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Library opening hours are Wednesday through Friday, 8AM to 5PM and Saturday, 8AM to 4PM. Access to the library is free for members of the Historical Society of Berks County. There is a charge of $7 per day for library access for non-members. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. [4]
Caversham is a village and suburb of Reading in Berkshire, England, located directly north of Reading town centre across the River Thames. Caversham rises from the River Thames, lying on flood plain and the lowest reaches of the Chiltern Hills. Two road bridges, including Caversham Bridge, and two footbridges join Caversham to the rest of Reading.
English: Caversham Library on Church Street in Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.Built in "Free Renaissance style" in 1907 on the site of the playground of Caversham House Academy, it was one of more than 300 public libraries built in the UK by the Carnegie Trust.
Caversham Park Village is a suburb of Reading in Berkshire, England. It is entirely residential and associated with Emmer Green, which has the closest amenities — much of it is marked as Emmer Green. Both are upland areas of the former enlarged form of Caversham, now suburbs of Reading.
Caversham Court is a public garden and was a mansion located on the north bank of the River Thames in Caversham, a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire (formerly in Oxfordshire). The park lies within the St Peter's conservation area. The park is listed as Grade II in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
1830 – c. Autumn: Caversham Bridge is rebuilt with the Reading spans in wood and iron and the Caversham spans in stone. [8] 1831 – James Dymore Brown sets up the Royal Albert Brewery. [17] 1835 9 September: The Municipal Corporations Act makes Reading a municipal borough with effect from 1 January 1836. The Friends meeting house is built ...
Caversham is an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. [1] It is to the north of the town centre, in the suburb of Caversham to the north of the River Thames, and is bordered by Thames, Peppard and Abbey wards. [2] As with all wards, apart from smaller Mapledurham, it elects three councillors to Reading ...
It is located on the River Thames, at the upstream end of View Island and using the head of water provided by the weir at Caversham Lock. With a drop of about 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) and an average water flow of 37 cubic metres (1,300 cu ft) per second, it can generate 46 kilowatts (62 hp) of electricity with its twin archimedes screw turbines.