produce a variety of wines, including English Sparkling wine, white, rose and red wine. Our wines can be purchased at our Cellar Shop & Wine Bar, as well as online. Wine tastings & Vineyard Tours available. Large selection of gifts and accessories at the Cellar Shop.

Reviewed By normannorma1 - Farnborough, United Kingdom

Every winery tour is different and with Stanlake being a smaller winery, Natalia's passionate and personal narrative during the tour was very interestingly focused on the environment and challenges that she is working with her winemaker husband Nico here in England. We were able to try a very enjoyable selection of Stanlake's wines on our journey through the production process. I've bought their Bacchus before...it is delightful...everything good about a warm sunny day in a bottle.

2. CKT Canoe and Kayak Tours

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5.0 based on 371 reviews

CKT Canoe and Kayak Tours

We are Canoe and Kayak Tours situated in the Royal Town of Windsor, Berkshire and specialise in Canoe Tours on the River Thames.We have 25 years experience of working and canoeing on the River Thames and all our local guides are qualified to a minimum of British Canoe Union(ukcc) Level 1 Coach and are also first aid trained and CRB checked to ensure safety and well being.We love to be on the river and look forward to looking after you. We help with Camping Trips from Henley to Cookham camp site then on to Windsor the next day,We hire out canoes and Kayaks and SUP Boards as well we love to hire out for day trips and 2 day trips

3. Windsor & Eton Brewery

1 Vansittart Estate, Windsor SL4 1SE England +44 1753 854075 [email protected] http://webrew.co.uk/
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5.0 based on 468 reviews

Windsor & Eton Brewery

A small, but growing craft brewery based in the heart of Windsor. Our mission - through our WeBrew and Uprising brands, to make Windsor more famous for its beers than any other attraction! We run two different public tours - Duke Street Experience every Saturday (£12.50) and Brew Masters Tour every third Wednesday eve in the month (£30) Duke Street Experience: A fun and informative tour on how beer is made – raw materials, process and packaging with a large focus on what makes Windsor and Eton Brewery unique (45 minutes) Brew Masters Tour: A brewery tour for the true beer connoisseur! Join one of the brewery directors for a full guide on the history of British breweries and how our business was founded and has developed. It includes a full insight into the raw materials used to make beer, how they are used during the brewing process and a full tour of the brewery itself (2 hours) The brewery also has a shop and on-site bar with full viewing windows looking into the brewhouse.

Reviewed By randmwelfare - Bracknell, United Kingdom

Brought vouchers for a Christmas Present for my husband and son.They Enjoyed the brewery tour and the sampling of the beers they came home very merry,Willy is amazing host,felt very safe with social distancing each group sitting on different tables.Good value for money and a shop for purchase supplies to bring home,Will be back next year for another visit.

4. Feathers and Fur Falconry Centre

Bath Road Moss End Garden Village, Bracknell RG42 6EJ England +44 7812 171709 [email protected] http://www.feathersandfur.co.uk/
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5.0 based on 188 reviews

Feathers and Fur Falconry Centre

Falconry centre showcasing wonderful British birds of prey including Barn Owls and Peregrine Falcons. Feathers and Fur Falconry offers a wide range of Bird of Prey handling experiences such as Half Day Experiences and Owl Experiences. The centre also offers photography sessions, school talks, group visits, care therapy. Feathers and Fur Falconry Centre is open to the public and is free to enter.

Reviewed By spencerwillmott - London, United Kingdom

I must say what a great half day we had myself and my wife. Sadie is very informative and laid back, even though you are handling her babies. I would recommend anybody and everybody to go and take advantage of this wonderful half day, you get hands on with upwards of six magnificent birds of prey and great value for money, Keep up the good work Sadie and lets hope you have another 10 great years here doing what you love. thx so much Spencer & Julie.

5. Thames Valley Police Museum

White House, Thames Valley Police's training centre, Sulhamstead RG7 4DU England +44 1865 846578 http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/aboutus/aboutus-museum/aboutus-museum.htm
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5.0 based on 42 reviews

Thames Valley Police Museum

Thames Valley Police has a small museum at the White House, Sulhamstead (near Reading, Berkshire), formerly headquarters of the Berkshire Constabulary and now Thames Valley Police's training centre. The museum includes displays on the history of Thames Valley Police and the five police forces that merged to form it: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxford City, Oxfordshire and Reading Borough. The museum's collections include items from the Great Train Robbery of 1963, uniforms, equipment, medals, photographs, scenes of crime evidence, and occurrence and charge books.

Reviewed By andypQ2491JD

Thanks again to Colin for a brilliant evening for our Explorer Scouts. Lots of insight into some well known and not so well known crimes from the past 100 years.

6. Surbiton Coaches

High Street, Windsor England +44 7807 063708 [email protected] http://surbitoncoaches.com
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5.0 based on 232 reviews

Surbiton Coaches

Enjoy Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace in ONE DAY! Travel independently by train in the morning to your first venue. At lunchtime, take The Shuttle to the second venue for your afternoon visit. This gives you the freedom to spend a leisurely time fully experiencing the wonders of two of the most historic buildings in the United Kingdom. Get the most of your day! Enjoy no strict time limits (usually imposed by 'organised tours')and after your visits perhaps enjoy a meal out in Windsor or Hampton Court before heading home at your own pace.

Reviewed By Booleanzed - Warrnambool, Australia

While in London we did a very enjoyable round trip from Tower Hill Underground to Paddington , Windsor Castle, Hampton Court, Turks boat to Richmond on Thames then District line back to Tower Hill. This would not have been possible without Surbiton Coaches thank you very much Richard. PS. Richard was very friendly and informative and we preferred HC to WC. Turks was a great journey as well.

7. ExCLUEsive Games Escape Rooms

Unit 5B Freemans Yard Bone Lane, Newbury RG14 5SH England +44 7884 027700 [email protected] http://www.excluesivegames.co.uk/
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5.0 based on 417 reviews

ExCLUEsive Games Escape Rooms

Berkshire No.1 immersive and theatrical live Escape Room Games Experience located in Newbury, Berkshire. It's a must do experience. Excellent way to enjoy a fun 60 minutes adventure with your family, friends, colleagues or others. Are you ready for the challenge?

Reviewed By mattpH9053ME

Had an amazing time playing the wild West room with a few of my friends, some of the puzzles were incredibly inventive and the room really made us work as a team, which was fun. Janos was a great host, giving just the right amount of hints to keep things fun. Also, in this place if you don't finish you can get an explanation of where you went wrong and how much you had left, which is very interesting. Overall a great experience and will come back when the new room opens in 2020.

8. Escape Reading

92B Audley Street Unit 5, Reading RG30 1BS England +44 7429 147597 [email protected] http://www.escapereading.co.uk
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5.0 based on 1,234 reviews

Escape Reading

Escape Reading is a real-life room escape game based in Reading, United Kingdom. The game is designed for 2-6 people and offers a fun, team-building, brain-busting experience! After entering a room with your team, the door is locked behind you. 60 minutes are on the clock! Success, failure and bonding are inevitable – escape is not!

Reviewed By 469holliew

Amazing time, highly recommend doing this such great fun and such a rush!!! Levi was brilliant and really made u/it feel so real!!!!!! * I actually felt he was a get away driver ???????????? absolutely loved it cant wait to do the others.

9. TimeTrap Escape Rooms

11 Friar Street, Reading RG1 1DB England +44 118 405 0074 [email protected] http://www.timetrapescaperooms.com
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5.0 based on 794 reviews

TimeTrap Escape Rooms

TimeTrap Escape Rooms are Reading's award winning, 5 star rated immersive escape room venue. We send you back in time to rewrite the history with you as the hero!

Reviewed By wellsie14 - Basingstoke, United Kingdom

We had an excellent time today at Time Trap playing two rooms back to back! Both rooms were great and felt very distinctly different. Both were incredibly designed and were a lot of fun. My favourite was Imaginarium, it was very unique and all of the puzzles were fab! Pudding Lane was great too, the atmosphere was awesome, so was the set. Our Time Travel Engineers were both fantastic from the beginning brief to the debrief at the end - thank you Ella and Tegan for your help! They gave well timed clues when we needed them :D We’ll hopefully be back to play Station X soon. (I need to collect the last badge!)

10. BCA Zoo

Hall Place Burchetts Green Road Berkshire College of Agriculture, Maidenhead SL6 6QR England +44 1628 827571 [email protected] http://zoo.bca.ac.uk/
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5.0 based on 125 reviews

BCA Zoo

Come and visit BCA's fully accredited zoo! You can book a tour of the zoo and reptile house, an up close encounter with one of our animals or even come and work with us as a Zookeeper for the Day! All visits are available during weekends, school holidays and bank holidays and MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE.

Reviewed By SarahH123UK

Great tour of a little zoo with a personal guide who had limitless patience for questions and was clearly passionate about her animals. Highlight was half an hour inside the meerkat enclosure with a dozen of the little creatures clambering all over us. Enjoyed by children (aged 7 and 9) and adults alike. Total duration two hours. Excellent value for money. An unforgettable experience.

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