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Prospect Park, Reading Liebenrood Road, Reading, RG30 2ND Prospect Park is Reading's largest open space and gets its name from the fine views across the Kennet Valley and beyond. The best place to see the bluebells is in ‘The Rookery’ by heading north. Here you'll see the beautiful oak woodland and Wildlife Heritage Site. Cliveden, Taplow If you've always wanted to visit Cliveden grounds but haven't had the chance, then now is the time to go.  The National Trust grounds has glorious gardens and woodlands overlooking the River Thames. You can download a trail sheet and follow...

Prospect Park, Reading Liebenrood Road, Reading, RG30 2ND Prospect Park is Reading's largest open space and gets its name from the fine views across the Kennet Valley and beyond. The best place to see the bluebells is in ‘The Rookery’ by heading north. Here you'll see the beautiful oak woodland and Wildlife Heritage Site. Cliveden, Taplow If you've always wanted to visit Cliveden grounds but haven't had the chance, then now is the time to go.  The National Trust grounds has glorious gardens and woodlands overlooking the River Thames. You can download a trail sheet and follow...

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The Book of the Tree - how artists have been drawn to the calm and beauty of the arboreal Angus Hyland,Kendra Wilson and Nancy Durrant People who love trees assume that others share this understanding, yet most of us remain unenlightened. The term ‘tree-hugger’ is always derogative, when really we would all benefit from planting more trees to hug. In the 1957 film Funny Face, Audrey Hepburn’s naive and dreamy character is eccentric enough to care more about trees than about clothes. “Trees are beautiful. Why don’t you photograph trees?” she asks. The character play...

Authors demand right to roam 'Great swathes...remain closed to the public' John Garvey  '); THE law excludes ordinary people from 92 per cent of English land – but three writers from West Berkshire aim to change that. They are among more than 100 authors, musicians, actors and artists who have written to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for greater access to nature, even as the Government’s 2019 manifesto vows: “We will make intentional trespass a criminal offence.” Newbury Weekly News columnist Nicola Chester (pictured); former Newbury resident and author of Who Owns Engla...